Bun in the Oven

Yes, the title means exactly what you think it means…I’M PREGNANT. While some of you may be surprised by this, I’m sure none of you are as surprised as we were…While this was not a planned pregnancy, we could not be more excited & the timing is kind of perfect. I just finished up all my classes at BYU-Idaho (after taking 18 credits 3 semesters in a row I could not be more relieved). And I will begin student teaching here in the this week where I will intern until December 19th. Baby Sorensen will arrive in February.

It’s funny because just one week before we received this news Dave and I had a serious talk about what our plans were short term. We’re getting ready to spend a couple years in northern California and I decided I wanted to go to graduate school to pursue a masters degree in speech and language pathology. We were going to spend our summers vacationing through Europe and preparing ourselves mentally to start a family within the next 2-3 years. Clearly God had different plans for me. 

Since the day Dave and I decided to get married I thought about what it would be like to start having children, and how I would feel when I found out I was pregnant. I thought about all the cute ways I would tell Dave the news and how excited I would be. However, nothing…and I mean nothing went as planned. Poor Dave came home to me sitting on the couch balling my eyes out with two positive pregnancy tests in my hand crying vainly “I’m going to be so fat.” (I know, I’m a horrible person…I’m blaming it on the hormones…)  However it’s not like Dave’s reaction was any better. “Are you sure those things are right?” “It’s probably a false positive.” After letting it sink in for a few minutes. We looked at each other frantically and booked it to the grocery store where we stalked up on prenatal vitamins and any healthy food item we could get our hands on…we went a little crazy to say the least. I don’t remember much of the rest of that evening. I remember feeling scared and excited at the same time. I remember Dave holding me as I cried trying to laugh silently as I blabbered about how I’m not ready. At this point though, we were not yet completely sold on the idea that I was actually pregnant.

The next day we went to the doctor where the news was confirmed. He said “if you took 2 tests and both were positive, you’re definitely pregnant! There we sat in silence. Dave & I didn’t even make eye contact at this time. We didn’t really know what to say or how to feel. The doctor just smiled and said “oh, I see this wasn’t planned.” Gosh, was it that obvious!? We knew then the next step was to tell our parents because we were so scared out of our minds we didn’t really know what else to do.

I decided that because I blew it with David, I was going to tell our parents the news in a cute and fun way. So I sent them each a package and had my sister & sister in law video tape them opening them. 

Here are their responses: 

After seeing these, how could we not be excited about this!? 

We ended up getting an early ultrasound to make sure that I was in fact pregnant, and to see exactly how far along I am. Seeing my peanut sized baby with a tail for legs was one of the most special moments of my life. It really was a beautiful moment between David & I to officially come to the realization that we are going to be parents and entering this exciting time in our lives together. The nurses could not stop laughing at how much the little one was moving around. (It's definitely Dave's child...)

I am now in my second trimester and have been a little sick lately...but all in all I've had a healthy and happy pregnancy! I hope things continue to go smoothly! 

Thanks to all my family & friends for the love and support we have received so far. We're blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.