The Telling

Let me preface this nostalgic post by saying I am NOT pregnant.

But I was finishing up a book today, and one of the minor characters was telling her sister the main character (her sister) she was pregnant and the joy they had over being a mom and an aunt respectively got me to thinking about how we divulged about Trio.

Once the shock wore off and we stopped lying to ourselves, we did tell people in clumps. The first family related person we told was KaCee, my sister. For whatever reason we had to stop by her office before going to their house to watch Nica, because Dad had to go to work. And she was sitting there at her desk while Albert went to her car for something and she was having a "meh" day. And the secret was bursting inside of me until I finally looked at her and told her flatly "I have something to tell you. But you can't tell Dad. I get to tell Dad". And she looked...not afraid actually but concerned like "Oh are they moving? Did something happen?" Then I took a deep breath and was like "I'm pregnant". And her face just lit up like a Christmas tree and she came over to give a hug and then KaCee (being KaCee) started speaking to my stomach. /sigh I was like "I'm not that far along goofy".

Then there was how we told Dad. He was about to go in and he hated his job so much and was going in with a bad mood. So I looked at him and was like "Well would you like some news to brighten your day?" And he replied "Sure whatcha got?" I asked him "How would you feel about being a grandfather again?" and he was like "I wouldn't mind it...why you pregnant?" and I affirmed it and he grinned and said congratulations. Come to find out later that was all he talked about at work. Anytime someone asked him about his day he responded "I'm great just found out I have another grandbaby on the way".

We waited to tell Albert's family until I was 3 months in. Not sure why we didn't wait for mine I guess it was because they were here so if anything had happened they would have been one of the first to know. But the way Albert told his mom was priceless. She was babysitting Jordan (our nephew who is Albert's sister's son) and Albert told his mom about a conversation we were having (which was actually a true conversation). He said "Mom, Paige made the observation that no one in our family gets to stay 'the baby' for long because there is always another one on the way." Then he started listing them off and Cynthia was like "Well Jordan is gonna be the youngest". And Albert was like "No." And I could see my MIL pondering it and was like "No, he is the youngest" and Albert was like "No, he's not" and put his hand on my knee. And Cynthia looked at us and was like "You're pregnant?" and we affirmed and she screamed and scared Jordan (who was sitting on her lap).

Then there was how we told Greg (who knew b/c my SIL had let the cat out of the bag) but we gave him a Father's Day card from his "grandbaby".

It was cute. All around I think we told people the best way because we tailored it for everyone. Who knows if we'll be that creative if/when the next one rolls around?