The Beginning: The Prequel

I was about to do The Beginning: Part Two, but I realized I made a big boo boo and need to travel back in time just a bit, bear with me!

The Scene: Cabin in Cape Cod
The Date: Summer 2002
The Details: My best friend decided to inform me HOURS LATER that her boyfriend's friend LIKED me! OMGZ! Sophmore high school girl freak out!

Fast forward a few weeks, and you come to August 10, 2002- Bruce asked me out "officially"- I tried to ask him but he said no, no, he had to do it.

Youngin's! Here we are at 16 years old

Fast forward another six years and on August 9, 2008 he proposed to me... ironically, in Cape Cod!

I was just a *little* bit excited (this was almost immediately after he popped the question!)

Fast forward one more time to August 9, 2009 and, nine years from that first summer, we were married!!

If you think I went way too princess here, you should have seen my prom gown!

(Like clockwork, Sophia was due almost two years later, on August 2, 2011, she arrived one week early on July 27.)

So, this lays the foundation of our family. Come this summer Bruce and I will have been together for 11 years at the ripe ol' age of 26! Go Figure!

The Beginning: Part 1

I searched EVERY WHERE for this photo, I'm so glad I took it and kept it! (The photo, not the test... I know some people do that, but I skipped it)

The day was Monday, December 6th, 2010 and I was getting ready to go to work. I ate Apple Jacks cereal. It was a typical winter day in New England- snow was on the ground and it was pretty cold but the world doesn't stop so I was heading in for my 9-6 shift. I was literally brushing my teeth when, with no warning, I was throwing up said Apple Jacks (sorry). I blamed the rascals at my job for getting me sick (Again! I had just gotten over a huge stomach bug, after already being out of work for a few days recovering from getting my wisdom teeth pulled!)

I didn't even take this right away. I called out of work (I think I might have sent my mom in my place, we were both working at the same day care) and I think Jack stayed home with me too (my little brother, he would have been 8 at the time). It didn't occur to me until a couple hours later that maybe I should take a test, not thinking anything could REALLY pop up.

I was approximately 5 weeks pregnant.

First appointment was Tuesday, December 21st, where I got to see the heartbeat and even got those really cute early ultrasound photos below!

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The Blog Title

Our blog's title is a hat-tip to Dianna Argon's blog, You Me and Charlie.

Dianna (of Glee fame, one of my all time favorite shows) (Quinn Fabray, anyone?) uses her blog as an art collective, which this blog is not. It will be more like our family collective. :-) "You" might not feel like part of my family, but you can still join me & Sophia on our journey!