Telling the Fam!

Aw thats so exciting! I agree not to tell them on the wedding day. You want the focus on your wedding and people talking about that not a baby - thats how I would be anyway. Im not sure if I would want to tell people a day/few days before the wedding or afterwards, but just not on the day.

That t-shirt is so cute! You could like have all family around for dinner early evening before finn goes to bed, and keep him upstairs until everyone has arrived. Then bring him down wearing that, not say anything and wait for people to be like omg you're pregnant!?

I doubt I'll have anymore biological kids, but if I ever do I would love to do something really special to announce it. I remember telling my mum I was pregnant with jay when I was 17. An ex boyfriend had dropped off a bunch of flowers for my birthday one morning (a month AFTER my actual b-day - men), I was still in bed so mum brought them upto my room and I felt all hormonal and emotional, and burst into tears over flowers! lol
She wanted to know why I was crying so I told her "I think im pregnant". Her first words were "Don't tell your dad" and she left the room. We didnt say anything more about it for days afterwards

Enough rambling, I hope everyones excited for you both. Does your family know you've been ttc, or will it be a big surprise?

Morgan

Bridget I think thats the cutest idea! I love it!! I only wished I had seen something like that.
I would say definitely do it... I wonder how long it would be before someone clicks on!

morgan, it's going to be a huge surprise! technically we weren't even ttc yet, we going to wait until august (but we hadn't told others that). we slipped up and had sex once during my fertile time last month and that did it!

i just emailed nick and he loves the idea. i think it'll be nice to share with all the family (my aunts and uncles and our grandparents) and not just our parents and siblings.

i'm sure it won't take long for someone to notice. finn's always the star of the show! maybe i'll have a sweatshirt on him until everyone gets there, then i'll take it off and let him run free to spread the word.

i think thats a great idea!!!



only hope your mom dont think its too hot for him to have a sweatshirt on and she come take it off

I think that's a great idea as well ...you sure can bite your tongue longer then me though ,I don't know how you can do it lol ...id wanna tell everyone now

That's a great idea!! There is no way I could wait that long to tell everybody. We found out on Dec. 15 last year that I was preggo, we couldn't even wait 10 days till Christmas to tell everybody. We called everybody we knew ASAP to tell them!!!

Awww! I love that idea Bridget! It's great and better than just telling everyone. As soon as one person notices, the rest will be a domino effect!

Wow! I don't know how you can keep it a secret for that long.

I think it is an adorable idea though and I wouldn't have thought of it.

That's such a cute idea.
I wouldn't be able to wait to tell people, but that's just me. I'd also be showing by then too. I started showing very early for Ava.

well that's what i really want to do but i don't know if i can wait that long either.

i just got fitted for my dress today and i'm hoping my body won't have changed much by the time i have to wear it. i think i'll be about 15 weeks at the wedding, so maybe it's wishful thinking but i'm really going to watch every single thing i put in my mouth. there is no way i'm going to put on nearly as much as i gained with finn, especially since i'm still up 25 pounds from before i got pregnant with him.

so yeah, where i was going with that was i hope i'm not showing and i can keep it a secret long enough to use the shirt!

i went by myself and i told the lady and she said she would make it to my current measurements and we'll go from there. she's pushy and speaks with a thick accent so it's hard to understand her and i'm the opposite of pushy, so i'll let her do her thing.

oh, and when she started the measurements i found myself sucking in! then i was like, "what am i thinking?! let it all hang out!"

she won't start until i bring her a 50% deposit so when i bring her a check next week i'm going to beg her to leave enough fabric so it can be let out if it has to be. i don't know what i'll do if it doesn't fit!

but i am seriously going to try to stick to the 3-4 pound gain recommended for the first trimester.

oh, and i forgot to mention it but i got a good laugh out of your comment about my mom. knowing her she would do something like that! one day she insisted it was chilly out and he needed to wear a jacket, we get outside and it was like 80. her internal thermometer is seriously out of whack.