Two this week?!

It's exciting, isn't it? I finally sat down to write about our lives in the lovely country town of Elgin. Jeremy has been busy with summer school and I, again, have been pretty much sleeping and growing a baby all summer long. Having my energy back is great!

I thought I'd share how I told Jeremy that we were expecting a baby. It's a really funny story, although I didn't think it was funny at the time. I knew I was pregnant almost immediately, but I waited until it was official on the pregnancy test. I took one at work on a Wednesday. I could barely see the line that was supposed to show up and confirm my suspisions. I woke up early on Thursday, took a test, saw it was positive, hugged Jeremy goodbye for the day, and got ready for work. I literally laughed all morning. It's apparently how I handle life little blessings these days. I laugh uncontrollably.

A few weeks prior to this day, I went to a painting pottery place with some friends. (This is important, I promise.) I knew we would eventually start trying to have a baby, so I painted a coffee mug that was light blue with James 1:17 on it. "Every good and perfect gift is from above." On the inside of the mug, on the bottom, I wrote DAD!

I planned a whole baby meal: Baby back ribs, baby carrotts, baby zucchini, and baby corn. Then I served an ice cream dessert in mugs. We even sat at the dinner table. I thought for sure that he'd notice something was up. Jeremy was very busy and his mind was preoccupied during dinner. He blew through his dinner and ate his ice cream like someone was going to steal his mug. He put his plate and his mug in the sink and went back to school work. I called him back and asked if he seriously didn't catch on to what was going on. I grabbed the coffee mug and put it in his face. He probably read it aloud 3 times before it clicked. Then he asked me what that meant. My obvious response? "I'm having your baby." Awkward, Party of 1!

I'm not going to lie. I expected a different response. I expected crying, or laughing, or excitement, or anything other than a confused look. He walked away and I went for a run to not be upset anymore. I knew I was being unreasonable. He had no idea that I had been planning something all day long and that his life was about to change.

Looking back, we laugh at how absolutely clueless he was. He was so preoccupied with school that he didn't even stop to look at what was actually in front of him. And that's the story of how Jeremy found out he was going to be a dad.