....and then comes the baby in the baby carriage

We are excited to announce that we are expecting a baby on December 8! On April 1, I decided to take a pregnancy test seeing as how certain things that happen monthly had not yet happened. Matt was already off to work. I had taken a test two weeks earlier, and had a negative result.  I just needed one final confirmation that we needed to move on to trying again in April, which would make  it only our second month. I also had a fertility test that came free with the pregnancy tests, so i figured I would take that too. I took the tests, threw it on the floor and jumped in the shower. After my shower, I flipped the pregnancy test over with my foot, expecting it to be negative like the one two weeks prior. To my surprise, here is what I saw:

(Obviously I am not fertile at this point :) )

I was in shock. Excited but in shock. Matt wanted to be home if I ever took a test, but this morning I just knew it was going to be negative. I couldn't just call him. So I paced....and paced....and thought....and got excited....and got nervous. I wrapped the pregnancy test in a plastic bag and then in tissue paper and a gift bag. Then I went to work and waited. Matt and I come home from work to eat lunch together every day, so I knew I just needed to make it home before him. Success. He walked in the door, and I told him how proud I was of him for how hard he had been working at his job. I said I had a small gift for him. I was SO nervous. He opened the gift and couldn't believe it. We hugged and smiled and laughed and smiled and laughed.  Oh it was a wonderful moment! 

We had our first doctor's appointment a week later at 5 weeks. (Early, right? Well, the nurse told me to come on in). I have the best doctor in the whole world who coincidentally shares my name :). She sent us for an ultrasound so she could correctly determine our due date. Here was our first picture of sweet Baby Franklin:

It was too early to hear the heartbeat, so we got to go back a week later and hear his/her heartbeat! That was amazing. Here is the picture at 6 weeks:

Matt and I are so blessed to be able to parent this child. We can't wait to meet him or her! 

"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him." 1 Samuel 1:27