Telling The Parents!

This has all been very exciting!

Saturday morning we called my mom to ask her and dad if they wanted to have dinner. My dear mother then told me that she was busy cleaning the house all day and that my dad had gone sailing with a buddy to Catalina Island until Sunday. What a bummer! Ha!

We luckily already had plans with Gabe's dad and stepmom for Sunday. That was the easy one!

Gabe's mom was the 1st official parent to know. She was at work and called him on a break. She was thrilled! She told us later that she was so excited later that day, she got on her intercom and told her whole bus about our exciting news. Love that!

I decided I wanted to surprise the rest of the parents with "Grandparent" cards. Being that we are the first in both families to get pregnant, I thought this would be a fun surprise... Just so you know, Grandparent "announcement" cards are HARD TO FIND! I ended up buying grandparent birthday cards, then covering up the Happy Birthday message with our own message:

Robins Baby

Coming January 2014!

At Gabe's parents house, we hid the cards in an old shadow box Gabe had found at his grandfather's house a few summers before. Gabe's dad opened the box with Cindy, saw the cards, and opened them. Roque was still distracted with the box when Cindy burst into tears at the words "Hi Grandma!" on her card. Finally Roque looked at it and then he got it! We all laughed and hugged and cried! Cindy has been a labor and delivery nurse for over 20 years. She is a baby pro!!! I already started picking her brain about birth and other scary stuff. We are so lucky to have them in our lives.

We tried to stop by my parents' on our way home Sunday night. But those butt heads weren't home again! (bummer #2 *wink*) Finally we talked to them Monday and planned to have dinner with them Monday night. This time I hid the cards in an old cigar box and ONCE AGAIN my dad (this time) was distracted by the box and he didn't even LOOK at the card. It wasn't until my mom cried out "Roy! Look at the Card!" did he finally see what was happening. Another round of laughter began and we all hugged and cried and toasted and cried some more. I love them so much!

All of our parents are so wonderful and unique. We are so lucky to have such beautiful people that have shaped us into the people we are today.