I know this has been asked before but I am looking for a neat way of telling my dad... He means the world to me and I want it to be cute. There is a baby book I've seen that I like so I thought of buying that and showing it to him, hoping he'll get it. haha What do you think? TIA.
Re: Cute way to share the news...
Well, the way I broke the news wasn't really.. cute? But for a while I was struggling without having health insurance, so I told my parents the morning I went to apply for Medicaid *due to my pregnancy*, I said "Mom, Dad, I'm going to the appointment to get my insurance, wish me luck!". That same afternoon, I stopped by my parents house and said "Guess what!? They gave me my health insurance! because I'm pregnant! *big smiley face*"
They were sooooo excited. They had a huge smile from ear to ear. There's so many ways to break the special news, aslong as you're being natural about it. A cute way is getting an ultrasound printed out, and putting it in a card that reads "Congratulations, Grandpa!" or something along those lines.
Be yourself
With DD we gave my mom a Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul, wrapped in a onsie that said "Born in 2009"
Because it was Mothers Day, and my Dad was there at the same time.
This time we just told them we thought they were really great grandparents so good that we'd decided to promotethem to grandparents of 2 in 8 months or so.
with this pregnancy i bought some blank cards and put this in them
"My little family wrote you this poem
on this snowy january day
to let my gramma/papa know,
that my birthday is only 8 months away!
-brand new baby johnson expected 9/18/11"
they both cried when they read them
How bout a picture frame with a picture of your belly? My hubby wants to draw a baby with a marker... still don't know about that but I think its a cute idea
We found out the week of Christmas so we surprised all of our family together on Christmas Day.
We took a picture of the test which was digital so it clearly said PREGNANT. We bought large frames that held 10 different pictures. Some were of our new Christmas pics and wedding pics since we were married in June. In one of the frames we put the pic of the pregnancy test. The reactions were so great. Everyone teared up and cried as it clicked to them what they were looking at.
They all love sharing with everyone how they found out.
Then with 3 of my girlfriends I peed on 3 different tests and put them in Ziploc bags. Then I put them in pretty little Christmas bags with tissue. This was so funny as they all opened them together.
We told my MIL on Mother's Day. We had a cake made that said, "Happy Mother's Day Grandma." My SIL got it right away and was excited, but at first MIL thought we had gotten the wrong cake. When she realized, she was really excited.
For my parents, we had fotune cookies made that said, "There will soon be a new addition to the family." We went to PF Changs for dinner and secretly gave them to our server. They were so surprised!
We told many family members with a cute poem. I put a picture of us in a frame along with a copy of the poem: I do not have a face to see, or to put inside a frame. I do not have soft cheeks to kiss; I don't yet have a name. you can't hold my tiny hands, nor whisper in my ear. It's still too soon to sing a song, or cuddle me so near. but all will change come august 18th. When they say I'm due. I'm your new grandson or granddaughter, and I can't wait to meet you. all I ask between now and then is patience while I grow. I promise I'll be worth the wait, because of all the love we'll know. so while your waiting patiently, please pray lots of prayers for me. I cannot wait to be a part of this wonderful family!
My husband was at work when I found out so I made him a card with DISNEY characters on it (his fav). The outside said "I have a secret" (he thought we were going to DISNEY by the way), when he opened the card it said "WERE PREGNANT". He opened it around 3 am when he got off work and was overjoyed.
For our parents we purchased baby bibs and invited them to dinner that night and gave it to them. It's our first and we basically got pregnant on our honeymoon so they were overjoyed.
Everyone else found out via text or facebook.