A plus sign and a vertical line
The Summer of 2009 was pretty crazy. I was in the middle of transitioning jobs and Kristin and I were still living in Sarasota but leading worship every Sunday at Access in Lakeland. It was a hectic, fun, and crazy time.
It was August 22nd. Kristin and I were enjoying a day off together in Sarasota when we noticed that our brakes were a little squeaky. I mentioned that I would get the brake pads tested and changed at some point in the near future. When we got home at the end of the day Kristin asked if I was going to go get the brake pads changed that night. I said no…I then explained that the brakes didn’t even feel soft at all yet and that the brake place we went to wasn’t even open this late on Saturday.
Kristin lost it. I mean lost it. At this point we had been married for over three years and I couldn’t remember her ever being this irate. She was crying and hysterically explaining that I didn’t take care of anything we owned and that I was just going to let our car turn into a piece of junk. She also explained that my lack of care for our things was also evident in the fact that I had two pieces of firewood sitting by our front door rather than moving them to our back porch.
I felt something was wrong but it never crossed my mind that she was pregnant. I knew I needed to get out of the house so I went to the store to pick up some things that we needed for dinner. As I was walking out of the Publix across from our house my phone rang. It was Kristin. I debated whether or not it was a good idea to answer. I did. She was still crying. She told me that she had taken a pregnancy test and it was positive.
This was good news!
I rushed home and waited patiently as we watched to see if we would get another plus sign and a vertical line…we did. She was pregnant. The next day at church was so funny because I had been joking for weeks with our friends Chris and Tiffany that Kristin was pregnant but we were keeping it a secret. We continued with the joke but it was even funnier to Kristin and I because we knew this time she actually was! We had to keep it a secret for several more weeks in order to tell our parents in person.
This is what Kristin journaled in her phone the evening this all unfolded:
Today has been an interesting day. I woke up in a great mood excited to have a day off & spend some quality time with Jordan. When half way through my day I got so upset about the break pads on our car and the fire wood he left outside our front door. We got into an argument and I started crying hysterically. I knew I was being over the top but blamed it on PMS. After 10 min. I started wondering if I was pregnant. I thought if I took a test & it was negative I would be a basket case. Well I decided to take one after Jordan went to the store. It was positive! I couldn’t believe my eyes so I called him at Publix and told him to come home ASAP. He said he was walking to the car. He got home and I took another pregnancy test. It was positive again! We celebrated by going to carrabbas. It all felt so surreal. We got home and Jordan went to get me some Tylenol from CVS. He came back with a digital pregnancy test :) I took it and it said Pregnant!!! Well I am stoked! Access is in the early AM and I don’t know how we are going to be able to sleep!
Four pregnancy tests…You can’t be too sure.
This is what I looked like right after I found out I was going to be a dad. And right before I ordered some Chicken Sicilian Soup.
