Our First Appointment

Kurt & I tried to be secretive about our first appointment because I wasn't very far along. We set it up for the day after Thanksgiving, early in the morning. That evening, we had to be at a dinner with the team & all the Dominican employees. So, we hoped to make our appointment, get through quickly, & be back in time for the dinner. We arrived at 9:15 & put our names in. Of course, the doctor was late & he didn't start seeing people until 10. There were 6 people ahead of us; who knows how long it would take. We waited, and waited. Finally, at 11:30, we saw the doctor. He was nice & helpful. A little hard to understand, but the time spent in his office went quickly. I weighed 118 pounds & was scheduled to get blood work done & have an ultrasound. We left the hospital with the realization that it's happening - Baby Cline will be here in July :)

I'm Having A Baby!!

I finally took a test because I just couldn't wait any longer. I made sure not to peak at the results before plenty of time had passed. Once I finally looked, I was like - Oh my word, I'm pregnant! I got that silly grin on my face, & I looked at Kurt & told him. I'm not sure exactly what he was thinking, but he looked a little surprised. I knew we were both ready, but you still feel unsure about all the changes that come with having children. After I told him, I looked at the test again & said, "Wait a second. I might have read that wrong. I'm not sure if I'm actually pregnant." The stupid test was kind of confusing. It showed a solid dark line & a faded line. I read the test backwards the second time, so I thought I wasn't pregnant. But I was!! The test was positive; I'm having a baby!!

Am I Really Pregnant?

I was 4 days late for my period. Nothing too crazy to signal a red flag, but not all that normal either. I decided not to get my hopes up that I was pregnant, so I kept waiting. Another 3 days went by & no period. Here's where I finally mentioned something to Kurt. I didn't make it sound like a big deal, & I wasn't about to waste a pregnancy test. So... we continued to wait, one more week. I figured another week, & I could be sure of the results of the test.

There's no such thing as the Tooth Fairy

Just last week, one of our kindergartener's, Yafreydi, stood up & came over to me during mat time - which is when everyone should be sitting on the floor. She whispered my name & opened her hand. Laying in the middle of her palm was a tooth! Obviously, my first question was, "Is that your tooth?" She smiled & nodded her head yes. Not knowing what to say next, I said the only thing that came to me, "What do you want to do with it?" As you can probably guess, I hadn't processed the number of terrible responses she could have given. Fortunately, all she wanted to do was throw it up in the air. "The what?!" Yes, she made the motions for tossing her tooth into the air. I'm still not exactly sure what that was all about, but I gave her the go-ahead. She then proceeded to walk down the steps to go outside. I figured that would take too long, so I just told her to throw it out the window. And, she did. Bye-bye tooth. Out the window, and onto the ground.