Lexie's Life

I hope everyone who follows my blog already knows that I am pregnant, but I have pictures I want to share and I'm not yet posting to facebook until I know the gender so this is where I will start my excitement! I am currently 17 weeks pregnant and find out the gender in 12 days I am so excited!

This is where my store begins! After working with my diabetic dr. for a few months I decided it was time to take out my IUD. I set up the appointment for October 7th 2011. The next Monday I started my period. I didn't think too much about it. Preston and I went to the store bought some pregnancy test and waited. Four weeks after I started my period I took a test. (to give you a hint as to what it said it is not the one that is showing to the left) It was negative. I thought no big deal it was the first month trying not too many people get it first try, time to wait for the period to start again so we can try again. Well that is where the problem started... I didn't start, and didn't start, and didn't start. A week went by and I thought maybe the birth control did something to my body and I now have long time between periods. Well the next Sunday Preston said "Lex, your body isn't acting normal, take another test just to make sure." I had also been talking a lot with Michelle Johnson about me getting pregnant (it was while I was in Oklahoma visiting her that I got the impression now was the time to get pregnant) After being a week late on my period I called her up for advise. (I do that a lot cause it wasn't too long ago that she had her first baby) She was with Preston and was begging me to take a test right then and there. I told her I would do it later and would tell her the results. Late that night I took my second test and yup that is where the picture comes from I was pregnant! I sent a message to Michelle and she expressed her excitement the next morning when she woke up.
I love hearing the way people found out about pregnancies and their response so I will share those.
Dad: I owed my dad some money so I asked if I could come by and drop it off to him after work he said yes and I was there when he got home.
After talking for a little bit I said "Dad, guess what!?"
He replies "what?"
I told him "no you have to really guess on this one."
He looks at me and says "your pregnant."
I smiled "hey, your right! You're a pretty good guesser!"
He got a big smile on his face and gave me a big hug
Tammy: I stayed at my dad's house for a little while after I told him. He said he had to go to the store for dinner stuff before Tammy got home. I told him I would ride with him. When we got back Tammy was in kitchen putting all of her stuff away from work.
My dad walks in and says "I'm finally going to be a grandpa!" (Tammy has 3 grandsons and depending on the day my dad either likes playing with them or doesn't want anything to do with them)
Tammy looks at me and looks and my dad and back at me and doesn't say anything with a really confused look on her face. To break the silence and confusion I threw my hands up in the air and said "Surprise!" She started jumping up and down as she moved towards me. She threw her arms around me and squealed out of excitement!
Mom: My mom had been asking me for weeks what I wanted from her and Scotty for Christmas. I kept telling her I don't know and that I will get back to her about it. I called her up and asked if I could come visit her and Scotty, she said yes and Preston and I headed over. When I got there she was in her bedroom.
When I found her I told her, "I finally decided what I want for Christmas!"
She looked at me and said, "ok, what?"
I got a big smile on my face and I told her, "I want a crib!"
She stopped what she was doing, dropped her arms (and her jaw) and said, "you're pregnant?"
"Yes."
"You're pregnant!?"
"Yes."
She had to of asked about 5 times and every time she did she took a small shuffle backwards and a little louder. My smile just kept growing until she finally believed me and stopped asking. She gave me a big hug and asked if I really wanted her to buy the crib. I told her absolutely and that I would start looking and tell her the one I like best. Her eyes started to tear up a little bit as she expressed her excitement that she got to buy the crib.

Sure enough for Christmas I got a crib, mattress and changing table and before I went to bed that night they were all set up.
Scotty: When Preston and I went to visit Mom and Scotty I went and talked to Mom and Preston went to talk to Scotty. After I was done talking to Mom and had her in tears I walked over to see Scotty and he said "congrats kiddo" and gave me a hug. Not sure what him and Preston said but he got the message!
Jesica: I went over to her house for something, I don't really remember what for anymore. She had a new puppy that I hadn't seen before. When I first saw the puppy she was really shy and Jes said, "She takes a min to warm up to new people you will be ok in a few seconds."
So I asked her "what about 2 new people?"
She looked around the corner and asked "Did you bring someone with you?"
"No."
She looked a little confused then looked at my belly and asked "are you pregnant?"
I smiled and told her yes. I was a little scared to tell her at first because the month before she had lost a baby of her own. She was really happy for me though and only once we got talking about her baby did she start to cry and I felt bad. She has been really supportive and sweet.
Mom Millett: We went up to the house and told her when no one was around and she said she would try to keep the secret but made no promises.
Dad Millett: Preston told him at work, he seemed pretty happy about it.
Haley Ostler: Haley told me a few weeks before that she was pregnant. I told her I was going to be writing Ronda soon and asked if she wanted me to tell her or not. She said that she wanted to tell her and not to say anything. Well after I found out I was pregnant I texted Haley and asked "have you written Ronda yet?" She told me not yet and asked why. I told her that I wanted to write Ronda and tell her that I was about 4 weeks behind Haley but I didn't want to ruin her surprise if she hadn't told her yet.
Melanie Jenkins: When she found out she was pregnant she told me that she had a parasite in her uterus. Well when I told her I asked her if that parasite she had was contagious because I think I caught it. She laughed and said it might be.
Then just about everyone else found out from our "announcement" on Thanksgiving or word of mouth.

It has been a really good experience. Another one of my favorite stories was I went to my diabetic dr and he was not very nice and not very supportive at all about the news so I went looking for a new one. I found a new dr the end of December and called to make an appointment. They told me the next opening they have is the end of February. I asked if it was possible to see her before that cause I am pregnant. (I found out with pregnant diabetics they like to see you every month through the entire pregnancy) The receptionist said let me check with the Dr. is it ok if I call you back in a few minutes. I said that was fine. Within 5 minutes they called back and said how about next Wednesday? I giggled a little bit inside to see the urgency after all and said that it would be perfect.