Broke the news to the in-laws on Thanksgiving

FinallyMrs.G

We told DH parents that we are adopting. They are so excited which make me much more excited than I already was. We went out with them last night and I guess they had been talking about it constantly since we told them. My mother in law is already wanting to buy all the baby's furniture and help paint.  I wasn't sure how they'd take it, (they have two grand baby's already) I knew they'd be happy for us but didn't expect that reaction. She told me that's all she's been thinking about. How sweet! Just wanted to share.

speak-ez

That's awesome! I was worried they had a bad reaction based on your title. Glad it wasn't that way!

Honeydew1894

I'm so glad! This is such exciting news for you and your family! Yay!

MyColonyNJ

that was our plan too,  but it did not work out that way.  I guess we were waiting for it to come up in conversation - which of course it did not.

We really have to tell them soon, I really don't want to call them and say, "hey, we are adopting (fost/adopt) and we just got our first placement yesterday"

I just don't want to do an official announcement, I would rather it just come up in conversation.  So, we will see.

I am glad you got a good reaction

BurkeJax

That is great!! It's so awesome how supportive families are

 

 

skinnursemandee

That brings me to tears!! This adoption process is new to me and its just beautiful how openly they accepted the idea. Congrats, I hope this makes it so much easier for you knowing you have a wonderful support system.

(DFL)

Yay for you guys!  That's good. 

 MyColonyNJ-lol.  My side of the family knew right away but his family we told when we were matched with Khloe's birthmom--3 weeks before she was born.  lol.  They were excited-Khloe's is there only grandchild. 

Art Teacher

That's great that they are excited for you and DH!  Isn't it fun to share the news??

Congratulations!

Dr.Loretta

That is wonderful news.

TTCgradstud

YEAH!  I'm glad it went well, it is always great to get those very excited responses because, at least for me, it makes it that much more real!

gingerfamily

Yey!  I'm so glad it went well.  Congrats!!

MrsA2Be

That's wonderful news, congratulations!  How sweet of your MIL to want to help with things too - very supportive and sweet.  YAY for you and DH!

CanadianGurl

Congrats on your decision. Sounds like you have lovely in-laws; you're very lucky.

Married3.22.03

That's wonderful.    It makes it so much easier when you know you have the full support of your family.  And let me tell you -- when the baby comes, there will be NO difference between your baby and their other grandchildren!  Grandparents go CRAZY over those babies!!  hahaha    My parents say that they always "forget" that DD is even adopted, and the only thing that makes my mom remember that is realizing that I was never PG.  haha 

FinallyMrs.G

Thank you for all of the replies. It really is exciting. It got me all excited again. I go through stages because I know it's going to be a long road and I'm already impatient about it so I try not to even think about it but it has been hard the last few days.

CaptainSerious

That's wonderful.  It makes the journey so much easier when you have your family's support and understanding.