Surprises at the Happiest Place on Earth!

Let's skip the part where I explain where I have been for months...

My life isn't that exciting.

Or I guess WASN'T that exciting!

As some of you may know, Ethan and myself just returned from a Disney World vacation with my parents and sisters.

Alyssa and Rachel were on Spring Break, Alyssa's boyfriend was in Orlando for baseball Spring Training, and my parents own a timeshare...

So that is how this trip came about.

Now, let me take you back to February 3rd, Super Bowl Sunday.

It was no different than any other Sunday.

Aside from the fact that this...

was the start of our day!!!

Now that both of our families know.  

I've been DYING to blog about it, so that I can keep you all updated.

As of today, I am 10 weeks 3 days pregnant with our first little jelly bean.

His or Her due date is October 18th, 2013 :)

We are not announcing this to the rest of the cyber world until our next appt. (Apr. 8th) which marks the end of our first trimester.

So please help us keep this circle small until we have exited the danger zone...

it's less than 2 week people!

I'll give you a bit of an idea of how we got to this point.

Ethan and I have always wanted to start our family rather early.

(As both of our parents did)

But I refused to do so until our honeymoon took place.

We finally set sail on that cruise one year and some change after our wedding date.

The next month (October) we made the decision to stop preventing and start trying.

For some of you this may be a bit TMI, but for other couples in their "Trying to Conceive" stage, I believe this will add some comfort.

Ethan and myself are both very healthy, young, fit people.

I didn't have PCOS, my cycles were like clock work, and there wasn't a single abnormal PAP in my life.

So we thought this would be a walk in the park.

It wasn't...

I made the mistake of googling things like,

"How long did it take you to get pregnant?"

In which case every response was,

"First Try!!!"

"2nd Month"

or

"It was an accident"

Which was all very discouraging for me.

Here we were...month number 4 and still, no baby.

I thought for sure I was broken...well turns out I'm not.

So, if you are where I was...don't listen to these crazy super human women!!!

Now, here is how we broke the news!

On the day of our first appt. we got to see (and hear a 185 bpm heartbeat) the little guy.

Awwww, such a cute little blob.

We also had ordered and already shipped a "Knitting while you're expecting" book to Ethan's mom in Barksdale, Louisiana.

That night we skyped with his mom and dad, as they opened their package.

Obviously, they had an idea, as we have never really skyped with them before....we're terrible kids.

They were so very excited for us!

When it came to telling my family, I wanted to wait until Florida to tell them in person.

This was a bit difficult to plan.

We didn't know who would be picking us up, what the plans were for the day, or how to really surprise them.

So, we just brought that little sonogram with us and figured...we'd figure it out.

My dad was the one to pick us up from the airport.

My mom and sisters were currently at Jake's baseball game and weren't expected back for another hour or two.

So, I made the decision to tell my dad first while we were in the condo.

He had a very typical dad reaction and said, "No Kidding?!" in the goofy voice we all know.

Since we knew my sisters and mom would be arriving soon I decided to tape band-aid the sonogram to the outside of our condo's door.

Hearing them approach the door was one of the funniest moments of my life.

Rachel: "Oh my God...OH MY GOD!"

Alyssa: "If this is a joke I'm going to be so pissed"

Rachel: "It says Amber Rego on it."

Then, they opened the door and attacked me with hugs, while my mom proceeded to cry, and my dad caught it all on tape.

My mom purchased this shirt for me at universal to help tell some close family friends and my god mom!

(wish Alyssa would have made it in this picture!!!)

We were fortunate enough (despite the awful snow in Colorado) to meet up with Ethan's Brother and Sister-in-Law, in Colorado Springs to break the news.

It meant so much to both of us that we were able to tell some of his family in person.

We can't wait until we get to see the rest of them in May (hopefully!)

As for how I'm feeling.

I must say I've got it pretty easy.

I struggled around 8 weeks with constant migraines...but have found a natural remedy that has kept them at bay for the most part.

I've had a few spurts of nausea, but haven't worshipped any kind of porcelain.

The worst symptom I have is complete exhaustion.

But I can handle that.

There is no bump yet...just looks like I'm over doing it on the donuts and pizza.

The only thing I really crave is fruit and Mac 'n' Cheese...which I never really ate, but dang is it good!

So, from here on out I'm going to do my best to leave you all with weekly updates and pictures!

We are so, SO excited, and so blessed that we have all of you to be a part of our little one's life!