I know your birthday was 2 days ago, but I thought this one deserved it's own blog post. A sort of transition from our travel adventures to our newest adventures as parents!
The pregnancy is 10 weeks along, and I can finally release the blog posts I've been writing for the past 5 weeks! We've been calling the baby Buck for a week or two because when I was in utero, my mom called me Buck. She didn't know what my gender was and she didn't find out until I was born; we don't plan to find out either.
We spread the good news at a backwoods birthday party. Everyone was dressed up for the theme, we pulled everyone out on the lawn for a group picture. I had on a huge fake belly to cover up that my pants won't button comfortably and that I am looking rather large, just not pregnant yet. On about the 3rd round, I screamed out 'We're Pregnant!" and Bean stayed quiet. I turned and asked him why he didn't say it with me, so I ran out in front of the group and yelled it out again. Meanwhile, we got a few good pictures (borrowed from Kayla):
The best reaction was from Evie in the striped pants and Sherry in the red bandana (Bean's aunts). They were super excited and shocked/proud that Terri (their sister/Bean's mom) was able to keep it a secret. I'm so relieved that the secret is out. We had a 99% positive reaction, and one that's really got me upset.
At the end of the day I know that this was our first opportunity to make a decision as a family on how and when we would spread the news and we did it in the way we planned and were comfortable with. That I am happy about and proud of. So many things in this pregnancy have not gone the way I pictured (at all!), but this was one thing we were able to pull off.
I thought I would be hyper aware of the food I was eating and it would all be super healthy; instead it's mostly junk I don't usually eat (chicken strips, pop tarts, milkshakes). I thought I would love every minute of it; instead I feel crazy and irritated and not interested in being fake (at work or otherwise). And I thought I would want to spread the news as soon as possible; instead the whole think kinda freaked me out and I wanted to make sure it was real before telling most people.
It makes me wonder if anyone else out there has ever had a bad reaction to a much-awaited pregnancy announcement. Check back for the secret blog posts I've done for the past few weeks that show the progression from the time we found out. Thanks for reading!
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CONGRATULATIONS Alli, Scott & 'lil Bell !!
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