I thought of a couple stories I hadn't told you yet. You know what a miracle you are by this point, and you know how your daddy and I found out about you. However, I didn't tell you how we told our families about our little miracle. Let me start with my family....
The day we found out about you (March 26, 2012) it was late in the afternoon and truly was not news I was expecting (given our previous rounds). After your daddy and I found out about you I made him jump in the shower so we could go over to my mom's house and tell her. We had always wanted to find out about you around a holiday so we could buy a present and watch them open it. Easter was getting closer, but it was too far away and we could barely contain our excitement. We decided to stop by Target and pick up a bottle and a pack of pacifiers. We put these in a bag and headed to my mom's house. I called on the way and tried to sound normal on the phone. We told them we were going to eat but had a few errands to run and that they didn't take as long as we had thought so we were going to stop by their house for a few minutes. When we walked in my mom asked if we had heard anything from the doctor's office and I told her I just didn't want to talk about it.
**Side note: I had just come back from Nashville, chaperoning a school trip to see the play Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins was one of my favorite movies when I was little and I made my mom watch it almost daily.**
I told my mom I had bought her a present from the show to bring back "old memories." She really wasn't sure what in the world I could have brought her back from the show and wasn't extremely excited about it. She was too upset that I didn't have anything to tell her. First, she pulled out the bottle and was unsure what it was (it was in a box in her defense). When she didn't understand what it was we told her there was something else in the bag. Next was the pacifiers and she definitely got it then. Mom and Henry were so excited and cried and hugged us. You are their first grandchild and they are beside themselves on what to do with you already (and you aren't even here yet!)
Next came the rest of my family. Again, we thought we could wait until Mother's Day (which would have made you 12 weeks old at that point) but we just couldn't. We decided to see if the family wanted to meet us for dinner since we hadn't seen them since Christmas. Mom, Henry, Jenelle, Reagan, Gigi, your daddy, and I all met at Logan's in Athens on a Sunday night. After getting a table and talking for a little while I found an in to tell them about you. As we were talking, I asked them what we had decided to do about Christmas this year (last year took forever to make plans). Everyone said they hadn't talked much about it or really thought about it but they wanted to make plans early this year. I told them we needed to really make plans because my due date was December 5, 2012 and that may change some things for the holidays this year. Since my mom, Henry, your daddy and I knew what I meant we just sat and waited. This is a photo I wish I had. It took them several seconds to realize what I had said. When they finally got it there were hugs and tears again. Everyone is VERY excited about you. You are the first baby on my side of the family. We had to call your Uncle Andy, Dinah, and Uncle Dusty because they were just too far away to join us and we couldn't wait until we saw them again to tell them about you.
Finally, Easter came around and we decided this was the best time to tell your daddy's side of the family. We had already told your Aunt Jamie and Uncle Craig, but we hadn't told Nanny and PaPaw Tim. We went to church with Nanny and PaPaw Tim and then headed to Uncle Craig and Aunt Jamie's for an Easter lunch and to spend time with your cousin's Grant and Gracie. When we got there, Aunt Jamie's family was there and we were waiting on Nanny and PaPaw to join us. We made t-shirts for Grant and Gracie that said "Big Cousin" and changed them into them while we were waiting. Finally, they got there and we explained to Grant what was going on, but Gracie was a little young to understand. We asked them to go out in the living room and see how long it would take Nanny and PaPaw Tim to notice there shirts. While Grant and Gracie did a great job with this, the rest of us just stood there waiting and couldn't wait very long. We finally told Grant to show Nanny his shirt....it took a few minutes, but she finally got it!! PaPaw Tim was outside so when we came back in we told Gracie to show PaPaw her shirt...he never did get it. We had to explain it to him. They were very excited and are looking forward to meeting you.
This isn't from Easter, but here are your cousin's Grant and Gracie in their shirts at your gender party.
Here is a picture of your "cousin" Mary Hyatt. She made this sign for you after we told her Mommy and Daddy. She is about 18 months older than you and we hope ya'll are the best of friends!
Here is a picture of your first Easter Basket. After we told your Daddy's family we came back home and had dinner with my mom and dad (like we always do on Sundays) and the Easter Bunny had been to see you at their house!
Love,
Mommy
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