Ok, so here are some pictures and some explanations as to how we told our parents (and our grandparents) that we are expecting! Everyone we have told so far has responded exactly the way we had hoped, tons of excitement, a few tears of joy, and lots of love! Some reactions I didn't get on film, unfotunately, so I will just explain them. We wanted to tell everyone in a special way, not with just a "hey we're pregnant" phone call. That's just not our style. So, enjoy! (Note: at this point we have only told parents, grandparents, siblings, and a few close friends, so there will be more reactions to come!)
My mother was the first to know!
Ok, so my mother had suspected I was expecting the weekend of the 4th of July (story from the very first post) because of how tired I was, etc. So she had been calling me every day asking, "Are you?" "Did you take a test yet?" The day we found out and I called to make my first doctors apt, they had no dates or times that worked out with Jeremy's work schedule, and I wasn't about to go to the doctor alone, so here's what I came up with. I called my mom and fibbed a
teeny bit, saying I decided not to buy a home pregnancy test, I was just going to go to the doctor instead but Jeremy couldn't be there due to work, so would she come up? She said of course she would. I had to wait 6 long days and she came up to our house the day before the apt, that Monday. The whole week she had been getting excited and only wanted to talk about "baby stuff" and she'd add in every now and then, "I hope I'm not getting my hopes up." Little did she know. So when she got here on Monday I had wrapped up the items pictured above. She opened the bibs and book first and looked at me puzzled like "shouldn't you have waited to do this if you don't know?" I just smiled and told her to keep looking. She finally pulled out the test (the second one I took for this purpose). However, she didn't have her glasses on so she couldn't read it! She kept saying "What does it say? Tell me! I can't read it!!" I was laughing hysterically that she couldn't read one little word, so finally I told her it said "yes" and that she was going to be a Grandmother, and that we still had the apt in the morning. Well, if you know my mother, you know exactly what happened next, tons of tears of joy! Then she read my sweet letter and there were more tears. I actually took a video of the whole thing but mom is embarrassed by being so confused and unable to read the test that I didn't post it, for her sake. For the record, mom will be called "Bella," which is what our dogs have "called her" for a few months now. (Bella means beautiful, because she's way too young and hip to have a "grandma" name) This will be her first gandchild and her vote as to the gender of Baby McGhee is Boy.
After the doctors apt. the next day, we called my Nanny, (who will be called GiGi) my mom's mom to tell her the good news. (as she suspected we were expecting on that 4th of July weekend as well and pretty much knew why mom was coming to visit me a second time in such a short period.) Now, I must tell you that my Nanny is not a "crier." She didn't cry at her husband's or her son's funeral, and she loved them both dearly. She just doesn't cry. Well, when I told her, she began to cry and said "I am so happy. I never thought I'd live to see a great grandbaby." (she's 86) It makes me tear up every time I think about it. Such a special reaction for me. Obviously, this will be her first great-grandbaby.
That following Friday night, we told Jeremy's parents! They were coming back through Montgomery from being in Atlanta at market and had already arranged to stay with us that night before heading back to Daphne on Saturday. A little background information: Monica (my mother in love) and her sister Michelle, own a Kids Consignment business called "Kidz Kolzet" (check them out
HERE) which is based out of Mobile but they travel and have sales all over Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisianna. They have been doing this for about 10 years now. 99% of their business, baby stuff! So, Monica has had grandbaby fever for quite some time. Ok, back to the story. So, Monica and Mike got in really late on Friday night (I mean almost 11:30) but we were too excited and had already set up, so we decided to go ahead with our plans. We told them when they got here that we knew they were tired but they had to do one thing before they could go to bed. We explained that since we never got to see Mike to give him his Father's day gift, we wanted to give it to him. We told him it was too awkward to wrap so we hid it somewhere in the house, which is something they do for us at Christmas for a gift that can't be wrapped. I then told Monica that I didn't want her to feel left out so I hid a little happy for her too. They had to follow a couple of clues around the house before they ended up at their gifts, which were hidden in seperate places. Mike's clues led him to one of those plastic fishing poles for kids, with a pacifier tied to the end of it. He loves to fish and He and Jeremy love to fish together, so this was for his new little "fishing buddy." He got it right away and was so excited. Jeremy was taking snapshots of him on his camera, so I dont have them yet. For Monica, I had decorated a sign that said "Our Kid'z Klozet" and hung it on the guest bedroom closet doors, which will soon be the nursery closet, so it is literally our kid's closet, well, future closet. Well, I made all the lettering and decor look exactly like the actual Kidz Klozet logo, which I knew would throw her off and make her think I had gotten her something for Kidz Klozet, and I was right! She totally bought it.
