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ideas for announcing BFP?
We just got a BFP this week--I think we're ready to tell both sets of grandparents. (We were going to wait til the first appt in 5 weeks but it's KILLING me!!) Any cute ideas of how to announce it? The only one I've thought of is to buy a "Big Brother" t-shirt and put DS in it and just wait til they notice. I think we might tell them tonight, so it has to be doable in one day, LOL! Oh and my parents live out of state and we skype a lot, so we have to figure out a way to tell them that way.
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Re: ideas for announcing BFP?
We are going to tell my dad by getting a three-opening picture frame. In the the first one, we'll make a sign that says "You may not see the family resemblence yet..." and the middle frame will be the u/s, and then the last frame will have a sign that says "But you will in September!"
We are telling my DH's family by getting everybody together and giving his 10 year old niece a gift. When she opens it, it will be a t shirt that we had made that says "only grandchild" and it's crossed out. Then under that it says "oldest cousin". I think they will get a kick out of that. Oh and I will also be giving my MIL a card that says something like "Please don't go on vacation in September. You are officially on call for that month." Because she's a labor and delivery nurse and I want here there. (And she goes on vacations a lot).
We are waiting until the second trimester to tell b/c we don't want to get everyone excited and then be disappointed. If we end up m/c'ing then we will tell them what happened for support, but otherwise we are waiting. We have just seen too many friends go through m/c to not be wary.
That said, when we do tell we are using custom fortune cookies after a family dinner at our house. I can't wait to order them!!!
Love the idea of the t-shirt on your other one, very cute. Good luck!
We are so thankful that our second daughter, Lillian Elizabeth "Lily", was born healthy and happy on February 11, 2013. We love her to pieces.
We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011. She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.
We are so thankful that our second daughter, Lillian Elizabeth "Lily", was born healthy and happy on February 11, 2013. We love her to pieces.
We lost our first daughter, Hannah Grace on May 4, 2011. She was buried on May 14 during a beautiful service at my home church. We are grateful that if she could not be here with us, that she is healed and whole with the Lord. We look forward to the day when we will get to meet her. We love her so much.
I guess I should have clarified my other post. We aren't telling everyone until after our 10 week appointment.
We also waited to announce our BFP until later in the pregnancy...with DD, we waited until 12 weeks.
We told family that we were pregnant by buying a "grandparent's book" for each set of grandparents and had them open it while we recorded. (of course, we told them it was a Christmas present that didn't come in on time...so they wouldn't be suspicious of us with a camera in their faces.) It's great, because I can go back and watch them being so surprised over and over again!
With this second baby, we will have DD wear a "Big Sister" shirt and do as you mentioned, have her walk around until someone notices!
We also plan to wait until about 12 weeks...just gives me a peace of mind knowing I am out of 1st tri.
Congrats and have fun telling family!
We had planned on waiting until our first appointment but my parents were going out of town for a month and wanted to tell them in person. So for my husbands parent and 3 sisters when we all got together one night we handed his little sisters a balled up onesie that said "I love my Auntie" they all freaked out, and my father-in-law didn't get it right away but came around.
For my parents, I made up a birthday invitation inviting them to the birthday of their future grandchild. I ended up sending the same type of invitation to our aunts and uncles. They should be getting them any day now so I am sure my phone will be ringing off the hook!