telling the fam

well, some of you know this story and some of you don't...so read at your own choosing...

We told my parents (and bro and sis-in-law in) Disney World. For those of you who are really good at math, you will realize that this means we knew about 5 weeks BEFORE we told. For those of you who know I sit 10 feet away from my mom and tell her everything (even the stuff she doesnt want to know) you should be AMAZED that I was able to keep this a secret...especially with the grilling from my mom thinking that I was pregnant (which, to here credit, she was right). So then we jsut had to think of the perfect way to tell.

Before the trip we went through a bunch of different ideas. Joey's was to get on a ride and then have me walk right off it (b/c I couldn't go on it) and then he would turn around and say I was pregnant, and then off on the ride "weeeeeee!" I did not like that idea b/c it kept me away from everyone during the ride and I would be all alone. So scratch that one. We also had the idea to read the warnings on the ride before we went on and then say, "oh, I guess I can't go on this..." and the chaos would ensue. Scratched that one. So we thought we would buy Mickey ears and have them stiched with "mom" and "dad" and then ask my parents to take our picture and see who noticed. Mickey hats are like $13 a piece, plus $4 to stich them. Scratch that.

So we woke up our first morning there and went to Downtown Disney hoping to be inspired. They have a pin store there where you can buy a bazillion different kinds of pins. Well, they have these new "make it yourself" ones where you can put in your name, but they also had #1 grandma, #1 grandpa etc. So we decided to buy pins for everyone. Then we had to decide how to give them out. We decided to do it after lunch at Earl's (highly recommend Earl's!) in Downtown Disney. After we were done eating I asked if anyone wanted dessert, which they did. So I pulled out the pins and gave them to my mom and dad. Joey said I was crying when I got them out- which was probably true. My dad got up right away to come and give a hug and my mom yelled out "are you serious?"...which now is funny to me b/c what kind of a mean joke would that be? Anyway, not to overshare, but b/c I had to lie to my mom about not being pregnant, then next time I would have been able to find out if I was pregnant would've been in DW, so she thought I'd literally peed on a stick that morning and told. So when then next thing I said was, "I am 9 weeks today" she yelled- quite loudly- "You're a liar!" So I am sure people around us all thought there was some sort of domestic dispute b/c people were crying, my mom was screaming and calling me a liar...it was pretty funny. Joey had a good view of watching it all happen. At this point I think Brent was still wondering where his dessert was. Then I pulled out an ultrasound picture that I had and my mom thought it was fake...yes mom, I brought some other lady's uterus to show you! So that was cool. Brent and Kristine were able to figure it out pretty quickly and we gave them some pins as well. During the trip we had to be careful not to have to pins in the picture since we weren't telling everyone yet. So needless to day, DW was another success and we spent a lot of time looking at babies, kids, strollers, etc. in preparation for next year!

So it was a success! I am AMAZED that I was able to hold it in that long, but I wanted to prove that I could, plus I knew it would surprise the heck out of everyone (Joey had only given me a 50/50 chance of making it to DW). I think my mom said it nicely, "I am glad you lied to me, that was fun!"