The Kennedy's Next Adventure

Until last Saturday night, the Kennedy's were two people and three animals: Jason Kennedy (man of the house), Stacy Kennedy (woman of the house), Lucy Kennedy (dog-child), Debbie Kennedy (cat-child) and Willy Kennedy (cat-child).

We've been married for just over 12 years, having tied the knot March 27, 1999.  For most of our married life, we had no interest in kids.  We had careers, businesses, business explosions, business failures, a bankruptcy, incredible opportunities and a ton of learning and personal growth.  Who on earth had time for kids??!!!

Last December, we decided that if we were going to have kids (and neither of us were convinced this was something we actually wanted to do), considering we were both 36 years old...we should probably not wait too much longer.  But we still weren't convinced, so we decided to just turn the decision over to God (brilliant, I know!)...and stop trying to prevent having kids.

We didn't really feel like there was a high liklihood considering I'd been on "the pill" for 18 years and we certainly weren't "trying" by timing monthly cycles or any of that business.

So, we nearly choked on our shock when, combined with being a few days late, I was having some "possible symptoms" and decided to visit the local Rite Aid for a "value pack" of pregnancy pee-sticks.



Well, we really couldn't believe it the first time...and heck, it WAS a value pack after all.  We decided to see what the second stick said.  I'll be darned...it said the same thing.  Well, we bought three sticks - the first two were probably defective...

And thus there were three sticks, all showing the same result.  Two lines...pregnant.

Say what?

How did this happen?

Oh yeah.  But seriously?  We're the Kennedy's...12 years just us.  What is this baby stuff?

We don't even know what the heck a baby needs!

So, it's been a week...and although the shock is definitely still a major part of our lives, we're slowly but surely learning about baby stuff.

So, this is the book that will be our "baby bible". I'll tell you - there is some crazy stuff in there!  This pregnancy stuff is insane!  But we're in it and we're ready for the journey ahead.

So, the Kennedy's having done so many other things in life, are taking on the one major life adventure we haven't yet broached...the Kennedy's have engaged on The Final Frontier!

Until next post...

Stacy Kennedy