The last blog I wrote was about the roller coaster we were on with finances and dealing with our sick pup, Maghnus. It breaks my heart to say that Maghnus is now spreading lots of joy and slobbery kisses up in heaven. He was so sick, and the only thing we could figure out is that instead of him having epilepsy, he had had a brain tumor. It was like he was a zombie. Our poor boy was so disoriented, he couldn't even walk down the steps outside to go to the bathroom without falling. I ended up carrying his 80+ pounds of muscle up and down the steps, just so he could go use the bathroom. We were so incredibly heartbroken, and it still makes me tear up just thinking about losing him so early. He was such an amazing dog...
Maghnus Dub-ya Dempsey
"Mag-pie"
January 10, 2005 - October 12, 2011
After he got sick, and up to the point of letting him go, I was just trying to keep my head above water. We were dealing with so many stresses, and I was still trying to keep ourselves afloat financially - I just wasn't able to keep up with it all. I was heartbroken, overwhelmed, exhausted, and just wanted to give up!!! The only thing that kept me going each day was being able to spend my days with my little love... Wyatt.
One day, October 19th to be exact, when only the clouds seemed to cover us - the SUN came out in the most special and amazing way possible!! After many weeks of feeling so worn out ALL the time and thinking it was because I was depressed - I discovered it was actually due to a tiny miracle that had been growing inside of me!! We learned we were expecting another baby!!! It was quite the surprise... I had just been shopping at the Dollar Tree earlier that day & saw they sold pregnancy tests for $1!! I figured... well it's been a while since I've had my special "visitor", so what the heck! I'll just take it and see... I'm sure it will be negative. So after Wyatt and I got home, I went to the potty and did the test. While the test processed, I carefully read the pamphlet... and it was pretty much like the other tests. One pink line = I did the test right. Two pink lines = pregnant... The first pink line showed up super fast and nothing else happened. So I started throwing away the test trash, and before I threw away the test... I figured - better look one more time, just to be sure. And amazingly - there was a very, very faint pink line. I thought... "This isn't possible. This must be a result of being a cheap, Dollar Tree test." But then the line got a little darker, and suddenly - I was 95% sure that I had just discovered I was carrying a new life inside of me!!
For ONCE - when I took that test - Josh had NO idea I was doing it. He was at work, so I had a few minutes to decide how I should tell him that I was almost certain, we were pregnant! When Wyatt woke up from his nap, I wrote a little surprise message on his tummy for Josh to read when he got home. As soon as he got upstairs and changed into his comfy clothes, we decided it was time to share the news!! He was shocked!! (And maybe a little skeptical knowing it was a cheap test.) So after dinner, we went out to CVS to pick up a legitimate ClearBlue Easy test. We brought it home, I did what I had to do, and we waited. What do you know... "PREGNANT" popped up on the screen! Plain as day - no trying to figure out what the lines mean... just the one word that was - once again - going to change our lives forever!
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| Daddy reading Wyatt's surprise message. |
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| Daddy is SHOCKED!! |
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| "I'm going to be a BIG BROTHER! ... I think... :)" |
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| Dollar Tree test results! |
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| The proud big brother!! |
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| Confirmed with a Clear Blue test! |
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| Our first "Family of Four" picture! |
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| So after I went to the doctor, I was actually 5 weeks pregnant at this point... oops! I know the exact day we conceived, so this would have been 2 weeks post conception. |
"Life Happened" To be continued....
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