It was quite the roller coaster ride during our journey to get pregnant. To be completely candid, it was such an easy process with both Jaden and Brandon, that I wasn't prepared to really have to "try" at it this time around! ;) We knew we needed to sell our old house in order to expand our family because there was just no room for another person under that roof. But before we'd even sold our house, we started readying my body for a baby. It had been eight years since my last pregnancy, and I had a couple of doctor's visits within the past year to check things over - to make sure I was still looking good - to meet a new doctor since my previous one had moved away - and then the doctor even had me start pre-natal vitamins in the beginning of 2017! And then after we moved, it was actually Cody that said he was ready for a baby and that he wasn't sure what we were waiting for anymore. I'm not sure I've loved him more than I did in that moment. :)
And through the process, I had a couple of months that I was absolutely positive our efforts had worked and that I was pregnant only to be disappointed by negative pregnancy tests three months in a row. Until November - the one month when I was sure I WASN'T pregnant. But I woke up one morning, my cycle two days late - and decided over the noon hour to take a pregnancy test. I hadn't even told Cody that I was late because I didn't want to get our hopes up once again. When that test came back positive, I was both elated and in shock! Cody and I both decided that we wanted to tell the boys right away. We knew the risks during the first few months, but we also felt that the boys were old enough to handle whatever would come. I really wanted the boys to be able to experience this entire journey with us, and since they had been asking for a baby sibling for over a year and we had kept telling them no, I knew they would be both stunned and ecstatic to hear our good news.
So - before they arrived home from school that day, I took a trip to grab a newborn baby onesie, wrap it up in a gift bag - and have it waiting for them after Daddy finally got off work. I really thought that once they pulled that onesie out of the bag, they would catch on to the surprise right away, but they had no clue what it was for, and we ended up having to tell them! Brandon thought it was for cousin Ivy, Jaden thought it was for our cat Lucy, and after that, they had no further guesses. They were clueless!
But they also were so happy once they caught on! Brandon's reaction was a bit more delayed, while Jaden was hooting and hollering right away. And once the news finally sunk in for Brandon, he immediately became the sweetest big brother that I always felt he would be. He wasted no time coming over to my belly, and introducing himself to the baby. But what made me super proud was when we asked them to keep it a secret from the grandparents until Thanksgiving a week later - and they did! We even saw my parents at a UNI basketball game just 45 minutes after breaking the news, and they didn't say a word! And they kept the secret perfectly through the entire first 11 weeks. They saw this responsibility as their first important acts as big brothers, and I was so impressed with how maturely they handled that. A seven year old completely hiding the fact that his mommy is pregnant for two whole months?! No small feat!
This video is one we will treasure always. The ending is my favorite part. :)
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