CURSES! (a very important update to yesterday's post)

Hi to everyone who read the post I wrote yesterday. However, I believe I jinxed myself because now I must (sadly) retract the last paragraph of that post.

Last night, we went out as a family to dinner and then to my nephew's basketball game. We went to eat at a place in town called New York Teriyaki and Burgers. It's actually pretty good--they give you a ton of food--but it's no where near as good as Osaka in Provo! Anyway, the only other time we went to NYT&B was the day we found out I was pregnant with this most recent baby. Jarron liked it so well that we decided to go again last night. It was trippy, but a strange thought entered my head as we walked in. It was along the lines of: "What if I lost this baby tonight since we haven't been back since we celebrated the pregnancy?" Morbid and weird, I know.

So we ate and then went to the school gym where the game was held. The kids and I needed to use the bathroom so we made a pit stop before finding seats. Jarron took the boys to meet our family in the bleachers as I finished up. That's when I noticed my first sign of this pregnancy potentially failing. I texted my sister-in-law to tell Jarron to hurry back (not giving any details), but he sent her instead to see what I needed (yeah, what a punk!). Of course I told her what was happening (even though she hadn't known I was pregnant yet) and that I was nervous but that I wanted to stay and watch the game. We went up in the bleachers and I told Jarron what happened and then told his mom (who didn't know I was pregnant either). We all went for ice cream later and things weren't subsiding (although things weren't bad enough where I wanted to rush home or anything either).

However, I went to bed last night knowing what the outcome would be. Jarron had given me a blessing, but there were no promises in it to give me any hope otherwise. I started cramping early this morning and I miscarried at about 7:30am. I'm not all that emotional; I'm kind of a veteran now I guess! (Two in a row will teach you a thing or two.) All I know is that we are taking a break for a loooonnnggg time.

So cautionary tale: don't jinx yourself by spilling the beans on an untimely day, or by making a morbid connection to restaurants you patron.

(And I do appreciate all the congrats you gave me! It's good to know we have friends :) Also, congratulations to you who are pregnant and doing other great things with your lives! We miss our friends who aren't close by.)