Telling the Families

I keep forgetting to write this post...so here it is, finally (long overdue).

Telling our families the news was a very fun thing to do. We tried to think of a unique way to tell each person, so here are the stories.

Mom & Dad Epp - we told them on Phil's birthday, we gave him a card that said "Happy Birthday Grandpa" and he was like "Yup, i'm going to be a grandpa!" (for those of you who don't know, Anthony's sister Ang & her husband Russ are expecting their first child on June 10, just 3 weeks before us). But then inside the card we said something about 2 grandkids...he gave me this look when he read that part, and said "really?" Lots of hugs resulted, and they were pretty surprised to learn our due date was so close to Ang & Russ's.

Mom & Dad Nelson - another birthday surprise, this time on mom's 60th (so convenient that these parents of ours have birthdays close together!) We were over at their place after having birthday lunch, and we gave mom a card...inside, it said something like "we wanted to get you something special for your 60th, something to keep you busy now that you're retired and all. Unfortunately, he or she won't arrive until sometime after Dad's birthday, so you'll have to wait a bit". Again, lots of surprise and hugs. (my dad's birthday is June 21).

It should be noted that both mothers were suspicious by the time we had told them....mom Nelson was like "I promised i wasn't going to ask you, so i didn't, but i kinda figured when you were so sick for so long". Mom Epp said "Last weekend, i told Phil, either you're super super stressed, or you're pregnant" Must be mothers' intuition....

Lana & Larissa found out when they came down for mom's birthday. Ever since Larissa had Liv, she's been teasing us that Liv needs Nelson cousins soon...so i was just casually playing with Liv on the floor, and asked her if she wanted a baby cousin to play with.....my sisters were pretty excited, they called their husbands right away to share the news.

Arleen was over for supper one night with Mom & Dad epp....i told her i had a confession to make, that the weekend i was at her house and was 'sick with the flu'....that Jim (the camp manager who suggested i may be pregnant) was right..... Once she figured it out, she probably had the best reaction of anyone ... she JUMPED off the couch and did a happy dance.

Ang & Russ had us over for games n snacks one evening... now, when they told us in October that they were expecting, they too had teased us that it would be really nice to have cousins close in age to their kids, that we should get on it..... Well, little did we know at the time they told us about their baby that we were already pregnant... So when we told them, we said "Um, remember when you guys said you wanted cousins close in age to your kids? Well, is 3 weeks close enough?" I think they were pretty surprised, especially since the due dates are so close. It will be fun to have Ang to go through this experience with...we already spent the rest of that evening comparing notes and experiences and she showed us all the stuff they already have for their kid....

Poor Amy, she just found out when we told mom & dad Epp, as she lives in the same house and we didn't think it would be easy for mom and dad if Amy didn't know and they couldn't even talk about it at home. But she got to find out first for the epp sisters, so hopefully that made up for it.

Over the next few weeks, a few more people will find out - close friends (some of whom already know and are reading this blog as it grows), and then at Christmastime, i'll be 13 weeks along and the whole world can know!