How we told our parents

Since Stephen and I knew we were going to start trying to get pregnant at the beginning of the year, we had some time to think about how we would want to tell our parents when I did get pregnant.  I had seen some really cute "Big Brother" shirts and thought that would be a fun way to tell them.  So, I ordered one at the beginning of January so we would have it.  But I never expected to be using it in January!!

The shirt arrived a few days before I found out I was pregnant and even though Stephen and I had talked about it, he never knew I ordered it and didn't know I had it.  

The day I found out I was pregnant, Stephen was working all day and Stephen was already in bed when he got home.  We were already planning to go over to Steve and Nancy's house the next day so I started asking Stephen what our plans were.  When he finished telling me, I held up the shirt and said, I was thinking Stephen could wear this to your Dad's house.  He looked at it and instantly knew I was pregnant!  

So the next day, we went over to Steve and Nancy's house that morning.  We had the shirt on Stephen and put a jacket on over it because it was cold.  Nancy was getting ready when we got there and Stephen started to take him jacket off because he was hot.  I wanted to wait until Steve and Nancy were together, but that could have been a while, so I took Stephen's jacket off and he showed Steve his shirt. He was so happy!  Steve yelled for Nancy to come into the room, so she came and Stephen ran up to her and showed her his shirt.  It was a really fun way to tell them!  

We called my parents to see if they wanted to meet us for dinner that night, so we met them at Fudruckers.  Stephen wanted to just wait and see how long it took them to notice his shirt, but that could have taken the whole meal, and I couldn't wait any longer.  So after we all hugged, Stephen showed them his shirt.  They were super excited!!

After dinner, we called Annette and Jim to see if they were home and asked if we could stop by for a minute.  At this point, Stephen was a pro at showing off his shirt and loved doing it, so he walked right in and showed Nana his shirt.  She immediately said, "I knew it!"  She was telling Jim we must be coming over to tell them I was pregnant because it was kind of odd for us to just be stopping by so late.  

I was happy to have a really fun way to tell people we were pregnant this time and it was fun to involve Stephen.  He loves his Big Brother shirt!!  We text these pictures to the rest of our family and close friends to tell them we are expecting.