Telling our parents that we were expecting was really fun! We decided to make it a Christmas surprise and tell them with the gifts we gave. For our moms, I bought necklaces that said "Grams" and "Grandma" respectively and had the baby's August birthstone on them. For our dads, we bought picture frames that said "Grandpa & me" and put a copy of the ultrasound picture in the frames.
Christmas came and so did the storm. We had the biggest snow storm we have had in a while. I was afraid no one would even leave their house! But we made it to your dad's parents' house and so did Jacob and Jessica, so the plan would go on. After the family was done opening gifts I told your dad that I thought we were missing a couple of gifts and would he please go see if he could find them. Of course he brought out a gift for his mom and one for his dad. We had Grandma open hers first. She looked at the necklace and said how pretty it was. I had to tell her that there was something written on it. She quickly grabbed her glasses and put them on and my heart was racing as she squinted to read the word printed on the necklace - GRANDMA. Her mouth fell open and she looked shocked. "Really?" she asked.
Then the shock changed to joy before she became completely overwhelmed with emotion and began crying. She put her hands to her face and just cried and smiled. She was so excited!
We were able to capture each moment with our camera and I know that those will be images I will treasure forever! Of course Grandpa opened his gift next and they both just went on and on about how excited they were, asked if the baby was doing well, and asked how I was doing.
Things seemed a little trickier when it came to telling my family. The original plan for Christmas was that my mom's family would come from Arkansas to her home in Claremore and we would all gather there. Due to the storm NO ONE was travelling. Even my brother who lives in Tulsa couldn't get out of his driveway. It looked like I might have to keep this secret another day or two. I thought I might die! Thankfully, Jacob offered to let us use his truck which had four-wheel drive so that at least David and I could get out to Claremore to see my parents. It wasn't exactly the way I had pictured it, but at least I would be able to tell my parents and then stop keeping this huge secret!
We sat down with my parents and handed them their gifts. As planned, I told my mom to open hers first. She opened it and looked at it and had nearly the same initial reaction as Grandma had - "What a pretty necklace!" "No mom... you have to read it!" I said. She looked closer and saw that it said GRAMS. "Oh, it says Grams! How nice! And it has my birthstone! Thank you so much!" I rolled my eyes and looked at your dad who was chuckling just a little bit. "Fine, I'm glad you like it. Daddy, just go ahead and open yours." Pops opened his gift and as he started to lift it out of the box his eyes got really big. He pulled it out and showed it to my mother. Then her eyes got big and she let out a big, "Ooooooh! You're pregnant???" I laughed so hard! Of course once she had it all figured out she was very excited and we shared our hugs.
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