Telling Our Parents (Part One)

Well like I said before Mark and I had agreed that we would not tell our parents until after the first doctor visit. Mostly he was worried about something going wrong and us disappointing anyone. We could/can not imagine having a loss and wanted some reassurance that everything was looking good for the pregnancy.

We setup dinner with the parents under the idea that it was to celebrate Mark's 30th Birthday (which we of course did). Mark and I had made cards for our mother's that said "Happy Mother's Day... GRANDMA" and inside there was a note from the baby (see above and below picture). Early in the dinner I said that Mark was supposed to mail the cards and had forgotten to do so before we left for Costa Rica so we were sorry but here they are... so we watch as the mom's opened their cards. It was VERY cute to see their reaction. My mom opened her's first and just keep looking at me and then looking at the card... it was so cute! Then Mark's mom opened her card and just started smiling. I think we caught both moms off guard!! They both were so happy and then they had to explain to the Dads why they were so speechless. We also had the picture of our ultrasound, so we were able to show them our little baby the size of a blueberry :-)

We received many congrats and they let us know how excited they were... and there were a few tears. It was a PERFECT response! Mark and I could not be more excited to finally be able to share the exciting news.

We are so lucky to have such wonderful support from our parents and so much love!! We know they are going to be AMAZING grandparents and we look forward to sharing this journey with them.

Here is a group picture after dinner.

Here is the note that was inside the card: