Three's Company

     So this morning there have been a lot of posts but trust me this one is by far the best.

     Something you guys didn't know is that Chase & I have been trying for awhile to go from being a couple to being a family.  After quite a bit of heart ache & testing our relationship we got the best news we've heard in a long time...

WE'RE PREGNANT!!

     We are over the moon excited!  I wont get in to the details but after a long year we decided to take last month "off" and it turned out to be our best month!  Chase & I were just sitting out on our back patio eating dinner and talking about the upcoming month of his test and our anniversary and I told him maybe it'll be the "month of P's"...Promotion, Partying, & Pregnancy!

     Sure enough...that is exactly how the month of August went for us :)

     Here are a few pics of our first prenatal doctor's visit.  If this is a sign of what the rest of the pregnancy is going to be like you can expect a lot of videos and pictures captured by my director husband ;)

Patiently getting vitals taken & answering questions....
Okay, not really so patient ;)

Excited/Nervous

Answering more questions...

The longest wait ever...

There it is!!

Not my best picture...but it was an intense moment

     So the picture isn't quite what I was expecting.  I've seen these amazing ultrasound pictures from 8 weeks & you can see the head and extremities...it's really crazy that at that early they are little people.  But our's is a little dot & while I was hoping to see more of our little Culpepper it is crazy to think how a tiny little dot is a piece of Chase & I together growing inside my belly.  I can't wait to spend the next 8 months getting to know our little "Poppy"...as the baby has become affectionately named. (As in when we found out it was the size of a poppy seed)

 Here are some pictures & a video of us telling our families!

For Chase's mom & sister we surprised them by showing up at their dinner after I got off work.  We waited until we finished eating & then Chase passed them a picture on his phone of "our new addition to our house" ie a picture of the 3 pregnancy tests I had taken :)

Just like Kristen won the toe game she wins for best reaction...just look at that face!

:)

So glad we could tell her in person

Happy

lol, they were just a little excited...

just a litte ;)

     For my family we were going to wait to tell them when we were all in Galveston.  But when my mom text me that they were planning an Eduardo's night with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, & cousins I couldn't help but go!  Chase and his mom, Kevin, & the boys met us there and we gave his mom the duty of recording the moment.

     I wanted my mom to be the first to know so I played the same "look at the new addition to our house" game.  Now my mom knew that we had been trying so she didn't get that this was the big announcement and she thought that it was still a secret.  So just watch her reaction & then my frustration...haha!

I think my Aunt's reaction is so perfect & Shannon's running around the table & pushing my Aunt out of the way to hug me is pretty much the hilarious.

Take a look...

I just love this picture...haha

    So the next day was our Galveston trip & we went to the beach to play with the kids.  I swooped up the opportunity to tell Lexi in style ;)

    I was writing so fast as she walked in from the water that I couldn't finish the word pregnant, had to go with a shorter version!  lol

    So as you can see it has been a whirlwind last month!  We are in such a happy place right now that I wouldn't trade this time for anything.  I can't wait to keep you updated on all of the excited doctor's visits to come, but for now mark you calendars for...

March 28th 2012! 

XO-Lauren, Chase, & Poppy 


*PS-WE ARE NOT READY FOR FACEBOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS JUST YET, THANKS*