A few friends of mine (Michelle and Monica) recommended that I keep a blog about Chance. Monica actually pushed for me to start while I was pregnant and Michelle closer to his birth. I wanted to and actually reserved the blog name during my pregnancy, now Chance is almost 18 months and I still have not started so here goes....
This blog is going to be the story of my son's life or the story of My Chance Of A Lifetime.
I always wanted to be a mom but it just never happened for me and right about the time I had accepted the fact that it just was not meant to be and I would just enjoy my nephews and watch them grow up....SURPRISE. I still remember the moment I took the test and it came up positive I was excited and scared to death. I looked at Tucker and said What are we going to do...he said "I guess we are going to have a baby" and so began our journey.
I called to set up a doctors appointment and they said they would not see me until I was 8 weeks along. I was only 4 by my calculations. So I waited for what seemed to be forever and finally the appointment came. I told the doctor my story and he did a sonogram and told me that I was further along then we thought. He needed to get a measurement of the baby's head to confirm, of course he had a hard time getting the baby to stay still to get the picture to do the measurement but eventually he did. He then said you are closer to 16 weeks. I was speechless and as you all know that does not happen very often to me. I truly had not idea what to say.
We had planned to announce the pregnancy at a Father's Day cookout but since I was much farther along than thought we needed to tell sooner. The reaction from everyone was pretty much the same, shock then excitement. My dad just stared at me with a half grin on his face and Ms. Cass yelled with excitement. I was very unsure of my dad's feelings about the pregnancy until I called Penny to tell her - of course Ms. Cass beat me to it but Penny told me that my dad had already called my Grandmother and was calling additional family members so I knew then that he was happy. My sister knew early on because I wanted to use her doctors and I had to tell Michelle because well just because we are close like that. I announced it to work in our weekly meeting right after Craig told everyone I had received a power of one award. I set up an e-mail to send out to tell several people at the same time. A copy of the e-mail is below along with some of responses. (The original had pictures and a lot of returns to space it out.)
Do you know who is coming to town in just 31 more weeks? Scroll down to find out-----
Yeah you guessed it SANTA CLAUS!
BUT THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE
Scroll down to find out who else is coming to town in 31 more weeks!
Yup you got it Rudolph will be pulling Santa’s Sleigh but this year they will be making an extra stop!! Can you guess where?
THIS YEAR AN EXTRA STOCKING WILL BE HUNG AT OUR HOUSE!
Tucker and I are having a baby!
Our estimated delivery date is November 10th
Of course you know how babies are so who knows when the actual arrival will be!
So did you guess correctly? Are you surprised? We were but we are very excited!
Wanna know if it is a boy or girl – then you guessed it HOLD YOUR BREATH AND SCROLL DOWN AGAIN!
We don’t know yet – sorry had to have a little fun with you – we will let you know when we find out!
Here are a few responses to the e-mail.
OMG!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!! :) OH I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU ROBBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Jessica Kleinsmith Palm
You are having a baby? Oh my oh my!!! Awesomeness for sure!!!!! WOW I am so so excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Sonya Conn
OH MY GOD!!!! I’m crying and got chills!!! I couldn’t be happier, happier—YOU WILL BE THE BEST MOTHER THE WORLD HAS SEEN !!!! What a wonderful thing. God bless you both all three!!! You need ANYTHING, let me know. I just can’t stop smiling so big up here at the desk!!!! What wonderful news. - Becky Baugh
Wow, A Baby! How Cool Is That...Tommy and I send our congrats and hugs to the parents of this new blessing. - Aunt Sam Wengery
The reaction from everyone was wonderful and supportive. I have never been hugged, kissed or cried so much. I am tearing up just thinking about it.
