It's blue and there's a vertical line

So Thursday July 24, 2008, will be one of those days you don't forget, well EVER. It started out like any morning, but on that morning, a decision was taken that forever changed the lives of a number of people, including the writer's. The fateful decision was to take a home pregnancy test, two of whom had been purchased the night before. The first one seemed inconclusive with a positive result without the control activating. The second test, though went blue with a line within seconds. Phone calls went out to the respective future grandparents...