Happy Fathers Day

Fathers Day was the day we chose to announce our news to our families. It was earlier than we had hoped but we had to find a time when everyone was in town. Tahna and I spent an entire night making Fathers Day cards. Marq and I made each of our dads onesies, my dad's with a Y (for BYU) and Bob's with a U (Go Utes!).


My family was very excited, especially my nieces. They quickly gave me a list of acceptable baby names.
Marq's family was very excited too. I think maybe they were starting to give up on us ;) Bob hugged me so tight he brought tears to my eyes and Kae and Grandma Razz both teared up as well.
It was a really fun day sharing the news with our families and we both agree that now that everyone knows, it is starting to feel a little more real.

Surprise!

The morning after we returned from our trip to St. George (also Marq's mom's birthday) we found out that we are having a baby! I had been feeling awful the week before but I took a test on Friday before we left town that was negative. I took the test on Tuesday morning before Marq left for work and this time it was positive. We were both excited and I think Marq was in total shock. I felt a huge wave of happiness and relief followed by excitement.
We are very excited and we hope that we are ready. We've waited a long time for Marq to finish school and to be in a place where we felt ready to enter this new chapter of our lives. We had some very specific goals and despite everyone's advice and warnings, we made it. Our dogs are still in denial but they will come around in time and we're sure they'll be a great big sister & brother. Chevy has always been really good with kids, Koda will be a bit of a challenge.

*I took the other two tests throughout the week just to be sure :)