How did you or are you announcing?

dfduke1221

DH and I are all about the shock factor.  We want to announce at Christmas to our families and friends.  I'll be about 13 weeks then.  We want to make it good and we want an unforgetable reaction.  We've been brainstorming and throwing out ideas, but nothing is set in stone.  What did you and your DH do/are going to do to announce the arrival of your LO?

We've thought about making a video, wrapping the DVD up and giving it as a gift.  Making a shirt and seeing how long it takes people to notice, showing them out family/we're expecting pictures and see how many catch on...

It's hard to decide on how to do this.

Thanks for all your help and all your suggesstions!!

chloebeth930

For my mom I gave her a birthday card congratulating her on her new grandchild.  For in-laws I let DH tell them when we were all skyping together (he was gone for military training). 

The 1st time we were pregnant DH slide it into the prayer at dinner (and please look after J for these next 9 months). 

If I were you I would get everyone together for a picture.  Have the camera recording instead and then when you do the traditional countdown (ok 1..2..3.. say cheese) instead of that do a ( ok everyone say "____ is pregnant).  It would be awesome because you would get all of their reactions on video. 

lauren.cus

We were on vacation at the time, so I told my parents I wanted to show them the pictures from our trip. One of the pictures was a picture of a digital test that said "pregnant". My mom bawled:) it was great!

lotus88

chloebeth930:

For my mom I gave her a birthday card congratulating her on her new grandchild.  For in-laws I let DH tell them when we were all skyping together (he was gone for military training). 

The 1st time we were pregnant DH slide it into the prayer at dinner (and please look after J for these next 9 months). 

If I were you I would get everyone together for a picture.  Have the camera recording instead and then when you do the traditional countdown (ok 1..2..3.. say cheese) instead of that do a ( ok everyone say "____ is pregnant).  It would be awesome because you would get all of their reactions on video. 

That's a cute idea.

emd2887

We aren't very creative. With most people, family included, we simply told them we were having a baby. 

One thing we thought about doing was to show them a whole bunch of recent pictures, and have the last one be the u/s picture. I ended up being so tired and feeling so crappy that I didn't have the energy to get it together.  

lauralew

With this pregnancy I just showed everyone the u/s picture at different times.  It was fun because some relatives knew what it was, but didn't really know what they were looking at.  And it was fun to watch them look at me and then the pic, etc.  But I think the effect was much more dramatic since there were two.

With my first pregnancy I did something similar to what chloebeth suggested, except we took a picture instead of a video.  I wish we had done a video, though...but then I'm also okay that we didn't since that pregnancy ended much too soon.

My SIL just revealed the gender of her baby by wrapping a box with pink balloons in it; her older two daughters opened it.  They recorded it and sent it out to friends and family.  You could do something like this...maybe find a balloon that just says congratulations on the baby or something?  Or just some balloons with "Baby [Last Name] Arriving on EDD" written on them.

johnnys june

Last time DH and I bought presents -- a "Grandpa" T-shirt for his dad and mine and I found some baby booty charms and made earrings for his mom.    We wrapped them up and took them over to their house with a "just because" reason.  When they opened them they were shocked and it took a second to register.  We sent my parents a box with their gifts that said "open together" on the outside.

This time around we told my mom and dad and close friends right away.  DH was way too excited to hide it from his best friend and my sister in law.  Plus I wanted my parents support immediately because I know this is going to be a nervewracking pregnancy.  We skyped them though and I randomly pulled the pregnancy test out in front of the camera.  For the IL's, we waited until Thanksgiving and DH asked everyone to go around the table and say what they were thankful for.  When it got to him (he made sure he was last), he said he was thankful for his child, paused, then leaned over and patted my tummy.  It was cute.

liesam

chloebeth930:

If I were you I would get everyone together for a picture.  Have the camera recording instead and then when you do the traditional countdown (ok 1..2..3.. say cheese) instead of that do a ( ok everyone say "____ is pregnant).  It would be awesome because you would get all of their reactions on video. 

I LOVE this idea!

karma79

chloebeth930:

For my mom I gave her a birthday card congratulating her on her new grandchild.  For in-laws I let DH tell them when we were all skyping together (he was gone for military training). 

The 1st time we were pregnant DH slide it into the prayer at dinner (and please look after J for these next 9 months). 

If I were you I would get everyone together for a picture.  Have the camera recording instead and then when you do the traditional countdown (ok 1..2..3.. say cheese) instead of that do a ( ok everyone say "____ is pregnant).  It would be awesome because you would get all of their reactions on video. 

I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!

noah-bear

In March is when we're planning to announce. 

I'm sending my mom a birthday card from Noah and "new baby". We'll skype with his parents and my grandma and aunt to tell them (aunt already knows though, she's my rock in the family).

Every one else will find out through FB when we put it on there. 

LottaLattes

We just told my husband's brothers and sisters over Thanksgiving, because it's rare to have everyone in the room together (we live in 3 states between the three couples!)  It's a little earlier than I would have preferred, but nicer to do in person.  I called the rest of my family to tell them at varying points, because they all live pretty far away so in person wouldn't have been feasible.

So nothing interesting   I can't wait to hear what you end up doing!

SHABLIE

me and dh went to thanksgiving at his very close friends house, pretty much family, and EVERYONE there,without my knowledge, knew i was pregnant already. half way through i got put on blast. it was really uncomfortable and im still alittle upset my DH told them. we werent planning on telling anyone until atleast 2 more weeks from now.