Crabtree Falls

How I found out:

After hiking up Crabtree Falls on a beautiful Sunday, I found out that I was pregnant!  It was November 2nd and I had some suspicions but obviously did not know for sure.  We returned home from the hike around 3pm after devouring lunch at Five Guy’s and I decided to take an at-home pregnancy test.  So I followed the directions and immediately jumped in the shower so as to avoid watching for the results.  After a few minutes I poked my head out to read the stick and saw one dark pink line which indicated I was not pregnant.  I wasn’t surprised but reached over to grab the stick and then noticed a parallel line in a much lighter shade of pink – pregnant!  I would love to have been able to see my reaction at that point, but basically once I saw the second line I went from feeling relieved (my first response) to elated to shocked in a matter of 3 seconds.

How I told Bill:

Bill did not know I was taking ‘the test’.  I had thought of all sorts of creative ways to tell him when I found out I was pregnant and decided on the writing-on-the-cake approach.  A few minutes after finding out I went downstairs – Bill was just getting up from a nap on the couch.  Once  we started talking the cake idea went out the window and I could not keep the news to myself anymore.  Bill did not seem surprised at all (even though it happened really quickly) when I told him.  After a small celebration we decided to drive to Whole Foods to stock up on some baby-in-the-belly friendly items.