Here's to "Un-dull" Moments!

I cannot believe camp is over! We wait for 9 months for summer to come and in the blink of an eye, it's gone. Needless to say summers are crazy. Taylor works insane hours and loves every minute of it. There is never a dull moment. In fact, I'd say our most "un-dull" moment came Wednesday of week ONE. At the beginning of the summer Taylor had Wednesdays off. We had a pretty relaxed day planned. The only thing on my schedule was to take a test and then the rest of my day was free. So I woke up at 7:00 am to take my test and......I passed it with TWO PURPLE LINES!

Crazzzzy indeed! We had no idea that June 5th would change our lives forever. It was a hilarious moment. I could not believe this moment had finally come. As girls and young women we think about this day for years and when it comes you can't seem to get your head around it. Heck, I still can't get my head or heart around it and I'm 3 1/2 months pregnant!

We spent the rest of the day in shock, disbelief, and excitement! It's amazing to think back to 16-year-old Taylor and Lacey. I really have dreamed of what our children would be like for almost 10 years now and God blessed me with being able to watch that dream come to fruition. Incredible. 

The next task on our plate was telling our parents! Their schedules were crazy and so were ours... but this is something you must make time for! So....we flew to Nashville! Laren's sister Naoma was the master mind behind getting us there in top secret! We flew in giddy and ready to burst and knowing how excited they were going to be at this news that was about change the rest of their lives as well. Naoma told them she wanted to take them somewhere at 11 and that she was picking them up. They had no idea! When they turned the corner to get into Naoma's car this is what they saw.....

We just stood there. We wanted them to figure it out on their own. It felt like it took them years to understand what was happening. FINALLY! Laren says, "I KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!!" And the ugly cries started immediately.  (For me too :) I had no idea what kind of emotion I would feel when they turned the corner but I just lost it because of how happy I was and how happy I knew they would be. My mom's reaction was all I hoped for! She has been ready for this moment since I met Taylor!

Well... that was only half of the fun. We had one more stop to make! We flew to Florida the next weekend to complete our grandparent extravaganza! We rented a little tiny rental car because NO ONE has any idea we were coming. We just showed up on their front door step. Literally. It was funny because we got into Destin around 4:00 pm and Mrs. Anne was finishing up her 2nd 12 hour shift at the hospital and wouldn't be home until 8:00 pm. So what did we do? Outlet mall..... Of course. We waited in their neighborhood for about an hour watching for Anne's car to drive through. No sign of her anywhere. We found a spot close to their house where we could see everything but they still had no clue :) We were watching Mr. Chip working away in his office and Maggie bark at the door (We think she knew)

Ok, the time had come. Anne pulled in the driveway and as soon as the garage door shut we sprinted to the front door and rang the door bell. I cannot explain to the anticipation of surprises like these. Wow it's intense. Mr. Chip comes to the door very suspiciously because it was dark and who could it possibly  be?! He looked at us through the door and didn't even open it. He turned to the side and said, "Anne! Anne! It's Taylor and Lacey... I've got goosebumps."Anne brings herself to the door and just.starts.weeping. The door finally opens and we yell "SURPRISE!! WE'RE PREGNANT!" Chip stands there in bewilderment and Anne comes out and grabs me and just weeps her sweet eyes out. (Again, the ugly cry is what we call it). After two minutes of WEEPING. She looks at us and asks, "So why are y'all here?!?!" 

Taylor and I look at each other like is she serious? And so we did the whole WE'RE PREGNANT thing over again. Her reaction went from tears of joy to see her family to JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND SCREAMING WITH ELATION!! I mean squealing!! She kept shaking me and screaming. Mr. Chip is over to side giggling and smiling like he does only when he is at his happiest. 

We had two more very important people to check off of our list before we could start tell people and that was Uncle Jacob and my Gran! We had chip and Anne Facetime Jacob the next morning before we left and Anne was hilarious trying to act like nothing was up. And we let the pink and blue balloons slide up over their heads and popped and surprised him! He had the biggest smile and laugh! And telling Gran was awesome. I FaceTimed her and Taylor FaceTimed my family so they could see Grans reaction and she was elated! So.Much.Fun!

Finally we could start telling people and these were a few of my favorite reactions!

So there it is! We are having a baby! Baby Jervis will be here around February 10th 2014. It's going to be an awesome and weird child... bless its heart :) We are so excited and blessed beyond words to have this incredible opportunity. We would love your prayers if you get the chance. Pray for us and our marriage as we transition out of camp and into the fall season which gets crazy because of recruiting. Pray for our hearts that the Lord would really begin to prepare us to become parents because honestly, it still doesn't feel like a reality. It's difficult to mentally and emotionally prepare for something that doesn't quite feel real. Also please pray for our sweet baby that it would be healthy and that it would grow! If all goes well we get to find out the sex of the baby the middle of September so that will be a huge game changer!!

Here's to the next 173 days of pregnancy!