You're going to be grandparents!

Okay, one of the best things about having that first appointment is that we finally felt we could tell our family and our friends!  The reactions to this news has been SO much fun!  I'll share my favorite reactions:

The first person we told was Margie, Jeff's mom.  Jeff had been trying to get Jeremy and his family to meet us for breakfast so we could tell them all together but without us being too obvious and telling him NOT to hunt on a weekend morning we had to tell her and then tell them later.  So, we called Margie one Saturday morning and made a plan to meet at Cracker Barrel.  Because our clinic was so generous we were able to give her and my parents pictures of the ultrasound.  So, I was trying to judge when it would be the best time to give her the news...it's tough to find the "right" opening to say, "By the way, we're pregnant!"   So, we ate our meals and were sitting there wrapping up the meal and visit and I looked at her seriously and said, "Are you done?"  She said yes.  I asked her if her hands were clean and she gave me a strange look (understandably so)  and said, "Okay, then you can have this" as I handed her the ultrasound picture.  Margie was speechless!  It was definitely a moment.  Funny and sweet all a the same time.  She didn't cry and neither did we, thank goodness!  So, we finished our meal and went home to await the next announcement later that night.

Later that night we meet my parents and grandmother for dinner.  My mom's birthday was the 19th but she was sick on her birthday so we didn't get to celebrate her birthday then and it was the perfect time for us to meet for her birthday and to spring the news on them!  We went to eat dinner and then we went back to my grandmother's house to have pie and open presents.  She opened her birthday present and after she opened it we told my dad to go sit by her and to open this next gift together.  We told them it was a bleated birthday present for both of them.  It was ready on his birthday (September 2nd) but was finally ready.  So, they opened a picture of the ultrasound and at first I don't think Scott got it and Patti was screaming, "Are you for real?"  She jumped up and down and was screaming and fist bumping and acting like a teenager.  Scott had to put his head down and take a moment.  He got all teary-eyed.  It was fun to watch!

The next day we stopped by Jeremy & Julia's house to tell them.  We bought Jonah a shirt (which I tried to add a picture here but couldn't get it to post) that said, "If you mustache I'm going to be a BIG COUSIN". Jeremy and Julia didn't seem shocked or surprised at all.  They both seemed like we told them, "we're going to work on Monday."  It was just "Oh, cool.  Okay."  After three super excited grandparents their calm acceptance was probably more shocking to us than if they'd actually been shocked!

So, after we told our parents and Jeremy and his family we started telling our family and friends.  We were texting, calling and e-mailing tons of folks.  I won't share names but I will share some of our favorite reactions from friends:

"I'm glad Jeff realized he could do more with that thing than just pee."

"What the F&$^?!?!  Are you Kidding?!?!?"

"That's great. I just hate to see you rush into something like this."

"Patti is happy to have another reason to shop."

(Mother/daughter conversation that was recorded and sent to me)

The Mom: Guess who is pregnant?
The Daughter: It's not you, is it?
The Mom: (Laugh) No
The Daughter: Good!  Because I would have thrown myself out of the car!
The Mom:  It's Tori and Jeff!
The Daughter: Oh!  Tori and Jeff are pregnant! Congratulations!

I'm sure there are other and if I find/remember them I'll be sure to add them!