Rico and I were at his Aunt Mo's church picnic on a Saturday afternoon in July 18, 2009. It was a beautiful, sunny day and there were a lot of people everywhere. It was a nice turn out for a Church fish fry. The food was especially delicious. There was fried fish, potato salad, pasta salad, chicken wings... I mean, you name it, we had it. Rico's mom, Evette had to work, so we went and picked up his little brother CK and Lay-Lay. Lay-Lay has cystic fibrosis and is very strong-willed. While Rico was throwing the ball around with his little brother, Lay-Lay and I went to the little playground across the street and played in the play place there. I felt sooo unusually tired. I mean, I felt like I got beat up with a bat or something. It was hot so I talked Lay-Lay into going into the shade with me. She did not like that of course, but she hesitantly went with me anyway. We ate and Lay-Lay talked to everybody. I tried to eat but the exhaustion never went away. I did not want to complain so we sat there and talked and just hung out with Rico's aunts, uncles and cousins. Since we were expecting Rico's mom, sisters and cousins over for a little cookout, I talked Rico into coming home. Wanting some privacy, I talked Rico into going to the grocery store for me to get some things for our cookout. I told him that I was going to straighten up the house. I insisted! So he left and I got out my pregnancy tests. I took one first response pregnancy test and there was a very faint second line! I was in complete shock. I really could not believe it. I called my best friend, Noelle and explained to her that I have taken those same pregnancy tests a hundred times and I never even knew where the second line would show up! I panicked. I am not even sure I knew what was going on. I just sat there. I was so worried about telling Rico. I don't know why, but I was scared at how he would react. So I tried to clean up as fast as I could. By this time, I had wasted at least 40 minutes and I knew he'd be home soon. I put the pregnancy test away and I tried to stay calm. Not even 5 minutes later, Rico walked in the door with groceries. I guess by the look on my face, he knew something was up. He asked me if I was okay, and I said yes, but he kept looking at me. I guess to see if I was going to really tell him what was up. I looked at him and told him as calm as I could, that we needed to talk. I wanted to wait until I was more sure, but I knew I couldn't keep something this big to myself so I told him that I wanted to show him something. He kept asking me what it was and what was wrong so I told him that I had been unusually exhausted for the last three days. I also told him I did not feel sick at all, just tired, so the only other thing I could rule out at home was a pregnancy test. He got excited. It was a weird excitement. I guess more of an anticipation look. He was like "well what did it say?". I showed him the test. I am still not sure why cause he just looked at me and asked me what it meant. I said, "Babe, there are two lines. That means I could be pregnant.". He said, "Could be? or Are you pregnant?". I told him that I had taken a hundred of those tests and I have never seen the second line before. I was shaking almost at this point. And then he had the biggest grin I had ever seen. He looked at me and said, "I'm happy!". I don't think I had ever felt so relieved in my life.Now for a little background information to those that really don't know me. Rico and I have been together since 2001. We have been married for 2 years. For the first year of marriage, I thought I was pregnant every month. So, I wasn't scared because I thought Rico would hate children or anything like that. I was scared because I wasn't sure I was pregnant, and I had never been pregnant before. I really don't like the "unknown". But after the shock was initially over, and after, I accepted that this pregnancy test really was a positive, I was extremely happy. We confirmed with our family physician on July 24, 2009 that we were indeed expecting. I don't think I have ever looked forward to anything more in my entire life.
