Auntie Molly

I had never taken a pregnancy test. And so I took two, just in case I somehow screwed up the whole peeing on the stick part. And both times a second faint pink line appeared.
I was pregnant.
It was so hard to keep this from you. Of course you would be one of the first to know, but I didn't want to share this huge, wonderful, life altering news over the phone or email. It had to be done in person. It had to be done right.
For almost three weeks, I held back, keeping the words at the tip of my tongue but never letting them spill over.
I wanted to share with you, spill my guts, and speak words that only two women as close as us would comprehend.
But I kept my secret until the weekend after your birthday.
And I haven't shut my mouth or stopped writing ever since.

These are the beautiful flowers you sent me. Pink Gerber Daises. My favorite. I wish they would have lived forever.

Let's do it!

I'm up for either one!

Have you ever been to Austin? It's been a while (15 years at least). My cousins live their (one of their wives is due in January!) My grandparents will be there in the beginning of February to welcome the baby.

It would be nice to visit them and your sister.



I think New Orleans would be fun though. We've both never been there and I've always wanted to go there. Plus I've been meaning to visit Amy for last 5 years (missed the whole visiting DC thing. She was there for 4 years.).

Let's figure out our available weekends. And then we can talk to Amy or Chelsea (depending on what we decide).

YEAH!

my vote

We can also go to Austin, Texas, to visit my sister. She absolutely loves the city, so I trust it would be a fun place to go. But I've always wanted to go to New Orleans, and with the way Amy moves, I don't know when we'd have another chance. :)

Travels

I'm going to talk to my doctor about traveling in January or February.

Let's pick a destination!

Here are my suggestions (or what I can offer):

New Orleans (we can stay with Amy)
Memphis, TN (we can stay with grandparents)
Pound, VA (in the mountains) (I have many relatives we could stay with)

This is the one time I wish my sister still lived in Albuquerque. That would have been fun.