Simply Sustar: One year ago today...

One year ago today, on June 27, 2011, we found out that Henry would be coming into our lives. It is amazing to think that its been a year since we've known that we were going to have a baby, and amazing to think about how much has changed since that day.
I was fairly certain that I was pregnant when I took the pregnancy test, so when it was positive it just confirmed what I already thought I knew. It was a Monday and we had just gotten back from a weekend away in Crested Butte, CO (about 5 hours south-west of Denver). We were there because I was doing a weekend children's yoga training called Yoginos. All weekend long I had a feeling that I was pregnant, and I also had some very pertinent information from my cycle that supported that feeling. The night before I took the pregnancy test LJ and I were driving back home to Denver. We decided to take a "short-cut" over Cottonwood Pass from Crested Butte to Buena Vista, CO. Cottonwood pass is a gnarly pass that traverses an amazingly beautiful part of Colorado. It is also the road less traveled... we got lost a few times, and on the back side it is not paved, so it is only drive-able in the summer. As we drove home we talked about being excited to have a baby and LJ asked me if I really thought I was pregnant. I said I was about "70% sure" that I was.
On Monday, June 27, 2011 I took the pregnancy test when I first woke up in the morning. LJ had already gone to work, so I called him to see if he could meet up for lunch that day so I could share this amazing news. Since we had left town on Friday to go to Crested Butte and LJ had missed that day of work, and he was swamped at the office. He said we'd have to plan lunch for a different day. I wasn't going to share this news with him over the phone, so I had to sit with this secret all day! That night I tutored until 8:30pm and then was finally able to come home and tell LJ. I saved the test and wrapped it up. I also made LJ a card that said: "Congratulations, you're going to be a Daddy!" Before I even gave him the package his smile told me that he knew what I was going to say. We celebrated by going for a lovely walk in our Wash Park neighborhood and marveled at this amazing gift we had been given; still in shock and disbelief. It was a really special day that signaled the most profound change I've ever experienced in my life. Everyday I feel so blessed that we were chosen to be Henry's parents.