Really?????

Okay, so let me start by saying I have ALWAYS wanted to be a mom.
My wonderful husband James and I have been trying to get pregnant for 17 months, and at 37 years old I was beginning to give up hope.
So last weekend when my period still hadn't come (only 2 days late but that is very unusual for me) I was getting my hopes up. After 17 months of this getting my hopes up was a very dangerous thing; so many disappointments to this point. I could tell my hubby's hopes were up too however (he is usually better at keeping that in check than I am) but we picked out yarn for a blanket, together.
We decided that if I hadn't gotten my period by Friday night, I would take a test on Saturday morning.
Being late wasn't my only symptom mind you; I had had several bouts of dizziness, waves of nausea, the desire to eat EVERYTHING, and my breasts were so tender I had to wear a bra to bed. So... I was too anxious to take the test to actually sleep on Friday night. At 5:30AM I couldn't take the waiting any longer (neither could my bladder to be honest) so I went and took the test...faintly saw two lines....hmm better take the other one to be sure...as soon as the drops hit the specimen well two dark pink lines showed up in the other window.
I of course burst into tears.
I felt so shaky and excited and nervous and full of joy, I couldn't wait to go tell my husband (who works third shift as a security guard)
I took the world's fastest shower, I knew I probably wouldn't be able to speak when I saw my husband so I brought the positive tests along in an envelope and sped over to his worksite.
When I got there, I hopped out of the car and as soon as he came toward me I lost it, crying uncontrollably I handed him the envelope. He looked so worried then he looked inside and broke down too.
We were going to wait to tell anyone...until we were past the point of real concern over miscarriage, especially with my age, but that lasted all of approximately 12 hours. (we told my mother-in-law and brothers-in-law; my sister had guessed even before we told them.)
My hub announced it on Facebook on Monday night, and we finally had it verified at a clinic today. That was more relief than I thought it was going to be but, one of our friends had a hysterical pregnancy a year ago yesterday, and apparently we both had that subconscious concern.
So now, we are going to be parents; it looks like the due date is just before our 1year wedding anniversary.
And there are no words to express how grateful and joyful we both feel about that.
So yeah...now the baby gets a blog. :)