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February 17

Friday, February 17, is a day that everything changed for the Justin Mederich Family.  Justin and I were, as usual, excited to be done with the work week.  For some reason, I didn't feel quite right about having a glass of wine on this particular night.  Instead, I took a pregnancy test.  Sometimes you go with your gut, and sometimes your gut is right!
What a terrifying moment!  Justin was instantly excited and definitely in dad mode.  I was in disbelief.  I took another test that night.  Positive.  Another test the next morning.  Positive.  Another test on Sunday morning.  Positive.  Okay, okay, okay.  I was beginning to believe it.  At our 8 week appointment Justin and I both had tears in our eyes when we saw this little kidney bean sized human growing in my belly.  What an amazing gift from God and what an overwhelming sense of love and responsibility.
After this appointment my excitement really began to grow and I wanted to tell everyone.  The trouble is that Justin and I wanted to tell the most important people in our lives in person.  It was very strange that our neighbors knew we were expecting a baby before our parents did.  Justin and I planned a trip to MN/WI for Easter and planned to tell them then.  Sadly, my amazing Grandpa Max passed away a few weeks prior to Easter.  Justin and I made the trip home to celebrate Grandpa's incredible life with my family, and we also took the opportunity to share our news.  We wanted to capture the moment on video, so we simply pretended we were taking a picture.  Check out these videos.
I love watching my Dad's face.  It cracks me up that his smile just creeps even higher.  What a blessing that all grandparents are excited about welcoming this baby.

On April 3, my 25th birthday, we went to our 11 week appointment and had the privilege of hearing the most amazing sound, our baby's heartbeat!  For days after that appointment Justin and I would walk around and repeat the sound aloud, "Wersha, wersha, wersha."  Funny how the smallest things become so amazing.

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    Julia Mederich I loved reading all of this! so many tears!!

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    Adria Bueg Gah. I love you.

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