I've been meaning to post the second part of this story for awhile.

Go here if you missed Part 1: The MIL.

My mom is very nosey, always has been.  I know she hears me at work talking about babies and what not.

So one day around Christmas time she asked me: "If you don't go to the doctor, how do you get your birth control pills?"

I don't need to go to the doctor to get birth control pills, especially when I have a prescription made out for a years worth.  She knows this.  She just wants to be nosey, like she always is.  And I wasn't going to lie to her about it.

So I told her: "I don't."

Her reponse: "Ohhhhh."

She then proceeded to tell me that the day I called my dad when our house was broken into he said, "She better not be calling me to tell me she's pregnant."  First of all, why would I tell him one of the most important things I'll ever have to tell him over the phone?  Second of all, what would be the big deal, pops?

So now the mother in law and mother know.  OOPS!  I'm not sure if they told the fathers.  I'm pretty sure my mom wouldn't tell my dad, but who knows.  Pretty soon everyone is going to know, and that was something we were trying to avoid.

I know my mom would be upset to know that my mother-in-law found out first, but it wasn't on purpose.  Believe me! We've been keeping it a secret because it's our business and haven't wanted to be bugged constantly with questions. You are probably wondering what I'm talking about.  Well, it's BIRTH CONTROL.  Surprise, surprise.

Let me tell you the story...

We were at my in-laws house on the 14th of December baking Christmas cookies with the family.  Their next door neighbor came over with her newborn baby about halfway into the evening.  When she got there my MIL raced over to the baby and grabbed her from the neighbor.  Then she proceeded to show the baby off to everyone in the room.  My Hubs and I started joking around and saying, "You look comfortable over there, Grandma."

Eventually the topic of me being off the pill came up.  She asked me across the room if I was still taking birth control.  And I just couldn't hide the answer on my face.  I know I turned bright red and Hubs wasn't there to back me up.  As soon as she saw my face though she just KNEW it.  All she said was, "ohhhh you're not!"  The tone of her voice seemed almost worried.

But on Christmas day we were at their house exchanging gifts and my MIL looks at me and says, "I have something to give you, but I'm not sure if you're going to get offended."  So obviously once she said that I had to know what she was talking about.  She took me into the garage and told me she had an extra pregnancy test that she wanted to give me.  Of course I wasn't going to complain about a free pregnancy test.

(You man be wondering why she had a spare test.  She was having some issues a few months ago about her intestines and her friends thought she might be pregnant.  So they made her test and it came out negative.)

So in the span of a week she obviously became okay with the idea of me being off the pill.  So okay that she gave me a pregnancy test.

For me, I'm going to have to say that 2009 was a pretty great year.

• The love of my life asked me to marry him in front of my parents on the front porch of their house on January 19th.
• I was then lucky enough to marry the love of my life on a gorgeous beach in La Jolla on April 7th.
• I started this blog shortly after our wedding. I never expected people to actually read it!
• We held our reception at my parents house on May 23rd.
• Kenai and Root Beer turned a year old in June.
• My wonderfully adorable nephew, Grayson, was born on June 30th.
• In July, we decided to throw out the birth control.
• I soon found the great community of bloggers, whom I love dearly.
• I turned 21 on September 1st.
• We celebrated our first Thanksgiving as a married couple.
• We celebrated our first Christmas as a married couple.
• Both of our mothers found out about us being off the pill.  Not so much great, but I'm glad that's kind of just out in the open now.
• We didn't get pregnant this year, but I'm hopeful for 2010.
• Tonight Hubs and I will get to share our first New Years kiss as Husband and Wife, and I couldn't be more excited.

I'm positive 2010 will be great. Have a great New Year!

Last week Rob and I made a big decision. We decided that I should stop taking my birth control. I'm not sure if we're completely 100% ready for everything that comes along with a baby, but I do know that we're ready to try. I think for right now we're not going to actively try to get pregnant, but if it happens then we're not going to be upset about it.

It's hard to not feel the baby fever right now. My co-worker/friend (Valissa) has a six month old. My brother and his wife have a one month old. There are two other girls at my work that are pregnant, and one is about to pop any moment. I've just had that feeling lately that I want to be a mother. It's the strangest thing for me, I've never felt anything like it.

Our ideal situation to start trying would be when I was able to stay at home full time with a little one, but we're not sure when that's going to be. Probably not for a few years, and neither of us wants to wait that long. When the time comes Valissa and I plan on talking to our HR and seeing if she would consider us working part time from home and part time in the office. Our jobs can almost be fully done at home. That would be wonderful if we could do that, but if not then I'm not sure what we would do.

I'm thinking about getting some pregnancy and ovulation tests just to have on hand. Nanette ("sister-in-law") told me about this website that she found, http://www.saveontests.com/. As it stands right now, I'm not sure exactly when I ovulate since my birth control was giving me an artificial period. I don't know what my "regular" period is going to do without the help of the pill and the ovulation tests should help me figure that out.

I'm thinking that I might start making this blog geared towards our journey, or I might make a new one. I'm not sure yet. I'll do some thinking.