The results are in!

So....here it is! We're expecting! It was neither planned nor prevented. My mom was here for a visit, and I suspected these results, so I tested on the 17th, the day before she was to leave. Nothing. You know how the instructions say not to reuse it...? Lol! Well, I only had one, and I wanted to see if it was just bogus and would still work. It appeared to work better if I left the cap off so it could dry out again...I know, gross! But those things are spendy! It still yielded no results...but I think it was because it was still very early.

Saturday, the 21st, I tested, and had a very light top and bottom of he vertical line as the picture below shows:

This is my actual result, the first time, above.

Mike wanted confirmation before we told more people, though I did tell my mom and my sister, because I know those lines don't appear unless it's a "prego" response. The instructions also said that if it's before, on or near the day of your supposed to be period, it could be lighter. It also took longer than I expected...nothing showed up after 3 minutes, so I looked about a half hour later, and that picture (above) is what I saw.

I decided I'd be patient and wait a week...so Saturday, February 28th, I retested. The results are the picture at the top of this page. The vertical line showed up as soon as the urine absorbed...it showed up just as fast as the horizontal line. So, no doubts about it, we're expecting!

I'm so excited! I am starting heavier this time than either time previous. I really need to be vigilant to not gain weight. With Cassie, I started at 180, ended at 230. With Sarah, I started at 200 and ended at 230. So it would be terrific if I ended at 230 again...since I am at 225. My wedding set does not come of...and when I work out, my hands get tight. If at some point my hands are cold, I will try to get it off so I'm not uncomfortable when my hands get hot, later in the pregnancy.

I'm thinking it will be a boy this time...of course it will be about 3 months before we'll find out. I have some names in mind already...I know Mike has had a boy name in mind for a while. He likes Sebastian. Sebastian means commands respect. I like 2 names for boys that I think are nice. During previous pregnancies, Mike mentioned that he would like part of his name in their somehow. With that in mind, I like Zachary (God remembers) Michael (who is like God) and Landon (from the long hill, or grassy plain) Michael. I'll have to go names of course, but for girls, I have a couple new favorites...K/Catherine, Moriah, and Bethany. I like Katherine because it's pretty, has nickname options, (Kat, Katy, Kathy, Rinny, Rina,), not sure if I like K or C better. It is Greek and means pure, innocent. I like Moriah because it's like Mariah, which I've liked, but didn't like the meaning "bitter". Moriah is Hebrew and means God teaches, seen by Yahweh; biblical name of the mount of the Jerusalem's Temple of Solomon. I guess Riah could be a nickname... I like Bethany as well...I didn't used to because the only definition I found of it was "House of Poverty". Maybe it was removed because it's not appealing, I don't know, but it is place of figs, and town name near Jerusalem.

Anyway...that's the latest. You know I'll keep updates on appointments and whatnots.

Our home refinance has gone through, now we're waiting for my loan payoff to go through from the refiance!

Blessings!