Rock-a-bye Baby!

It's official, world, Keaton and I are having a baby! Perfect timing for Mother's Day!

I can't believe it! I am, of course, thrilled, but I'm still having a bit of trouble wrapping my head around it. It was a bit of a surprise. I mean, we were basically not doing anything to PREVENT having a baby, but we weren't necessarily trying down to the little timing details, either. We were just waiting to see what happened. I can't believe it happened so soon!

We found out on Friday, 23 April. Keat was in class and I was about to leave to pick him up. That was the weekend we were going to Sea World for his birthday. My period was a little late, so I decided to take a test just for the heck of it. I had a few minutes to waste, anyway, so I figured why not? Turns out:

Yep, it was positive. I thought maybe it was wrong (I realize now how silly that was but at the time I just knew it was wrong!) so I took a couple more just to "be sure":

Sure enough, they all came back positive! I was so excited. I remember just running around like an idiot gathering up last minute things with a silly grin on my face. I put together a little "Daddy gift" for Keat so I could tell him. We stopped at McDonalds to grab a bite to eat before we got on the road to Orlando. I was so anxious to tell him! He was pretty excited! It was so cute. I even took a video of it:

Telling Keat about our Baby! from Kara Z  on Vimeo.

I am so glad that he was as thrilled and excited as I was. I can't image if my husband wasn't on board with it! He's going to be such a great Daddy!

We told our families yesterday, for Mother's Day. We started the day at my parent's house, where Mom got a card from Keat and me and then another card saying "Happy Mother's Day Grandma!" and signed Baby Z. She was so cute when she opened it! She just screamed and cried and laughed all at once! It took the rest of my family a minute to figure out why she was acting so crazy!

After lunch we went to see Keat's parents, who we told in the same way. At first, his mom was shocked and couldn't believe we hadn't told them when they were in Florida for Keaton's graduation and commissioning! Then of course, they were both happy for us.

Today we told our Grandmas (the babe's Great-Grandmas) through Mother's Day cards as well, and they all cried, too. It was fun getting to tell everyone! It was kind of exciting to get to spread the news on Mother's Day! Our baby is already so loved!

2 Lt Z

As of Saturday, Keat is officially commissioned into the United States Army! I had never been to a commissioning before, but it was truly one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. I felt so patriotic!

I am honored to be an Army wife and couldn't be prouder of my husband!

Keat with my parents.

Keaton's grandpa was in the Navy for years. Officers receive their first salute from an NCO and Keat asked his grandpa to deliver his first salute. So cool!

Keaton and his sister.

My handsome soldier.

Keaton and the girls: His grandma, my mom, my sister-in-law, me, and Keat's mom.

The whole family.

It's About Time!

Okay, so I actually set up this blog a long time ago. Before we were married, actually! Considering we've been married almost 8 months (wow, already?), that's a long time! I think we still qualify as "Newlyweds" though, so for now the name of the blog is going to stay.

I suppose it's time I actually WROTE something on here. You know, to document our lives and all that. Let's see, I will just start at the beginning. A little background never hurt anybody.

My name is Kara. I'm 21 years old. My husband is Keaton. I call him Keat for short. He's also 21. That's it. We have a little family for now, just the two of us.

Keat is a senior at Florida State University. He graduates April 30! Then May 1st he commissions with the United States Army. Yup, I'm going to be an Army wife. I can't wait! Keaton is one of the funniest guys I have ever met in my life. He has me rolling constantly! I can't explain why, he just makes these funny faces and I lose it. He also has a very serious side, though. This side seems to do him well when it comes to Army things. He is very passionate about movies and music and has infinite knowledge about each. No, really. Seriously infinite, as in ridiculously infinite! He loves to eat at fancy restaurants and is a big romantic at heart. He is very technologically adept and is my person techie-guy thingie-fixer. He is thoughtful and careful and plans EVERYTHING to a T. He just started Crossfit and loves it!

I am exactly the opposite of Keat in almost every way. Where he tends to be very uptight and focused, I am more laid-back and relaxed. He is very prompt and self-motivated and I can't concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes. (Case in point: even while writing this post, which is taking forever, I keep flipping back and forth to Facebook because it's distracting!) I am very much a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants person and can't remember the last time I planned something intensively (with the exception of work stuff). As Keaton once put it, he won't even drive 4 miles over the speed limit and I tend to not be concerned with rules! I love to read and tend to be very organized, even if it is organized chaos. I've lately realized I'm also a bit of a clean-freak. Hmm. Not sure where that came from, but I didn't notice it until I started cleaning and caring for my own home and family.

Somehow we manage to complement each other in all the right ways. Keaton keeps me grounded. I help him have a little fun every now and then. I guess all that matters is that we're in it together.

We're both originally from Oklahoma. We're high school sweethearts. (All together now, awww!) Now in Tallahassee, Florida (at least for the next few months), we're kind of just waiting to see where we'll end up once Keat's in the Army. Until then, we'll just keep hanging out and holding on!