The first of our two big reveals finally happened this weekend! Since everyone was in town for my mom's 50th birthday, we knew this would be the perfect time to share the good news. Someone did ask me if I thought my Mom would be upset that we were "hijacking" her birthday. But I knew that this surprise would be well received!
We told my youngest sister, Lauren, on May 19th. She asked to stay at our house last minute on her way through town. I hid all the baby books & gifts that we had bought for our parents. But I still couldn't keep the secret! Rich & I decided spontaneously to tell her. She was definitely caught off guard, especially after just finishing her rotation in the NICU. Probably bad timing on our part.
So we thought it was only fair to tell my other sister, Ashley, before my parents too. On the way to dinner Saturday night, Rich & I told Ashley we needed to talk to her. I just LOVED her reaction!
We had a 7:30 dinner reservation at The Melting Pot (yum!) However, that meant we didn't get home until almost 11:30! At that point, I couldn't wait any longer to share the news. I wrangled everyone into the kitchen (which took a lot of work!) and finally got Mom to open her gift. Mom & Dad has awesome reactions too- I especially loved Mom's squealing!
It felt so great to finally be able to share and talk about our baby with family. Mom was definitely impressed that I kept the secret as long as I did! The rest of the long weekend was spent talking about baby things and other plans. Mom & I even made a trip to Buy Buy Baby just for fun.
Only 9 more days until we can finally tell Rich's parents (and our brother & sister-in-law). We cannot wait to get their reactions on camera as well!
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