Telling the Family

This weekend Keith and I drove to my hometown (in a rented Toyota Matrix — nice!) to visit my family with the intention of sharing our news. I was feeling weird about it, kinda wishing we could have waited until after my first OB appointment, but I also really wanted to tell them in person, so this weekend was it. I didn't want to just blurt out the news. My original ideas all involved an ultrasound picture, but alas we didn't get one, so I came up with this:














Last weekend at Thanksgiving, I dragged Keith outside to pose and made his brother take pictures of us. This was my favourite. I added the text and printed up a few copies, along with about 100 other family pictures. The idea was that I would casually say, "Wanna look at some pictures?" and hand over a pile, with this one stuck somewhere in the middle. My mom got it. Surprisingly, my grandma also got it, only because she immediately saw the word "baby" at the bottom. Almost everyone else was confused, looking for someone hiding in the bushes. I didn't think it was that subtle! LOL (Oh, I should add that when I printed them, the due date line got cut off. But still!)

Anyway, it was fun. Everyone was thrilled for us. Apparently my grandpa had said just the other day, when talking about having dinner with us on the weekend, "Wouldn't it be great if Jenny told us she's pregnant?" Hmm, maybe he's a little psychic! Or maybe he has some sort of intuition, because I was pregnant last time I saw him — just not ready to share yet.

Big symptom of the week: FATIGUE! I'm so sleepy. In fact, I think I'm going to have a half-hour nap right now before House starts.

First OB appointment in six days!