Yesterday we got to tell Hubs' dad and my mom/stepdad about the baby! It was nice to be able to tell Hubs' dad because it really wasn't planned that way. He just happen to call and say that he was in town for work yesterday morning so I told Hub to see if we all could meet up.
Since we weren't planning to go over to Hubs' family until Easter weekend he had to come up with how he wanted to tell his dad on the drive down to meet him. He decided to put the ultrasound pictures in a manilla envelope and tell him there was something inside he needed to see. He also used the phrase, "I need to talk to you about something." So I can't imagine what my father-in-law had running through his mind; especially since I doubt Hub has ever said that phrase to him before. Once he saw the edges of the pictures he knew immediately. He was excited and happy for us, which was awesome. Next weekend, we'll go over to the house so that we can see everyone. I'm not sure if he's going to keep the news to himself until we can tell Hub's step-mom and sister or if he went home and told them that day. I guess we'll find out next weekend!
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Yes, this is a girls' onsie. Couldn't find a unisex one that said Grandma and Grandpa. We kept the receipt just in case. |
After we left my father-in-law I had to finish packing to head home to my parents' for the week. My mom had back surgery and I'm going home to help her and my step-dad out since I'm on spring break. I thought this was excellent timing as well and prepared to share the news once I got to the hospital. Since we had a bit more time to plan this reveal we headed over to Target. I got mom a 'Get Well' card and a baby onsie that said "Grandma and Grandpa Love Me". I put it in a gift bag with pictures from the ultrasound that I had copied and left it up to them to figure out the rest. Since my sister is away at college, and has been very open about the fact that she wants to be an aunt, I decided to call her on the phone to tell her before I got up to my parents'. I asked her if she wanted to be called "Aunt" or "Auntie" and she about flipped. Screamed into the phone and later told me that she even cried a little. Now I know which one of us got the emotions because it clearly wasn't me :) She and my besties also insisted that I try to video tape telling my mom. We were all sure that she'd be the one that freaked the most. At this point the winner of the freak out award thus far is my sister. I did video telling my mom and step-dad, it was pretty classic. My mom kept saying, "Nu-uh!" while holding the onsie up for my step-dad who had a simple reply of, "Are you pregnant?" Very cute. I'm still trying to figure out how to get the video off of my phone so I can upload it. Not that anyone's reading this right now so I have some time still. Three weeks to be exact. I don't think we're revealing to the world until I'm actually 12 weeks. So you all are going to have to wait a bit longer. Kind of nice for all of you since you don't even know that you're waiting for anything. Lucky beasts.
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