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One of my girlfriends, for her second child, put a onesie on her first child that said "Big Sister" to announce it to Daddy, and then she put up the pics of that on her blog!
For Moose, I told my Dad with a small framed picture of the ultrasound. He loved it, but didn't get it right away. I told my mom about Moose on her birthday with a picture of the ultrasound in a birthday card. Wombat hasn't really gotten that kind of introduction because we're scared. However, we did tell our friends after midnight on New Years.
Also, the cutest thing I heard about, besides the big sis shirt mentioned above, was the mom-to-be painted plates that announced the pregnancy, put cookies on the plates, and invited her parents and in-laws. It was such a cute idea.
Here is my post on how we told my parents.
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/happy-news-we-told-my-parents
We were fortunate that christmas was right around the corner :)
We took newborn diapers and wrapped one up in tissue paper and put it in a christmas gift bag.
We gave one to my mom and step father, one to my father and one to my MIL. It was a great way to announce it :)
I was boring and just flat out told everybody. I had miscarried before, so I didn't want to get too excited until I saw a heart beat at least.
We announced at Thanksgiving - saying our youngest puppy was going to be a big brother. Of course we had to clarify that we WEREN'T getting another dog. :)
@artbee: Yeah, I am kind of antsy about the miscarriage then, especially since I am on BC.
@camrie: LOL That's cute. Maybe I'll get my dog a big brother t-shirt
I think we will probably gift our mothers with the pandora baby carriage charms. That should get the point across : )
Hubby: My plan was to give him a onesie with his favorite NFL team on it, but TTC didn't take as long as expected so I wasn't prepared and it was more of a "um hun, you busy?"...and I showed him the + test :)
My parents: We invited them to brunch for their anniversary (good timing) and gave them each a gift "announcing" the pregnancy...a "#1 Grandpa" shirt and hat for my dad and a "I Love Grandma" bib for my mom. Watching their faces as they put two and two together was priceless.
@PrncssDva: Great posts! I'm in the same boat as you, we're not TTC yet but we're very close. A honeymoon baby would be perfect!
I had all these plans to do something cutsy, but in the end I just blurted it out as soon as DH got home. :)
I don't remember where I read this, could have been on here, but it's definitely how I'm going to announce to family after that miscarriage waiting time-frame.
Wait for a family gathering and set up a group picture. "Say Cheese on 3! 1...2...3..." *check photo* "Cousin your eyes are closed (lie)...we have to take it again. This time say "PrncssDva's Pregnant on 3!" Camera is already in hand, so you can capture the facial expressions of everyone when you say it!
Hope that makes sense! haha
My husband was working out of town, and was going to be home late that afternoon. I spent the night before building a doll bed for his little sister's 9th birthday, we were going to her party the next day. Well, that morning I got my 4 positives (just had to be REALLY sure!), so of course, I didn't want to paint it because of the fumes. I drew a little arrow on my belly and wrote Baby SD's boy name on it (just because he'd get it that much quicker) and hid it under my shirt. When he got home he came to check out the bed, and I told him, "So we decided that since I built it, you get to paint it." He asked, "Who's we?" And I picked up my shirt and pointed at my belly, "Me and Baby SD!" He was over the moon. It was super cute. We ate dinner with some friends to celebrate, and told his parents the next day.
@MissDallasCowboy: That is really a great idea :)
@sand dollar: AWWW that is so sweet!
@asunw: Thanks! As you can see. I have been on a roll, lol
So we aren't TTC until June, but I've had how I'm going to announce it planned for months now. (BTW, this is the first time I'm telling anyone that we are TTC in June - eeek!)
I drive a VW Beetle, which is definitely not a family friendly car. I've made many, many comments to my family about how the minute I get pregnant we have to go buy a new car to accommodate a car seat since there is no way in heck I'm going to crawl into the beetle's backseat to load/unload the baby. When we do get pregnant, I hope to wait til week 8 or so and invite both our immediate families over for dinner, telling them we have a big announcement. We will have purchased the new car (though we could buy it now...I'm seriously waiting just so I can do this!) and have it in the garage. As we eat, we'll tell them the big announcement is that we bought a new car and it is out in the garage. I'm hoping my sister and SIL will remember my comments and will just know what the new car means. They'll go out to check it out, and we will have a car seat with either the ultrasound picture (if I have it by then) or some sort of baby item sitting in it. Hopefully they will put it all together. I just hope I can pull it off!
My mother in law was into making ceramic things and had given her mother two ducks for her birthday. When she became pregnant with my hubby (it took a long, long time) she presented her mom with a ceramic duckling to go with the mommy and daddy duck. Apparently it was a huge success.
