Three years ago today

On July 5th, three years ago today I found out I was pregnant with you. I'd been having heartburn for a couple of weeks and that day my breasts were really sore. Sorry, TMI. It was a Friday and Daddy was up in Heber with Grandpa Dan checking out the fire damage on the rim. Grandma Laurie and I drove to Nogales because she needed to get some medicine. She asked me why I hadn't taken a pregnancy test yet, and I told her there was no way I was pregnant. I thought I knew when I ovulated and it was while I was out of town. She talked me into taking a pregnancy test anyway.

When I got back into town, I went and bought some groceries including a six-pack of hard cider. Thinking how bad it might look, I went to a different drug store to buy the pregnancy test. I went home, drank some cider, peed on a stick and actually forgot about it. A short while later I went and checked... And screamed! I started talking to Princess like a mad woman because there was nobody around to tell. Daddy wasn't coming back until the next evening. So I called Grandma Laurie and broke the news to her by saying, "So what do you think? I just took a pregnancy test and it's positive. Should I call Joe or wait?" She laughed, congratulated me and told me to wait. That was already my plan but it was funny.

It seems like yesterday and a lifetime ago, all at once.