Sharing the news with the family

When we found out we got pregnant, we wanted to find a special way to let our closest family members know about the wonderful news, especially since my husband and I don't have any family in Texas. Mine is in Venezuela and his are in Georgia and Alabama. We didn't just want to call them, we wanted to do something unique and have them call us!! At first, we wanted to shout the news to the world, but there's always the anxiety about making sure the little one truly is a reality (like the 7 pregnancy tests I took weren't enough!) We happened to have conceived our little boy in Venezuela when we went to visit my family for Christmas in 2007.

My husband had the awesome idea of telling the family the news with a card with a very creative and ambiguous message. You can view the card here. We really couldn't contain the news much longer and sent out the cards when I was 9 wks pregnant. My husband and I were working at the time my mom-inlaw left us a message on all our phones asking us "is it what I think it is?" Everyone were calling each other asking themselves the same question. We finally got to tell them that night and they were so excited, especially since it was the first grandson on my husband's side. It was really a fun way to share the news! It's going to be hard to top this one when we have our 2nd one!

Do you have an interesting story about how you broke the news to your family or friends? Feel free to share your stories by posting a comment in this post.

Eliana