A Quick Year in Review with a Twist....

So... It's been what over a year (I suck, I know) since the last post but hey.... Life happens. So to bring it up to speed.... Kevin and I both took new jobs back in December of 2011... fell all out about how we were gonna sign up for benefits - he just had to keep his own Dental because if my new Atena policy didn't cover Dr. Lestor it was the end of dental health as we know it!

2012 Q1 & Q2 at a glance....

So the new year started off with heavy travel for myself in my new position and a lot of time away from home learning the ropes at work. We coasted right into the spring with no memorable events until March when I decided I wanted new living room furniture.... WHY!?!?!?

So we hit every major furniture outlet in the city. All I wanted was a simple loveseat, chair & a half & outtoman... easy right? Ha! My love even took me out to the super furniture place in Hickory... can you say 1950's decor?!?! So we ended up at old faithful - Value City! Found this GREAT set at a GREAT price... finally I'm beaming. Hoping that he is just exhausted from the weekends of searching and coming up empty - I'm ready to purchase when I hear in his whiny voice... " But babes.... its Purple!"

OK ya'll.... a) it was Plum, not purple, there is a difference! b) the majority of the seat was Grey, the accent pillows had the plum color c) it was HOT! So what, it matched the pieces we were keeping and brought in an element of color! But he was relentless.... So I counter acted his play with a whine fest of my own. That was quickly stopped by the stone cold "Richardson Wall" trick where he turns his lips up, crosses his arms, shakes his head and repeats "No, nope, Uh Uh" until I'm too angry to argue anymore. End of story... we got the beige and brown set. Yea - I lost.

Game Changer....

So fast forward to May - still enjoying my beige/ brown first runner up furniture and still coasting right along. Kevin has been crazy busy with his new job so again, nothing funny to report. I decide to accept an invite for a girls trip to Miami for memorial day weekend. Give him time to work and gives me something to do.

Trip was great! Wish I could say we stayed up every night partying hard but it made me realize I am no spring chicken (or so I thought). Most nights I was ready to crash by mid night or catch a nap mid day. I totally felt like the old fart....I'm  thinking  to myself " I can not keep up with today's youth"! But the trip was fun nonetheless!

Upon my return home I made a shocking discovery... my period was a day late. Now most people would say "SO?" but my period comes like taxes! No excuses, no extensions without request, always on time... uterus like the IRS... so a day is like a month late on your tax return!

Thinking "no way", I took a test we keep in the house for such occasions. It took everything in my being to keep from screaming when that second pink line jumped into my line vision and set off a series of events I in no way saw coming! WHAT THE WHAT!?!?!

I was in denial... How could this happen that fast? I  quit the pill like 3 weeks ago! We haven't even been in the same city the majority of the month ( I had to travel earlier in the month for work)! So I did what any college educated gainfully employed woman would do, I went and bought every brand of test on the store shelf! LOL -  Well I did!

Needless to say.... they all said the same thing... "Momma, momma, momma, momma."

The next day, I take one of those positive digital tests, you know the kind that just say pregnant and put it in a gift box. I purchase a Father's Day card and leave it on the stairs where he will see it as soon as he comes in. I waited at the top of the steps for his reaction where he couldn't see me waiting.... of course like a dude... he grabs the card and box and proceeds to come straight up the steps with no stopping. So there I am... sitting... and of course he stops. " What's all this?" he says. "A gift, your supposed to open it" I say. " Is this for all my hard work at work?" he asks. " Ummmm.... " I say. He opens the box and stops breathing.

He did not move or talk or blink or exhale or twitch or nothing for like 10 minutes. "Say something" I plead.... he looks at me and smiles and hugs me and says " awww babes!"

Score!