The best anniversary ever!

Saturday was a special day for us – the 1-year anniversary of when we found out about “Lentil” (our nickname for Natalie before we knew she was a Natalie – we figured she was probably the size of a lentil bean)!  We had been trying to get pregnant for awhile and took a pregnancy test to verify that I was NOT pregnant, before calling my doctor to discuss options for trying to help us get pregnant.  Surprisingly, the test was positive!  I ran into tell Jordan at 6 a.m.; he had no idea I was even taking the test, so my proclamation of: “I think we’re pregnant; I took a test and it says we’re pregnant!” was a shock.  The timing was also a bit challenging, as it was the day I was leaving for my sister Becky’s bachelorette party in northern WI.  My mom, sister Leah, Aunt Lisa, cousin Rachel, dear friend Stacy and Becky’s long-time friend Amanda were the other ladies in attendance.

Happy Bachlorette Party, Becky! (May 1, 2010)

It was tough to hide the secret… I was only 7 weeks along, so I wanted to wait before sharing the news and didn’t want to take away any attention from our bachelorette!  I’d like to think I was tricky, but my mom claims she thought something was up.  When the water stopped running, I volunteered to go down to the lake to get a bucket of water to flush the toilet…. and happened to spill my daiquiri in the lake.  I got out of shots by volunteering to be the DD on the way to dinner.  And I drank a lot of rum and cokes, sans rum, at the bar.  It also helped that Stacy was a DD too and isn’t a big drinker either.  Amanda and Leah provided plenty of entertainment for us all….

Move over, Becky - Amanda found a new best friend

Leah took over as bartender

In summary, I was obviously on my best behavior during Becky’s bachelorette party – which serves two purposes: 1) obviously, beer isn’t good for a 7-week embryo, and 2) her aunts cannot tell any naughty stories about me to Natalie when she’s older (let’s hope).