Brady's Birthday and The Big Reveal...

Brady is one year old! His birthday was last Saturday, July 5. So we packed up the SUV and drove home to celebrate with all of our friends and family! We also thought this would be the perfect opportunity to tell our loved ones that Brady is going to be a big brother... that I'm pregnant!!

Looking back a few weeks...
The symptoms began and since I have already done this before, I knew what it meant when I started falling asleep at 7 pm, midnight bathroom breaks and when my jeans wouldn't quite button over my belly bulge! We knew it was time to run to the drugstore to get a pregnancy test! We couldn't wait to become parents again... but thought it would take a few months and by that time Brady would be a little older... From my previous experience with the EPT test I knew that it would appear immediately if I was indeed pregnant... So I ran out of the bathroom w/out looking. I wanted Brandon and I to find out together. Brandon grabbed the test immediately, in excitement we both looked at the stick that would change our world as we knew it... Brandon looked baffled. One look and I knew... I was pregnant!! The two lines meant I was pregnant!!

Skipping forward to Brady's Birthday...

I am not a good secret keeper... at this point I have made it 4 weeks w/out telling anyone!! Well I did tell my best friend, Ashley (who was soooo excited to be the first to know). And I told my sister, Katie... She was out visiting when we found out, like I could go a whole week with being around her and not tell her! But I had made it 4 weeks w/out telling my Mom or Dad or any other close friends!! That's hard to do when I talk to my Mom everyday about everything! But I really wanted to tell everyone in person. Brandon and I came up with a really cute idea to put it on a shirt and see who would notice it first. On the front it read "I know something you don't know" and on the back "I'm going to be a BIG BROTHER! February 2009"

We had waited long enough! Finally the whole family was together for a early birthday dinner for Brady at Brandon's parent's house. We slipped the shirt on between dinner and cake... and no one noticed! We couldn't take the anticipation any longer... so Brandon told his Mom to read what was on Brady's shirt... Bill actually read it aloud and the secret was out!! Everyone was so excited for us! They could see the excitement in our faces and knew that we were ready for another baby.

Brady is such a good baby... we can only hope for another healthy, happy baby like Brady. He is the best thing that has ever happened to us and we can't wait to add more joy to our family!