I wanted to tell Mike the very same day that I found out. I am NOT a good secret keeper and wanted to make sure I could tell him in a cute way. Just days before taking the test, I ordered a book on Amazon of Dad jokes. (Can you tell I had my hopes up and was pretty sure this was happening? – either way I was ready for whenever it might happen).
I opened the Amazon box, trying to think of the best way to give him a gift without it being too obvious or out of the blue.
I placed a little blue ribbon around the pregnancy test and put it under the book. I covered the book with tissue paper so he couldn’t see exactly what it was as he opened the box. I then resealed the Amazon box and placed it on our kitchen counter and sat on our couch waiting for Mike the sleepyhead to wake up.
A while later, he came downstairs, said good morning, and on his way into the kitchen noticed the box on the counter. “What’s this? Another package for you?” he said. “It’s actually for you!” I replied. “I forgot I had ordered you another Hanukkah present that had been on back order, so it finally came.” He carried on, grabbing a glass of water, petting the dogs, wandering around aimlessly. I didn’t want to put too much attention on the box so it wouldn’t look too suspicious, so I sat on the couch playing on my phone; just waiting.
Moments later, he went back into the kitchen and grabbed scissors from our drawer and began opening the box. My heart began beating a little bit faster, but I was trying to play it so cool. Still looking at my phone, just glancing over to him occasionally.
He opens the box. “Tissue paper!” he exclaims. He pulls that off the top, to see the book of dad jokes. “Oh cool – I’ll like these.” He says. Now I’m looking at him with a sly smirk on my face – I can’t tell if he’s catching on or not. Next, he sees the pregnancy test. He grabs it, brings it over to me and says “Cool – it’s one of those tests – now we have one.” And he turns around to go back to the box. I look at him, pause, point to it and say, “did you read it?” He turns it around, trying to get a better look. “Pregnant.” … “You are?” And he ran over to give me a kiss. I might have teared up a little bit here. He was so excited. I really wasn’t expecting much of a reaction from him. He’s not very emotional and can be hard to please. But this was the perfect moment. And then, I made him promise not to tell anyone…
The best part is that we have cameras in our house, so this was all caught on tape. But he had come downstairs in only his underwear, so I’ll spare everyone from seeing that, but I’m glad it’s a memory that the two of us will be able to keep forever!
Of course afterwards he asked why I didn’t wait until he put clothes on, but I just didn’t want anything to seem out of the ordinary!
The excitement is real!!!
Laugh Often – Rachel
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