My mom in law and I are pretty close, and we love to make cards together. So, hopefully when my hubby and I are TTC and do it will be around a holiday where I can make a card for MIL and sign it "From Baby Bride109" Just need to find some baby duck stamps!
PS. My sis in law announced it by calling my mother to "File a complaint about her (my mom's) son." The complaint? "He knocked me up!!!" LOL.
I wasn't able to contain myself when I took the HPT so I didn't tell my hubs in a very tactful way. He was at the store and when he came in I just freaked out and didn't even say much really. His response was, "No... No.. Omg", then he did a dance which was not pretty, lol.
We also didn't tell his parents in much of a clever way. But that was his choice. I decided I wanted to tell my mother in a semi-creative way. It's her first grandchild and I wanted it to be different. We waited and waited until Christmas. When we got to her house, I handed her a little gift bag. And inside was an ornament that said "Merry Christmas Grandma". It took her a second to understand and it was such a cute moment. She then carried the ornament around to show everyone she knew.. so it didn't make it to the tree but I guess it'll be there next year!
@MissDallasCowboy: I think that's from here because I read it and that's what we did with my FIL, BIL, and stepMIL at Christmas.
The Kid is a honeymoon baby, so when we got back from the honeymoon, friends & family were salivating for pix & vid from the honeymoon. Once we went to the doc to confirm the pregnancy (and she gave us our ultrasound pic on that first visit!), Hubs created this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dADdkIp-MYw )& we sent it to our parents first (my parents live 3000 miles away, ILs live 350+ miles away, so we WEREN'T going to wait until we saw them in person). We waited to Skype & talk on the phone with them, then sent the same link to our grandmothers (only one alive on both sides) & finally to the rest of our family & close friends. It was fun getting the flood of calls & emails. We had even more fun announcing the sex at Christmas...we didn't even know what the Kid was going to be (a boy) until we opened the Christmas ornament (Mickey rather than Minnie) gift to ourselves that the U/S tech packed for us. My whole family in Hawaii & BIL & SIL were all on Skype with us to view the opening.
@Piccateer: New car..new baby..awesome combo. Good luck on TTC :)
@Bride109: AWW that'll be sweet
@jennifer_espos: LOL....@ his dance. The ornament was a cute idea.
@ms.pascua: That is absolutely awesome!! So, you gave the Tech both ornaments and had them pack the correct one? Congrats on your pregnancy!
@PrncssDva: exactly! Went without a hitch & the tech included the "proof" picture in the box, too! Thanks! Due in March & can't wait to meet the little guy!
@ ms.pascua: What a beautiful video! I got teary-eyed at the end. I bet your families loved it!
@ms.pascua: OMG!!!!! I love the Tech idea! That's the most fun idea I've read.
@eurekaanchovies: Thanks! Yeah, we got some really sweet, blubbery calls from aunts, cousins, & even some of my mom's work friends...
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@MissDallasCowboy: Thanks! And that was mostly Hubs' idea! I thought of getting a cute "going home" outfit to put in the boxes, but Hubs argued that the Kid could outgrow that outfit within weeks & THEN what would we do with it (because we obviously wouldn't want to throw it/give it away)? He thought up the ornaments, bought them, & even put them in identical boxes (I tissued papered the ornaments) so I couldn't tell them apart (he knew he'd forget as soon as we gave the boxes to the tech).
ms.pascua....I got SUPER teary eyed when the u/s and heartbeat came up! that is absolutely precious! congratulations!
@nursein10: Thanks so much! We're super excited...only 8 more weeks, hopefully!
I just blurted it out to DH as soon as he came home. I had tried calling him like 10 million times and he wasn't answering his phone and I was freaking out. I also called my mom freaking out and my whole family was over at that point so pretty much everyone knew in like 10 minutes. and i was only about 5 weeks. LOL! They think it's the longest pregnancy ever!
Two of my dear friends found out about five days before their wedding that they were pregnant, so while they were on their honeymoon, they bought a little onesie with Nemo on it (from Finding Nemo, it was a Disney Cruise) to give to her Mom as a souvenir when they got home. She says the expression was priceless.
About a year ago, I was over at my Mom's helping her clean out her garage when we found a bunch of my baby stuff, so my Mom put it in a box and told me she'd keep it for me until the time came. So my plan is to tell her I need the box :-)
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I am kind of using this as an aside to my other post about when to announce pregnancy. I just thought of this, so decided to make a new post.
As I stated, I am not pregnant or TTC just yet, but I am so very interested in all of this.
I would like to break the news, even to hubby (if possibe), in a very special way. How did/will you do this?
It'll be pretty big when it happens, because we'll have the first Grandkid on BOTH sides!