Keeping this secret from my mom was one of the hardest things to do. I think the only way that I was able to keep it for so long is solely due to the fact that we live in different states and I hadnât seen her in person. I tell her everything! And call her at least once a week, so the weeks went on, her asking âwhatâs new?â And me replying back: âoh⌠nothing muchâ. LIES!!! I had huge news, but wanted to tell her in a cute way at the perfect time.
I decided to wait until after our first ultra sound to tell my parents. For some reason, I just needed to see that little baby on the screen before getting too many people excited about our big news.
I had searched and searched on Amazon for the perfect mugs that would reveal the news to my parents. I knew that the dogs needed to be involved somehow, so I had stumbled upon a mug that said something along the lines of âyouâve been promoted from dog grandma to human grandma.â This was perfect. So then, it was narrowing down which of these mugs was the cutest.
For some reason I couldnât find a similar one that said grandpa, so after great lengths of hunting, I found âyouâre going to be a babysitter⌠I mean grandpa.â I thought that one would at least get a chuckle.
Grandma Mug
Grandpa Mug
They arrive to my house, and I decided to wrap them up in gift wrap and then back into an Amazon box. My ploy to get these to my parents without being too random, was that I had bought Pat a polo from the golf shop at the hotel I work at months ago, and had never sent it to him! I told my mom I was finally going to put this in the mail and to FaceTime us when they opened it because we wanted to see if he liked it and hadnât âseenâ them in awhile.
The day of our first OB appointment, I packed the box up and brought it in the car with us. After all went well, I headed off to work, and sent Mike on the important mission of taking this to the post office. The package was on its way and I was SO excited.
The package arrive on Friday and Pat wasnât going to be back in town until Saturday. Saturday was our skiing lesson, so we had to wait all day to share our news! As we got closer to home, I texted my mom to set up our FaceTime visit! Just one more hour until we got to share the news!
I tired to play it cool in the beginning of the call. It was just a normal call, right? Wrong! We started off with casual conversation, catching up on the usual. Finally my parents said, oh yeah, letâs open this package! So Pat opens the box â loved the polo! But what are these? A gift for Ma and Pat underneath? Surprised, my mom didnât know why there was something in there for her too.
Pat let my mom go first. She unwrapped her little box, opened it up, and inside was a mug. She pulled it out to read, at quick glance, exclaimed âwhat?â and as she read the whole mug wound up in tears! Which then of course, sparked tears for Pat too. He then opened his assuming it would say something similar. They were beyond excited!
After that, the questions started coming, the discussions of excitement and so on and so forth.
My mom even called me back the next day to again tell me how excited she was and see how I was feeling. Now that she knew, she felt the need to check in on me every day to make sure I was taking care of myself. The most pure of mothers. đ
A fun and memorable reveal!
Laugh Often – Rachel
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