Week 10
Ok, so it’s really week 11 as I get to updating for week 10,
but that’s ok. Last week was a busy
one! We chose then to let all our family
and friends know of our exciting news.
It didn’t work out quite as well as we had planned, and we had to make
some last minute adjustments, but everyone found out in the end.
Thursday night (a few days before I was officially 10 weeks)
we ended up telling my brother Greg and his fiancé Andrea. They were going to be unable to make it to
the family event Friday night, so we told them then. We told them by showing them the “early
birthday present” we were giving my dad the next night. When they caught on, they were stunned and so
happy for us! It was such a wonderful
and truly happy moment for us, they were so happy for us. The next night on Friday, we had told my
other two brothers that I had an early birthday present for dad and wanted them
to be there when I gave it to him too.
So Friday night Zac, CJ, Trevor, me, and Alan all showed up at dad’s
house. He had no idea why. Haha. Then I
told him I had an early present for him and went out to the car to get it. I came back in and handed it to him. It was a wall hanging that said “Grandkids
make life grand” with small clothes pins attached to the bottom for pictures to
be held with. I had included pictures of
all his grandkids, with the last picture being our ultrasound pic that said
“Baby Hubbs – May 2015”. It didn’t take
him long at all to catch on!!! He jumped
out of his chair yelling “Really?!” and hugging me as he continue to celebrate,
yelling things like “Wahoo!”. He was so excited, it was awesome. My brothers had all figured it out by this
time too, and came to hug both me and Alan and tell us congrats. Alan and I discussed it later, and by the
reactions of one brother, we think they may be trying to get prego too, and I
think the news was somewhat harder to hear.
We think, anyway.
The next night on Saturday we told Alan’s brother and
sister. Shana ended up coming over to
our house early for our game night (set up so we could tell them), and walked
upstairs to surprise Alan. Well, I
hadn’t expected people upstairs, and the ultrasound was lying out. She saw it, and by the time I made it home,
she already knew. She was also very
excited and it was fun to talk to her about it all night. Jon ended up being much later than expected
to game night, but when he got there, we had Alan wearing his shirt that said
“This guy is going to be a daddy”. Jon
only took a few minutes to read the shirt, and then yelled at Alan for lying to
him the previous week. Lol! Jon had
asked Alan on their way to school one day, but Alan lied as we weren’t quite
ready to tell people yet. He was also
very happy for us. We then had our nieces Aubrey and Brinlee call their mom
(Liz) at work to tell her. We put Liz on
speaker phone and Aubrey said to her “Guess what mom? I’m going to have a baby cousin!” It was awesome. Liz was so excited for us. She came over later that night after work and
gave us big hugs.
The next day was Sunday, the day I was officially 10
weeks. We called Alan’s parents as we
were driving up to Salt Lake for my family dinner. We texted them a picture of Alan wearing his
shirt, and asked them to check their texts.
Alan’s dad saw the text, but couldn’t read the shirt without his glasses
on, so he asked Janet to read it for him.
So we got to hear her read it out loud and hear their reaction as it was
happening. It was awesome. We then got
to chat with them for a little bit as we drove, and his sister Susan and her
family also heard the news. They were
full of questions and very supportive!
As soon as we ended that call we called Alan’s sister Cathy. We just went ahead and told her on the phone,
and she too was very excited. She has
read my blog where I’ve shared my feelings on wanting to be a mom, and us
trying, so she truly felt how excited we were for this. She was sincerely happy for us at this
time. We hung up with her and headed in
to my family dinner.
We had Alan wearing his shirt again, but a jacket on over
it. We walked in, chatted, and sat down
to play games along with everyone else, who was already there. They were just about to start charades, so it
was perfect when they told Alan to go first.
He said he had to “go get a prop” and walked in to the other room. Really, he was just taking his jacket
off. He walked back in, and my cousin
Alyssa immediately read his shirt out loud, not really sure what she was
reading. Everyone then looked at him,
read his shirt, and started yelling things like “What?! Really?!” I was then rushed by family members yelling,
excited, and wanting to hug us! It was awesome!
My Aunt Jenny was soooo happy, as I knew she would be. It was so much fun to tell our families in
the way we did. After we had left dinner, we had 2 family
members left to tell. We attempted to
call my Aunt Marva who couldn’t make dinner, but got voicemail. So we called Alan’s other brother Rob. We got him and his wife Ami on the phone and
told them both at the same time. They
too were truly happy for us and this amazing moment in our lives. We chatted for a bit with them and then hung
up. By the time we got home we had Aunt
Marva on the phone, and I got to tell her.
She cried and was so happy for me.
Aunt Marva and Aunt Jenny are two of the few people who know how long
I’ve wanted a baby and knew how truly exciting it was for us.
So there we go….all the family told, and all very excited
for us. The rest of week 10 consisted of
posting our news on FaceBook. Me still
feeling sick and starting to throw up again, and beginning to feel a bit dizzy
at times. We also continue to be SUPER
behind with housework like dishes, cleaning bathrooms, etc. I managed to make another home-made meal
thanks to a new, easy enchilada recipe from my friend. And Alan, seeing how behind we were with
housework, came up with an idea to pay our sister-in-law Liz to come help clean
a few times a week. She currently goes
and helps Ami with a few things a week, and who doesn’t need extra money,
right? So Alan and Jon talked and worked
it out, and Liz agreed. Then, Liz and I
talked and actually worked it all out afterwards. Lol! At first I said no to the help, as it made me
feel lazy and like I wasn’t doing what I should. But let’s be honest, I’m sick, and exhausted
right now. Even making dinner is an
accomplishment for me. So we settled on
her coming twice a week right now to help with dishes, sweeping, mopping,
vacuuming, and cleaning bathrooms. She
came one time this week, and it was amazing.
Week 10 held much excitement for us!
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