Posts Tagged ‘announcement’
Ta Dah!
Well, the cat’s out of the bag now!
Our parents know and it’s all good. The immediate reactions were all pretty much how we thought they were going to be: A quick double take and then giggles and congratulations all round. This has been a really great decision!
/me dances a little jig!
So a few of them know about this site and already comments are coming up, I hope I don’t get in to too much trouble with Emma. I think it’ll be okay, as long as I ring her before she reads anything!
Well, I have to go make a phone call.
Two actually, I’m making the official Phone Call to Gran tomorrow morning. I reckon if I haven’t done it by 7am she’ll ring me.
. . .
Well, that didn’t work, Gran rang me just before I pressed “Publish”! It’s official:
I’m a very clever lad, and Emma is a very clever lass.
Gran said so, so it must be true!
Image by MotionBlur (Flickr).
Yesterday I was talking with Emma’s flatmate about when we are “supposed” to make the announcement to the rest of the family and the reasons why we should wait until the 12th week.
Why can’t we tell them now?
The answer, so far, has been: So many things can go wrong in the first 12 weeks that you shouldn’t say anything in case you lose the baby. That way we can quietly weep in the corner without people asking her how the baby is going.
Well, that’s stupid. If we lose the baby we will be very sad. Having people ask about the baby will not make it worse, it will allow us to tell them what happened, so that we can work through it. Our family and close friends will know in the end anyway, why try to hide it and make ourselves feel dirty? Let’s celebrate this momentus occaison and live it to the maximum!
I’m not ashamed of this pregnancy. I’m damn proud in fact!
Sure, I have no firm idea on exactly what I need to do, but I’m working it out. So is Emma. We both really really want to share this with our families; it’s a stupendously amazing time for us; and don’t forget scarey too!
So, in the spirit of not living in fear, we’re going to tell our parents tomorrow.
I wonder how they’ll take it?
Image by Bill Barber (Flickr).
