Telling the furture grandparents

lindseywit · November 2008

My DH and I just found out we are pregnant and are looking for a neat way to tell our parents...any ideas?

Also can somone let me know what all of the codes on these boards are...i know DH, BCP and AF but I am confused on some of the others. thanks

Mysticblossom21 · November 2008

Here is a link for the abbreviations:

https://talk.thenestbaby.com/boards/glossary.html

JimsBride08 · November 2008

We took my parents out for their anniversary and told them then. We just told DH's parents at their house-they knew something was up anyway when we asked if everyone was home.

lindseywit · November 2008

thanks

lacey_ja_r · November 2008

So our parents know but our grandparents don't. We are telling everyone at Christmas. So for our grandparents (baby's great grandparents) I found read, white, and blue starred onesies. I included a patriotic themed card that reads:

To Great-Grandma and Great Grandpa,

From your newest great-grandchild to-be

Can't wait to meet you!

The patriotic theme is to hint that we are due in July.

I know onesies are overdone but heck we've never done it!

NDwife07 · November 2008

Because the timing works well for us, we're telling all the parents and siblings at Thanksgiving at our house. We're hoping to get everyone to pose for a family picture and then instead of having everyone say "cheese" (or whatever), we're going to have them say "Lauren's pregnant!".

If all goes as planned, we'll use our video camera instead of our regular digital so we can capture everyone's reactions as they come.?

TheKitty · November 2008

We just told yesterday -- we put a shirt on our little bulldog that said "i'm gonna be a big brother" - and we just let the dog walk around with the shirt on until they realized... it was priceless!

linz/scott · November 2008

Wow, everyone's ideas are good.. makes me feel lame. I couldn't wait so I called family and told them (I live 3 hrs away from my side) Anyway.. here's an idea.. this is probably something I should have done.... if you see them for thanksgiving you can go around the table having everyone say what they are thankful for, and then say you are thankful for your new baby

pghwedding10/08 · November 2008

We really want to tell my parents in person....so we have to hold out until Christmas!!! We are going to give my parents and brother all T-shirts as one of their Christmas gifts that say Grandma/Grandpa/Uncle 09-and have them open them at the same time

I will probably have DH video or take lots of pictures.

desabean · November 2008

We are planning to tell DH's parents on Thanksgiving. My plan is to do the Mastercard idea (have a photo of us on a recent trip to Chicago and say :Two tickets to Chicago: $500, Two Nights at the Hyatt: $600, knowing there are really 3 people in this picture: Priceless, Our little firecracker is due July 4, 2009!)

I know a lot of people do it but I think it will be really creative to our parents.

I had also considered ordering or making fortune cookies that say "you are going to be a grandparent again on July 4, 2009. But that would work better if we were just having a regular dinner...fortune cookies don't really go with Thanksgiving dinner ; )

Iblamethebeer · November 2008

TheKitty:
We just told yesterday -- we put a shirt on our little bulldog that said "i'm gonna be a big brother" - and we just let the dog walk around with the shirt on until they realized... it was priceless!

That's how we are thinking about telling our parents as well! I orchestrated a Wednesday before Thanksgiving dinner at our house with the parents/siblings only (DH's and mine) and we will make the big announcement then.

I think we're going to wait until everyone arrives and then either sneak away to put the t-shirt on the dog, or tell everyone that he has a special thanksgiving outfit to put on.

SO EXCITED!!!

RubyRed1085 · November 2008

My first appt is 2 days before Thanksgiving, and I will have my first sono then. Well we were going to reprint the pic and put it in a frame and write a letter to the grandparents from the baby... Saying: Dear Grandma and Grandpa, Today I am such and such weeks and days old. I am due to come out on July 8, 2009 and I can NOT wait to meet you! Love, Baby

Or something equally as cheesy. haha! But anyhow, our mothers decided to get both sides of the family together for Thanksgiving dinner this year, the first time EVER!! So, if all goes well at this appointment, we will probably drop the bomb on everyone then... not quite sure how to tell everyone now, as it will be kinda difficult to find an excuse to give our parents gifts for Thanksgiving... I do like the idea of the "I give thanks for..." idea!

txbabs111 · November 2008

We told my parents today. We found a frame at Babies R Us that an u/s picture fits perfectly in and at the bottom it says "Love at First Sight". We wrapped it up and gave it to my parents when we went to visit them today. It was cute. My mom said "Is that a baby? Is that your baby?" And then she kept hugging the picture.

allicia82 · November 2008

My husband and I told both sets of our parents by giving them each a little bag with a gift inside. We bought bibs that said "I love grandma" and "I love grandpa." We made our parents open them at the same time. With his parents, we told them that we brought them a Thanksgiving present since we won't be able to make it up to visit on Thanksgiving. It went really well. Everyone was happy.

Good Luck.

MrsG.060708 · November 2008

We bought a frame for each set of parents that said:

Mom + Dad = Me

Above each word, was a slot for a picture, so we put one of me, DH, and the ultrasound photo.

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