Here is the sign.
So she took down the sign and opened the doors to find her happy....
And when she did, she found....
An "I love grandma" bib and a onesie! To say she was excited is an understatement! She kept screaming "oh my gosh!, Oh my gosh! Are you serious?!!" Then there were lots of hugs and love for everyone! It was so late, but now we were all wide awake! Here is a picture of the in-laws with their gifts. (Oh and by the way, we gave him his actual father's day gift right afterwards.) For the record, Mike thinks it's a Boy, Monica votes Girl. This will be their 3rd gandbaby, as Mike's daughter, has two girls, Lindsay and Camryn.
"Honey and PawPaw"
Next came my bonus dad, Mark. Mark has a very special relationship with our "first babies," our dogs, Baron and Barlow. He loves them and they love him, it's a very special bond. Mark also LOVES babies, so we knew he'd be thrilled. So we had T-Shirts made for the pups so they could "tell him." We decided that would be the most special for him. When he got home from work, the dogs ran to greet him wearing their "I'm the big brother t-shirts." Mark was so excited, he said he was "just tickled to death." This will be Mark's first grandbaby.
Mark is home, the pups rush to greet him.
He picks Barlow up to get a closer look
And he's excited!
Really excited!
Their shirts said "I'm the Big Brother" and their name
Mommy's little helpers! (This is also how we told my brother and my bonus sister, who both think Baby McGhee will be a girl.)
Next came my daddy! I really wanted to surprise him so I decided to show up at his work! I got my favorite florist to do a beautiful, fragrant arrangement for he and Kathy and I brought them to his office. For the card, I had chosen one that was pink and blue, and had written "Congrats! You are going to be Grandparents...Again!" Daddy already has 5 grandchildren from my two older sisters so this will be number 6th! Poor dad! haha! He was thrilled for us and loved his sweet note I wrote him to go with the flowers! He took me to breakfast a couple of days later to celebrate!
Opening the Card
Happiness!
We then told the rest of our grandparents. For my Mamaw (my dad's mom) and Jeremy's Nanny and Poppa, we showed them a picture of the positive pregnancy test, knowing they would have no idea what it was. It was funny seeing them try to guess what the picture was of! They finally got it right and were very happy! This will be his Nanny and Poppa's first great grandbaby, and my Mamaw's 6th! Then we told Jeremy's Meemaw (his Mom's mom). We brought her a small arrangement of pink, blue, white, and yellow flowers with a small "Congratulations" balloon inside.
When Jeremy gave it to her she thought it was so sweet he'd brought her some flowers and then she noticed the balloon. "Congratulations?" she asked. "What's the Congratulations for?" I responded "Oh, we heard Congratulations were in order." She asked us what we were talking about to which we responded, "We heard you were going to be a great grandmother again!"
She was so excited, Meemaw sure does love babies! She has 19 grandchildren and this will be her 2nd great- grandbaby!
Unfortunately, my two older sisters live in Texas, so I was unable to tell them in person, but when I called them after our first ultrasound to tell them, they were so excited! Stacey has 3 kids and Amanda has 2 (including a newborn) so I am very lucky to have them to answer any questions I have!
Hope you enjoyed, I know this post was super long!
