May

May was a month of more trips, beautiful weather, and one joyful surprise.

Yes, if you can read that it does say PREGNANT! After 7 years of trying, Trent and I have finally gotten pregnant. It was a very big surprise. I wasn't expecting it at all so I didn't even get to do all of those fun ways of surprising Trent. I was late and thought I would take the test for no reason than kicks. On May 5, I got up early, took the test and in less than two minutes it came back positive. All I could do was stare in disbelief. These tests never come back positive for me. I slowly walked back up the stairs, staring at the test the whole time thinking that it might change. When I walked into the bedroom, Trent rolled over and asked me what was wrong. I must have looked sick or something. I handed him the test. He asked me if I was serious and then if I was OK. I don't remember what I said. I was in shock. The rest of the day blew by in a blur. I know that somehow I watched my four nephews and Livvy. The next day we took another test just to make sure and then made the calls to our family to let them know. (I think even after 5 1/2 months it is still kind of surreal to me. FYI: We are having a boy. It will probably take me a few more days to get to that update and I wouldn't want to keep everyone in suspense.) The rest of the month was great but didn't compare to this.

Two weeks later, my sister -in-law Michelle and I flew to Michigan to meet another sister-in-law, Jen, for Time out for Women in Cincinnati. This was when my morning sickness reared it's ugly head. Of course for the plane ride we had turbulence. Michelle even got a man to trade seats with her by telling him he needed to talk to me to keep me from throwing up! You should have seen how fast he moved when I pulled out my air sickness, industrial sized bag. We spent our time in Cincinnati well. We went to Time Out for Women on Friday night after seeing our lovely room and the next day for half of the morning. Checkout was at 11 and we needed to get our stuff out. At that point we decided to leave. On the way out we stopped at this great little town on the other side of the river. There was a fair going on and Michelle had to have an elephant ear. We spent 4 or 5 hours wandering around the fair and the shops open in the down town. We found a great boutique and a store that offered embroidered items while you waited. I got Livvy a cute backpack with her name on it and Trent's Father's Day gift. On the way back we saw the strangest statue outside of a Mega Church and stopped, where else but, at IKEA. Michelle and Jen had never been and that was just something we had to do. They were a little overwhelmed by it all.

Trent and I celebrated our 8th anniversary quietly. My morning sickness lasted the rest of the month and then just went away.