A Dream is Realized!

Saturday, September 11 th I awoke at 4:30 with the need to pee. I decided since I was already up I decided I should take a pregnancy test (4 days past due). I used a test my friend had given me the month before when we were sure I was pregnant. Now the problem with this is all I had was the test in the package, no directions or brand listed. So here I am starring at this test trying to figure out what I should be seeing. I spent 45 minutes searching online trying to find out if my test was to have a plus sign and a dash sign or just two dashes. I COULDN’T find anything online that looked like mine or had blue markers instead of pink. Finally I decided to wake the hubby; mind you it is 5:15 am on a Saturday at this point. I walked into our almost pitch black room and whispered “Babe, can you help me with something?” He responded, very sleepily “Yah, whatcha need?” I turned on the light and said “I took a pregnancy test and I think it’s positive, but I’m not sure.” No exaggeration he jumped straight to his feet! I’ve never seen him so excited or willing to get up that early, let alone on a Saturday!!!!!! He came into the bathroom and looked at it “Yah, I think it’s positive!” I still wasn’t certain; I didn’t want to get my hopes up. So I asked if we could go to the store and find the package to make sure. He went and got dressed and sat on the stairs playing on his phone while I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and got dressed. I came out of the room and gave him my usual “Babe, REALLY?!?!?” At which point he responded “Why don’t you ask me what I’m doing before you get upset.” So I huffed and asked “Ok, what are you doing?” With the cutest little grin he responded “I’m checking to see what the best pregnancy test is. So we can buy it and make sure we’re using the most accurate one. I’ve check 7 sites and they all say First Response.” Yep that’s my adorable, research driven husband! You don’t buy ANYTHING without checking to see what’s going to give you the best result!

So, we went to Wal-Mart at about 5:45 am on a Saturday to buy a pregnancy test. Now as most of you (or to be realistic all of you) know we both look like we are in high school. We joked the whole way there about how people were going to take one look at us and assume two high school students are having a pregnancy scare. After we’d been home for an hour or so I was ready and able to take my second test. Armed with a full bladder and my new digital pregnancy test, I headed off to the restroom. After a few seconds there was my answer . . . “Yes ”. After reading the result I went flying down the stairs to Sean whom was relaxing on the couch watching some TV. I jumped on the couch, almost right on top of him; “Babe! It says yes! I’m pregnant!” I’ve never seen Sean’s face light up like that and the hug I got couldn’t have been any better! I of course, started bawling. We spent the rest of the morning laying around and calling each other “Baby Momma” and “Baby Daddy”.

Daddy's Day

I made this cake for our father's day celebration.  He loves Chocolate and peanut butter.  So I made a dark chocolate cake with a light chocolate BC and filled it with a chocolate-peanut butter filling.  One of his favorite ways to spend a nice day is outside golfing.  TFL!

The Proposal

On April 24th, 2003, on our 4 year anniversary; Sean Russell William Dickerson proposed! Yes, being the cheesy high school sweethearts; we had talked about what kind of proposal I would want. It seemed like a relatively normal Thursday. He came to pick me up and we headed off (at this point I had an idea that he was going to propose, but nothing solid). When we got to the car he put a blind fold on me so that I couldn’t see where we were going. Now, this might tip most people off, and it did make me think something was happening; but we had done this before so it still wasn’t solid proof. Once we arrived Sean took the blind fold off and instructed me to keep my eyes closed.  We walked for a little while when finally he told me to open my eyes. There he was down on one knee with our families surrounding us! My mom and dad, sister and Michael, his mom and dad, sister and her then husband Mike with their two boys, and Lee Lee (his grandma). Shock, total shock! Yes, I had an idea, but my ideas are NEVER right! So, there in Parkville’s farmers market Sean proposed! I later found out he had picked out a fountain down town he had planned to propose in front of, but the weather wasn’t cooperating that day. It rained most of the day and by the time we left the house it was drizzling.  So, at the last minute he changed it to Parkville so that we could be outside, but under shelter out of the rain. It was perfect, all I wanted was for our families to be there!

The Beginning of Us

Sean and I meet March of 1999. He was a junior in high school and I was a freshman. We have his (now our) friend Adam and my friend Nikki to thank for our meeting! After one of those highly dramatic freshman year, high school days; Nikki talked me into hanging out with her and (then boyfriend) Adam at Sean’s house to watch a movie. The rest is our history!