On 7/14/16 I had to take the confirmation blood test to make sure my HCG levels had risen. I started at 66 and they needed to rise to confirm I was pregnant.

Well I went for the blood test in the morning and decided I needed a drive and hike to clear my head. So why not do that on a 14er?! I took my dog for a drive to Mount Evans. After 5.5 years of being in Colorado I figured it was time I went. We hiked Echo Lake and then up to Summit Lake and up a super windy and narrow road up to the summit, 14,265 feet up. (besides the hike around both lakes, I drove all of this, I couldn’t have hiked this!)

So we get to the top and are walking around and my husband calls. I don’t have good reception and can’t understand much before we’re cut off except, email. So I check my email and find out it’s official, WE’RE PREGNANT! My HCG had risen to 146! Inthe email was also the due date, 3/17/17…St Patty’s Day…my favorite holiday! I was beyond exstatic and crying. People definitely thought something was wrong but this was the happiest cry I’ve ever had! I kept telling my dog he was going to be a big brother.

At this point I just couldn’t wait to get home and celebrate with my husband! And celebrate I did with some La Croix and we were so elated! Oh and in the email I also found out I shouldn’t be above 10,000 feet while pregnant… Guess that was my last trip up a 14er for a while!

The next 2 weeks were amazing and I was just feeling on cloud 9 because it had finally worked for us. We had out little leprechaun or green bean, as I called him. I began Pintresting the shit out of boy room ideas. It was tough but also fun to have to fake drink. It did get pretty annoying when everyone is wasted around you and you’re sipping on a vodka soda, hold the vodka. But I didn’t care, I had our growing boy inside me and couldn’t be happier.

Since all of my family knew we were doing the transfer sometime around the beginning of July (6/29/16 to be exact) it was impossible to keep our little leprechaun a secret. We told both our families and my best friend within 2 days. I was going to try to keep the secret from others until at least our first ultrasound but it was hard especially since others knew we were going through IVF and would ask how it’s going. I’m not a good liar! So a few other friends knew.

7/28 was the first ultrasound and we couldn’t wait to hear our lil boy’s heartbeat and see him, even if he was only the size of a blueberry! We already had a gender reveal to my family planned out. My sister is getting married 8/5 so the morning after, at brunch we were going to have a blue confetti party. I could NOT wait. Since nothing about the pregnancy or telling our family we were pregnant was traditional, I wanted to have a gender reveal to make it fun for everyone to find out the sex. I ordered stickers and could care less about the wedding, just wanted the day after to get here!