Another FaceTime call was in order to tell the rest of the fam. I had my mom rope everyone in saying she missed us and just wanted to see everyone so that no one would suspect anything. My brother, Scott and his girlfriend, Sima were there, my brother, Talor and his wife, Nikki were on, along with my Auntie Robin (AR) and Uncle Tim (UT), and of course my parents.
Again… the nerves were real!!! But we started off with casual conversation – for almost 30 minutes. 😂 My family is made up of a bunch of talkers. Finally, I asked when everyone was going to come visit us in Colorado to see our new home. My mom knew this was the cue so she asked when would be a good time. Mike and I replied: “maybe September/October?” and my mom said “oh yeah? why is that?” And then Mike and I looked at each other and he grabbed the ultra sound photos and I said “so you can meet our baby!”
So much excitement for a new family member!!!
Next up was letting my coworkers in on our little secret. If I haven’t already said it – I am not a good secret keeper. I had told a few of my coworkers earlier on. I just couldn’t completely hide it! I see them every day!
I knew food needed to be involved – Chick Fil A was a top contender, but Nothing Bundt Cakes ultimately won. I got two boxes of bundtinis and had two of the girls who knew help me out by getting everything set up.
On my letter board, I wrote out: Unscramble the words for a special message. Then had printed out and individually cut up the words: A baby bundtini will be joining the _____ family September 2020. We gathered the team telling them we were practicing a game that we were thinking of doing at our upcoming sales event.
Our competitive team quickly began assembling the words and started making their guesses as to who was sharing this exciting news. After a number of guesses, we had everyone close their eyes, and put a photo on the board. Everyone opened their eyes to see:
Baby Bubbles is on the way!!! (My nickname at work is Bubbles 😂). Again – So. Much. Excitement.
Sharing baby news is truly the best. Reactions are always priceless.
Laugh Often – Rachel
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