No Mexico, it's POSITIVE! June 5, 2010

Our First Home...Where it ALL Began!


It was Saturday, June 5th and Jon and I were enjoying our first week of summer vacation! We had been looking into another trip to Mexico (we loved our honeymoon) for about 3 months now and decided today was the day to finally book the trip! Jon was going golfing with some friends for the day so he told me to book the trip while he was gone. While I was sitting at the computer I started feeling a little queezy so I ran to the bathroom. While I was in there, I figured I might as well take a test. I honestly didn't believe it would show anything, because at this point I had taken probably 8 tests in the last 3 months, all of which were negative. I usually lay the test on the counter as I wait the 2 minutes for it to process so I began brushing my teeth. After about 20 seconds I glanced down and there was already a "+" sign!!! I couldn't believe my eyes!!!!!!! I was so emotional that I had to go sit down on our bed to catch my breath!
Jon had just left about 20 minutes before and I immediately starting thinking of ways to tell him. Part of me just wanted to call and blurt out I'M PREGNANT! But I decided against it. So, I hung around the house until he returned at 2. I was laying on our bed when he came in from golfing and he immediately asked "Did you book the trip?" I responded "No." He proceeded to head toward the shower asking "Why not?" I procrastinated and let him go ahead and jump in the shower because he was complaining of a headache. After a few minutes, I went in there and said "Well, I think maybe we should save our money". To which Jon said, "Why? We have plenty saved". Then I said "Well, because I'm pregnant!" through tears, of course! He ripped back the shower curtain and said "WHAT????!!!" He began hugging me and said "Carly, this is exactly what we wanted!" As I continued to cry tears of joy I said "I know, I know!" Jon immediately suggested we go buy another pregnancy test to make sure it was true. So when the 2nd one showed POSITIVE again, we knew it had to be! He wanted to call everyone he knew to share the great news, but I thought it was a little too soon! We went to dinner that night to celebrate and then came home to bask in the glory of our fabulous news! What a great day it was!

The Making of Baby Newton!!!!! May 2010

"For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him" Samuel 1:27

So if you know anything about me then you know that I LOVE CHILDREN! I have told Jon from day one that his calling in life was to be a basketball coach, and my calling was to be a MOMMY! Although we would have been perfectly okay with starting a family from day 1 of our marriage we decided to wait until we were a little more settled! We were married September 22, 2007 and moved into our first home together! We both began our careers as Special Education Teachers and immediately started on our Master's. We completed our Master's in August 2009 (Whew, YAY!) and immediately starting thinking BABIES (if not a few months earlier)! We had just found out that my brother and his wife were expecting their 1st baby so we decided to hold off for a bit so we wouldn't steal their thunder! In December, I stopped taking my birth control with the intention of letting it get out of my system before trying for a baby. When our nephew, Jace, arrived in early March, it was GAME OVER! We went home that week and printed off a fertility calendar and decided it was time! Shortly after, Jon downloaded the BabyMed fertility App on his iphone which helped us to see when we were most likely to conceive! Jon and I were both prepared for the road ahead. We tried to put little emphasis on getting pregnant in hopes that it would help if we weren't stressed. We figured that since meeting each other in elementary school, falling in love, and getting married had been so easy, having a baby may not be. April came with a negative pregnancy test....Jon was devastated and immediately asked "what's wrong with us". May came and yet another negative pregnancy test. Then we were on our first week of summer break in June and this time the pregnancy test read POSITIVE!!!!

For months we had thought about having a baby....after about 1 minute of holding our new nephew Jace, the wait was OVER!  He was perfect!

And then there were THREE!!!

Oh Baby, we're having a baby!!!! And we couldn't be more excited! Since I have procrastinated to week 24 of my pregnancy before starting this blog, I have decided to go back and create posts for any important dates! Thank you to Jess Browning who has the cutest baby blog ever and finally encouraged me to get to work! I know I will enjoy looking back on these posts in the future!