Stories of Telling Our Families

We told Emily’s family first about our pregnancy. We went out for breakfast on a Saturday for Father’s Day to celebrate her dad. Her whole immediate family was there. She wore a plain black t-shirt with a white t-shirt under it which read “Mommy To Be.” After we had all ordered, Emily went to the restroom, took off the black shirt, then walked back to the table holding the black shirt over the words of her white shirt. She then revealed what the white shirt said to the family as they were totally surprised! Obviously they were very excited.

We told John’s family the next weekend at Laney Henry’s (John’s niece) first birthday party. The whole family was there (and more) and as we celebrated beautiful Laney turning one. At the end of the party we got our immediate family together for a picture. We took a few then John got out his camera for a couple more. Before the first one, John said, “Say cheese!” Then before the second one, John said, “Say Emily’s pregnant!” It took everyone a second to process it, a few people chuckled as if it was a joke, then it slowly registered that we were serious! We caught all of their reactions on camera; it was classic!

So much fun, our families are amazing!