As I mentioned way back in February, I'm going to be a dad. Well, the day finally arrived.
Olivia Lauren Digdon was born on April 18th, 2005, at 6:24pm via C-section. She weighed 8lbs 1oz and was 20.5 inches long. She's got a full head of very light hair (just like her mom and dad) and bright blue eyes. Despite a plethora of claims stating otherwise, she does NOT look like Don, Fred, or Brian. :)
It's been an interesting journey up to this point and it's kind of hard to believe that she's finally here.
Andrea and I had been trying for about 18 months. The fact that we hadn't been successful really wasn't bothering me at all, but it was really upsetting Andrea. I knew it would happen eventually, but that didn't keep Andrea from being a little depressed.
So, let's fast forward to August.
Andrea gives me a call at work. "Are you sitting down?"
"Why?", I ask. I spent a couple of seconds trying to figure out what surprise she might be about to spring on me. Andrea had been taking Clomid for several months, but her prescription ran out and hadn't been on it for a couple of months, so pregnancy was the last thing on my mind.
"I think I'm pregnant!"
I felt some excitement and disbelief all at the same time. "Pregnant? Are you sure?"
"Well, I just took two tests, and they both came back 'positive'."
We were both surprised. She has mentioned that she's not even sure why she took the test in the first place.
Andrea has the unfortunate luck of people not being available when she has exciting news. Back when I proposed to her, she tried desperately to call her mom & dad, but they had mistakenly knocked the phone off the hook. We eventually had to drive to their house to give them the good news. This time around, I was scheduled to go out to dinner for work with some people from our RWC head office. Dinner was slated to start at 7, so I didn't have enough time to get home first. I also knew it would likely go late (I believe I got home around 11pm). So poor Andrea is bouncing off the walls and I couldn't be there to share the moment with her.
Apparently Andrea still didn't quite believe that she was truly pregnant, even though the home pregnancy tests are typically 99% accurate. While I was out for dinner, she ran down to the grocery store to buy a couple more home pregnancy tests. I believe she eventually took 5 different tests, just to be sure. They all came up "positive."
I eventually got home and Andrea was still up - she was absolutely glowing. I can't remember the last time I saw her so happy. We stayed up for several hours talking about the major journey that we were about to undertake.
And what an interesting journey it's turned out to be so far.
- Mike