The Announcement

I had been looking forward to going home for Thankgsiving for seriously three months.  Being sick and pregnant just made me want to be around loved ones and home.  Luckily, Thomas had a whole week off and so did I!
I had put a hold on The Hunger Games book on CD back in June or something at the library and we got it just in time for our trip.  I had already read the books but Thomas hadn't and we both really enjoyed listening to it on our trip.
It was so exciting being able to tell everyone that we are expecting.  First we stopped at Thomas' grandma's house in Grandview, WA. We brought out little rattle cupcakes and gave them to her and she didn't really get what they were.  Thomas asked her if she knew what they were and she said "A lollipop?" Haha.  When he said they were a baby rattles cause I was pregnant she said "Oh!" and looked at me and asked "Did you sleep on the wrong side of the bed?" I laughed and said that no Thomas had.  The she asked us "Don't you kids know the economy's bad right now? I thought you two were the smart ones." We just laughed but when we left we kind of felt deflated and then were a little scared to tell anyone else.

But... we got THE BEST reaction from my little sister Bea.  We got to my parents house a bit before she got back from the grocery store so my mom had time to get her camera out to video her reaction. She came into the dining room and looked at my mom funny cause she had her camera out and I said "Hey Bea! I made you some cupcakes."  She was like "I don't trust you." Haha I guess she thought I put something nasty in them.  But then she looks at the cupcakes and asks "Are you pregnant!?" And when I say yes she yells and claps and hugs me.  Alex was upstairs too and in the video you can hear him screaming and clapping too :)


When my dad got home from work we did the same thing for him and he was excited for us.
On Sunday we went and told Thomas' brother's family and his son ended up telling Thomas' mom before we could so when we told her there wasn't any surprise.  His dad on the other hand was surprised when we showed him pics of our new apartment and the baby's room had a sign that said Baby's Room and the ultrasound picture.  His first response was "Oh you already have a baby's room ready" but didn't really get it that we were pregnant till one of us said "Ya, the baby will be here in May."  Haha
For the rest of our families we sent the following letter in the mail:

Next time we are announcing a baby's arrival we have decided to just go the easy route and call everybody so that everybody get's the news the same day :) It was a bit stressful waiting for everybody to find out and hoping they didn't find out from somebody else.  My poor sister in law had to find out through facebook cause they never got there letter in the mail because they were moving.  Oops.  Live and learn though.