Ok, so enough people know....

So here is the story of baby Galloway since enough people know by now. It all started In early November when our neighbors (whom we have become really good friends with) told us they were pregnant. It was really exciting news and I was thrilled for them (not even considering one of our own). Needless to say this got Ryan talking baby and he told me he was ready to be a dad...FINALLY!!! I thought he was kidding at first because he has never been the baby talk kind of guy, it's always been me. SIDE NOTE...at this time I was getting ready to open 2 brand new restaurants. Anyway, so one night we were talking over dinner and all of a sudden Ryan says that he is ready for kids and that he wanted his child to be born in September. I asked him why September and of course if you know Ryan, he says so he'd the older one in his class and therefore bigger for sports purposes. So I started counting the months in my head and I told him that if that was to happen (this year) I would have to get pregnant in December. So he said "ok" and I said “so you’re telling me that I should go off the pill?” he was all “Yeah I guess” “are you sure?” I said because once I’m off it can happen at any time! He said yes and of course I stopped taking the pill that night.

So I figured if we were going to do this let’s do it right…so I downloaded an AP on my phone called “My Days” it’s a period and ovulation tracker. So I type in the day I got my “period” and it will tell me when my fertile time of the month is and the day that I should be ovulating. So a couple says later I get a “period” but I know it was just my body reacting to the lack of hormone from the pill. But we pretend it’s the real thing and we go from there. Nothin. I knew this would happen because I had been on the pill for so long I knew it was going to take a while to get it "out of my system" (I was thinking like 5-6 months) and my body to get back on track and get into a normal cycle.

Anyway, December comes and I get my period on the 8th and I could tell that this was a “normal” period but I didn’t actually think I would ovulate yet. So of course we do our thing according to my phone AP and on my ovulation day Boise State is playing Utah (go figure). I am just going to say this, when you are actually planning on making a baby it is a lot of hard work. So life goes on, we went to MT for Christmas and I was trying to be good and not drink because after all it WAS possible. We come home and celebrated the New Year with friends I only drank a tiny bit of champagne because again it was possible, plus I was super sick and had to work the next day so I used that as my excuse. I ended up getting strep throat, a sinus infection and the on-set of an ear infection…YUCK! So I was put on antibiotics. According to my phone AP I was supposed to get my period January 5th which I didn’t but I just figured it was because of the antibiotics. I read online that antibiotics can mess up your cycle, I might have been somewhat in denial…and so 2 weeks go by and I still haven’t gotten it and I tell Ryan that if I don’t have it by the end of the weekend I will take a test.

He told me that he knew I was pregnant the whole time but I still blamed the antibiotics. I went to work on a Sunday and still no period. I stop on my way home from work to buy a test. I get a 2 pack, you know, just to be sure. I pee and then start eating some dinner (yes I washed my hands haha). I told Ryan he had to be the one to go look. He goes in and says, “Hmmm, interesting” I was all "what’s that supposed to mean" thinking one is positive and one is negative and he says “looks like we are going to be parents” and then he gave me a high-5 haha

I made our Dr. appointment to confirm that all of this was true and that this was actually happening...which it is. We told our parents and brothers right away, all of whom are super excited. We waited until 12 weeks to start sharing the news with everyone. We get to find out what we are having in 2 weeks and I can't wait!!! I am ready to start shopping and buying all the necessities we are going to need in the months to come. I have a couple "bump" pictures but I am still in that "is she pregnant or starting to get fat stage" so no pics...sorry.


And that’s the story of how baby Galloway came about. Lately I have been reading lots of stuff about it and I have learned that less than 20% of couples get pregnant within the first month of stopping the pill and less than 30% of women do not get morning sickness (which I was blessed not to have to go through) so apparently we are pretty good at making babies and he or she will be here September 14th.