All Growed Up! Birthdays, August 2011

Narrated by Alicia Stevens

I called my mom the other day and told her that Kyle and I were coming over to share some news. I wanted to tell my parents and grandma about the baby before anyone else. When we arrived, we gathered in the living room where my folks just sat and stared waiting for one of us to start talking.

I was extremely nervous for some reason. I don't know what Kyle was feeling but he sat very still with a stupid smile on his face. After a minute or 2 of silence, I finally blurted out that I was pregnant and held my breath while I waited for their reaction.

Mom's eyes seemed to glaze over while dad looked confused... or scared. I'm still not sure which.

Grandma, on the other hand, was ecstatic. This will be her first great-grandchild and she could hardly hide her excitement.

The way my parents looked at her, they probably wished she would have hidden her enthusiasm a little better. The news didn't settle with them nearly as well as it did with her.

They were really concerned, actually. Dad started to grill us, asking if we were sure I was pregnant, if we were ready to be parents at such a young age, if we had enough money to support ourselves and a baby, and it went on and on. It's not like we were planning to become parents so soon. But we have each other, we both have jobs and we believe we'll be able to handle the baby when he or she arrives. And we hoped they'd be there for support, too.

After talking for a while, dad eased up a bit. Once he realized that we sort of have things figured out, he started to warm up to the idea of being a grandfather. He loves children.

Mom was a little surprised dad accepted it so quickly but it did seem to calm her down. I think it's going to take a little while for her to get used to the idea that she'll be a grandmother sooner than she might've hoped.

It was nice when they finally congratulated and hugged us. Mom and I hugged for what seemed like hours. I don't think she wanted to let go.

Earlier today, we had our appointment at the medical center for my ultrasound. Dad and grandma were at work so mom came to show her support. We were so glad she came.

Dr. Robinson performed the ultrasound and informed us that our babies are healthy. I think my whole body went numb.

You could have knocked any one of us over with a feather at that moment. So next February, Kyle and I will be expecting twins!

Notes:
-I knew that Alicia was having twins as soon as she conceived but I was keeping it a surprise. They wouldn't have known at that time anyway. It was hard keeping quiet and making sure I didn't refer to their "babies" when talking about them in other places.
-I'm actually really surprised and excited that they're having twins! Yes, Alicia's younger siblings Darren and Dana are twins but I made them in CAS. So it's cool that twins run in the family now. And so you know, she didn't have time to eat cheesecake either because as soon as the lullaby indicating she was pregnant ended, I checked how many babies there were. I didn't even wait until their clothes were back on before I checked lol. So they're definitely natural twins! I have such cute names picked out. I can't wait to use them.
-The next pregnancy updates most likely won't be this long. I felt that since this is my first pregnancy since I started the blog, and there's only 1 family to update, I could make it a little longer.
-On a totally unrelated note, I'm starting a business directory like I've seen some other bloggers doing. I'll update with pics of the businesses as I play them. You'll find it here and in the links to the right.