Telling people has been so much fun! So far, we've told my mom (Patty) and Bobby, Grant's mom (Donna), Danny, Angie, and Nanci and John.
We told Mom and Bobby first because we couldn't tell them in person. Needless to say, they were excited! We had shipped them a journal called "Memories for my Grandchild," with strict orders not to open the box until we said they could. (We implied that the package had something to do with the cruise.) When they opened it, they were like, "What's this, wait, what? Are you? No, you're... are you?" followed by some screaming and general excitement about the whole situation.
Next we told Danny (because we suspected that he overheard Mom's screaming through the telephone wires...)
We told Donna the same way we told Mom and Bobby - by giving her the journal. It was fun watching her face when she realized what the journal was telling her! Later on, we went through the journal and looked at some of the questions - she had a similar journal that she had given her mom to fill out, but Grant's Grandma didn't fill it out very thoughrally... She also gave me some neat books...
We went to visit Grant's grandma, Adair (his dad's mom) who is on hospice right now. Nanci and John were there, and since we don't see them in person very often, I went ahead and told them since I thought it would be more fun in person. (Which it was!)
Finally, Angie and the kids came over. I said, "Hey Cori, guess what? I have a baby in my tummy!" Angie started laughing and then it dawned on her what I said - her scream was almost as loud as my Mom's! "I'm going to be an Aunt!" And then Andrew says, "Does that mean we're getting anothe cousin! Wahoo!" And then Cori came over and laid her head on my belly while patting it with her and, sort of hugging it, saying, "Hello cousin! Hello baby!" That was SO precious!"
Left to tell in person before I send out the mass email:
Dad (Bob) and Delaine, Grant's Dad (Gary), Tammy, Cathy and Katherine, and I have to call Andy, and Grant needs to call Blake...
We told Mom and Bobby first because we couldn't tell them in person. Needless to say, they were excited! We had shipped them a journal called "Memories for my Grandchild," with strict orders not to open the box until we said they could. (We implied that the package had something to do with the cruise.) When they opened it, they were like, "What's this, wait, what? Are you? No, you're... are you?" followed by some screaming and general excitement about the whole situation.
Next we told Danny (because we suspected that he overheard Mom's screaming through the telephone wires...)
We told Donna the same way we told Mom and Bobby - by giving her the journal. It was fun watching her face when she realized what the journal was telling her! Later on, we went through the journal and looked at some of the questions - she had a similar journal that she had given her mom to fill out, but Grant's Grandma didn't fill it out very thoughrally... She also gave me some neat books...
We went to visit Grant's grandma, Adair (his dad's mom) who is on hospice right now. Nanci and John were there, and since we don't see them in person very often, I went ahead and told them since I thought it would be more fun in person. (Which it was!)
Finally, Angie and the kids came over. I said, "Hey Cori, guess what? I have a baby in my tummy!" Angie started laughing and then it dawned on her what I said - her scream was almost as loud as my Mom's! "I'm going to be an Aunt!" And then Andrew says, "Does that mean we're getting anothe cousin! Wahoo!" And then Cori came over and laid her head on my belly while patting it with her and, sort of hugging it, saying, "Hello cousin! Hello baby!" That was SO precious!"
Left to tell in person before I send out the mass email:
Dad (Bob) and Delaine, Grant's Dad (Gary), Tammy, Cathy and Katherine, and I have to call Andy, and Grant needs to call Blake...
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