I'm pregnant - Happy April Fool's Day!!!

It has just hit around a year since our daughter Sunny was conceived- a good ol' St. Patty's Day party babe! Actually, she is Irish, Chinese, and Jamaican- I am from the Sunshine State, Florida and my partner is from Mississauga, Canada.  This makes for quite the mix and a lot of fun and family all over the place.  We started out as a long distance dating relationship.  I absolutely loved my nice long weekends away to Jamaica; every trip was an adventure as Alex showed me a different side of beauty each visit.  I loved when he came to visit me in Orlando.  It was fun to explore, eat and enjoy all those luxuries not offered Jamaica.  In the between time we spent lots of time texting, emailing and FaceTiming....technology is amazing! We always desired to live together and had different ideas and plans along the way.  We were mostly planning on him moving stateside to join me in Orlando, however, nothing was really yet set in stone. As of yet.......

As I was plagued with nervousness of missing a period I toyed with the idea of stopping for a pregnancy test for a few days.  I finally decided to stop of all days...April 1st, otherwise known as April Fools Day, the day of practical jokes.  I thought, perfect, when the test comes out negative it will be a funny joke to play and rather cliche, I know!  As I rushed home to anxiously await the negative result I was of course smacked in the face with those notorious two pink lines.  So I did what any woman would do in this situation is I rushed back to the store for another test after cussing myself for not purchasing the pack of 3 to start.  As you've guessed it, all other tests came out positive as well....we were going to have a baby.  And now to share this news....over FaceTime.  My funny little joke has turned into a major life changing event.  Thoughts started swirling through my head; my job, family, life, money, house and most of all we live in different COUNTRIES!!

As soon as FaceTime connected, the picture was clear, and eye contact was made, he knew!  I just stared at him with no words...after all we were just dating, abroad, both of us just ended long relationships, and no plans on moving together....how was he going to react?!?! I saw that sweet smile in his eyes that he always has for me when he looks at me.  His lips formed into that huge, contagious smile I fall for every time and I just cried.  I cried for happiness and of pure joy.  Knowing from just our simple eye contact we were going to of course make this work.  And we were not only going to just make this work, we were embarking upon this crazy, fun filled, mad, unplanned and unpredictable exploration and we were going to do it 100% TOGETHER.  This very day set my life into a whirlwind of travel itineraries, suitcases, lots of love and a growing belly!

This is our first family photo of 3!  Alex was able to fly in 10 days after the big news to spend the weekend.  And from here the tribe grew......
P.S. I've got to come up with a more original April Fool's joke this year!