On all our recent exciting news...

First, I wanted to tell you all the cute stories about telling our families that I'm pregnant. The best reaction was Garrett's. When we did the test, Garrett and I sat in the living room and waited for the timer to go off. When the timer beeped, Garrett ran into the bathroom and grabbed the test before I could see it. He wanted to be the very first to know. Then he read it and a huge smile started spreading across his face. He turned it around so I could read it, and I gave him a great big hug. Then I made him hold still so I could take a picture. It was very cute.

For the future grandparents, I made them all small accordion scrapbooks. They said "In a little while, just a little while, Garrett and Sarah will be one, two, three!" And on the last page there was a picture of the pregnancy test, and "Baby Box coming November 2010!" My mom was the first to get hers. We slipped it into her Easter basket. Even though I was only 9 weeks, she definitely had some suspicions. When she read the book, she said "I knew it!" She and Lanna were both really excited. The next week we gave my Dad his book. His reaction was pretty funny. He was happy, but more shocked at the idea of being a grandpa. Then we gave Garrett's parents their book. When Garrett's mom got to the last page, she closed the book and smiled at us. Then my sisters-in-law let out a very excited (but also kind of scary) scream and ran over to hug us. It was a lot of fun. I'm 15 weeks now, and still feeling pretty nauseated. But the baby (who we have temporarily named "Bob Baby") is doing great.

In other exciting news, I graduated last week. Hooray! Law school really seemed to fly by, and I really can't believe I'm finished already. One thing that was really exciting for me was that I finally got to have stripes on my sleeves. When I was little and went to my parents graduations, I loved learning about the different graduation regalia and what it all meant. I knew that I wanted a hood and stripes when I graduated, and last week I got to wear them. It was a great day. Now, Garrett and I are getting ready to move this weekend. That's the downside of graduating; no more cheap student housing. And now I'll have to start paying those student loans, so we'll be moving in with my mom. I hope she's excited about having a little crying baby living in her basement this November.