Because we have been trying for almost a year and there were many people praying for us along this journey, we felt that they deserved to hear the exciting news and WE wanted to get to tell them so they could change their prayers and be excited with us.
However, we did not make this decision right after finding out. It turns out that my sweet husband is actually WORSE at keeping our secrets than I am (if you can believe that). The day after we found out, we were visiting Shane's family for the day to help with a few things around the house and with the business. I had fallen asleep in the recliner and Shane swore his mom seamed "suspicious". I think the truth is that he just really wanted to give her some good news while she was struggling with some health issues. In any case, he said to her,
"We might be with child!"
He didn't tell me until we were on our drive home that he had spilled the beans and I wanted to be upset with him, but secretly I was really glad because this meant that we weren't going to keep it a secret. I guess I just don't like secrets... I like sharing my excitement with others.
The day we were headed up to visit my family and go to Rachael's wedding shower, Shane's parents showed up right when we were getting ready to leave. We mentioned to Shane's mom that we were going to tell my family when we got up there and she said, "Well speaking of telling, can I tell your father??" I laughed out loud because I just assumed she had already told him! He said, "Tell me what??" and she said, "They're pregnant!" His eyes got HUGE and this cutest grin showed up that I've never seen before. It was so fun to see him get so excited.
While we were in Disneyland (and obviously before I knew I was pregnant), I kept telling my family that I was going to make a video of the whole trip with the video clips and pictures we had taken throughout the whole thing. When I found out I was pregnant though... it got even more exciting for me because I decided to tell them at the end of the video. I had everyone send me a text of what their favorite part of the trip was and they said things like, "I really liked eating at the Bangal Beef place every day." or, "My favorite part was the World of Color show." or, "I loved laughing and joking with everyone, especially when Shane and Izaak were shimmying and walking." They came up with really fun things that they loved.
Everyone was loving the video and it was so fun because Shauna and Nik and their kids were even there watching it. Everyone was laughing at all of the goofy things and they were really just enthralled with the whole thing. The very last thing was mine and it said, "My favorite part was most definitely coming home." My dad read it out loud and then giggled. When he looked back at the screen it was a picture of our positive pregnancy test and he gasped,
"What?"
Shauna squealed, my mom bawled, Rachael got choked up, and Izaak threw his arms around me.
It was a perfect reaction and I was SO happy about it. I had gotten really nervous on the way up there that they wouldn't get excited for some reason and I was just nervous that I would ruin the surprise somehow, but everything worked out perfectly and everyone was so excited.
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