What a special day today was for our sweet little family. Halloween will always be a special day for Chad and I. Halloween 2010 was the day we found out that we were going to become a family of 3. I woke up early that morning to take the pregnancy test because I was a week late. It was so early that I had to wipe my eyes to make sure I had read it right. Chad and I were "not trying not to get pregnant" so I rushed into the bedroom turned on the light and shoved the test in Chad's face. He does not like to be woken up so abruptly, but once he realized what I was waking him up for, he was excited. We got the video camera and regular camera out and started the documentation of our future little one. Here we are with the pregnancy tests. You know I had to do another one to be sure! ;)
After we calmed ourselves down, we got ready for church. To celebrate our news, we went to Ruby Tuesday's, which turned out to be one of my early cravings (before I even knew I was pregnant). I ate the turkey burgers with asparagus and the salad bar and Chad got his usual, White Bean Chicken Chili (with toast) and the salad bar. We had planned to make a big production of the news for our parents, but we were so thrilled, we drove to Hartsville, that afternoon, to tell my parents. My Mom's reaction "You're teasing!". Chad sarcastically replied, "No KayKay, we just drove all the way to Hartsville to tease about Page being pregnant." We then shared the news with Bub and Julie. Our Hinton family joke was that we were going to call the baby "Tater" (pre-pregnancy). We wrapped up a potato and Chad handed it to Bub. After looking at it for a minute, Bub says "Gee thanks son. A potato, what I've always wanted." Chad replied, "You have always wanted one Dad". Julie caught on and screamed, "BUB, it's a tater!". Bub then jumps up and does a little dance. If you knew Bub, you would know how crazy that was. ;)
Now here we are a whole year later and we have the most precious, sweetest baby in the entire world. Okay, so I am a little biased, but what parent isn't. Every time I look at her I realize what a miracle she is. Her long eyelashes (thank goodness!), her 10 fingers and 10 toes, her chubby little legs (like Mommy's), her head full of hair, her sweet smile, and all the joy she brings to our life. Everyone told us having a baby would change our life. It really has and we love every minute of it. Even the cries in the middle of the night because the teething fairy has come to visit. We know the next year is going to fly, just like this one did, so we are savoring every moment.
Here is our little miracle for her first Halloween!
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