Telling the Fam

Since I told Andrew on an airplane and we live across the country from any and all family...we found it only fit to tell the visiting family in the airport.

It worked out that about a week after finding out JJ was coming to visit. And 2 days after she left, my mom, sister and her brood came to visit.

It still breaks my heart that Ted wasn't with JJ. He would have been so excited.

Dad wasn't able to come with mom and Court (or he knew it would be mass chaos and opted out since we'll see him in Italy next month...).

So....on to the stories.

When we decided to go for it and try to get pregnant, we were at JJ's house in TN. (Sorry, JJ...TMI...you have a lucky guest room :) It was funny because she had been out of town and when she got back had a HUGE zucchini in her backyard. We're talking massive.

I called it my magic fertility zucchini as a joke.

Apparently the joke was on me because it worked its magic! Katie took a picture of me with the huge veg so maybe she could email it to me to post on here...*cough*cough...hint hint :)

Anyway, we decided (I decided...Andrew thought it was weird and gross) to give Griffin a zucchini to give JJ at the airport. Thinking she may or may not get it, we also wrote a secret message on his tummy. He was noooooot happy about writing on his tummy so it ended up just being. "mama's = baby."

She didn't get the zucchini (although she said the thought crossed her mind) and it took her a few seconds but she definitely go the message...and she was excited!

When my fam came, I had put together mom's birthday present which was a little slate flower holder from Pike Place she eyed last time and I stuck the blue and pink onesie in there too.

I also put together a birthday gift bag for Judson since he was born last March 30...our little wonderchild is due on the 29th. Happy birthday Judson! A new cousin that you will be larger than! I just put some pink and blue booties in there.

I put the blue ones on top to throw Court off the scent.

However, they were both on to me because they are psychic like that and Courtney reached in and grabbed a pink bootie and screamed, "I KNEW IT!!!" Them mom looked up (she hadn't found the onesies yet) looked surprised for 2 seconds then looked at me poker faced and said, "I knew it."

What?! I was totally throwing them off for 2 weeks. Complaining about not getting pregnant and everything. We live across the country! How did they catch on.

Regardless, they were super  excited.

Mom is convinced it is a girl. She had a vision of pink a week before I told her. We shall see!

We will be absolutely THRILLED either way as long as this little munchkin is healthy and happy and survives Griffin's love. He loves babies. LOVES them. Poor Judson learned all about that. See:

And in ending....here is baby Spot #2errr3uhhh whatever at month #1 (and a very gross mama)

And a sneaky photo bomber...