Hubby and I made a bet right before we left; he thought my parents would notice right away that I was pregnant, and I thought that they would have no clue. When we grabbed our luggage and got in their car, the first thing my mom said was:
"Nicole, you look so skinny!"
Hahaha, great success. I told him I'm good at dressing to hide my small bump.
We ended up at a mall near the restaurant we were going to meet hubby's folks and sister, and saw Monsters University. What a cute movie! We caught my folks dozing in the middle of it, but they're allowed to, they're old. : ) I was antsy throughout because I couldn't wait to tell everyone. What's funny is before we saw the movie I grabbed a small bite to eat and my dad came up right behind me and grabbed my tummy. He still didn't notice anything. Ha.
As we pulled up to the restaurant after the movie, my parents got out of the car and I started putting together the presents. We waited for a little bit for husband's family and once they arrived we were sat quickly (July 4th at 5:30pm is the time and date to go out for dinner-no one is around!). I asked hubby right away when we should give them their presents, and he said wait until after dinner. I'm so impatient!
Right after we finished, we handed out the presents...this was their reaction:
My dad's face was priceless, his jaw was open wide. I knew everyone would be happy, my dad literally asked when I was going to have a baby about every other time I talked to him on the phone.
From then on, we spread the news to any friends or family we ran into, but we were still careful to keep it Facebook private because we had to tell my brothers the following Sunday. It was really fun sharing the great news with everyone, and it just made husband and I more and more happier that we are pregnant.
The whole reason why we flew up to Washington that weekend was for our cousin's wedding on Saturday. We didn't want to tell everyone before the ceremony, but lo and behold we found a great way to spread the news afterwards: they had a photobooth set up at the reception! So we took these photos:
It's a little hard to see, but the second photo we have a baby bottle on my stomach. So we went up to family one by one and showed them the picture and said "Guess what?" They would either figure it out right away, or I'd just blurt out we're pregnant. Everyone again was very excited for the news. The wedding itself turned out so beautiful and full of joy, and telling everyone the great news was the icing on the cake.
Finally Sunday arrived and I couldn't wait until after dinner to tell everyone, so we broke out the "I love my uncle/aunt" bibs after we ordered and my aunt screamed in excitement--she didn't receive a bib, but when she figured it out she was very vocal.
The husband took a great photo at the end of dinner of the whole family outside the restaurant:
My parents were already grandparents, but me being the only girl they're really happy to be grandparents again. This baby will make hubby's parents first time grandparents, and I know they're really elated! This was probably our best trip back to Washington (besides our wedding trip of course).
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