John and I decided to tell our parents at 10 weeks. We wanted to wait until we got closer to the "safe" zone and it worked out well because I had my first official doctor's checkup a few days before. We also wanted to be able to tell John's parents in person and they were coming to visit us right on the 10 week mark.
We told my parents the night before John's parents came to visit. Our plan was to send the above photo to my parents via email. But this plan went astray when my mom told me early in the morning that she was taking a girl's day to the Casino with my Aunt Kathy. I was so upset that morning! I had been keeping our little baby a secret for 6 weeks and I was just bursting to tell my parents. I managed to convince my mom that I absolutely needed her to view a video that I made for a very important school observation the following day. It worked! She told my aunt she had to be home and I was able to send my parents the email at 9pm that night.
It went a little like this:
Me: Ok, I'm sending it.
Mom: Ok, we're waiting. Haven't gotten it yet.
Dad: Reading the title of the photo, School Project. I'm opening it...... silence....What the hell? more silence....
Me: giggling
Dad: Honey, I think your daughter's pregnant.
Mom: Clearly from the other side of the room. WHAT?
Then all I hear is a bunch of high pitched, excited screaming coming from my mom, for literally a minute straight. She was speaking, but her words were not audible. She was SO EXCITED and totally surprised!!! Both my parents were thrilled. My mom started asking a zillion questions and my dad told me he was proud of me (which I guess is a bit odd, but I love making my daddy proud, so it made me happy nonetheless).
I later found out that my dad's "WHAT THE HELL?" was because he thought he was looking at a picture of his heart and he couldn't figure out why it would be my school project. hehe He's so funny.
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John's parents were also very excited to hear the news. When they arrived at our apartment in Rhode Island the next day, we sat around our living room for a few minutes chatting about where we would eat dinner. I stole Sammie away and put on his "Big Brother" t-shirt. He then ran up to John's mom and John told her to check out Sammie's new outfit. When she realized what it meant, she jumped up and gave me a hug. They were both very surprised to hear the news too.
John and I then proceeded to call our brothers and sisters later that night. It was a great night filled with memories and I felt so relieved that I was finally able to tell someone about our little peanut!!
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