... but I think you know the rest.
We decided that, given our somewhat scary and emotional day on Friday, it was time to share the baby news with my wife's mom. It's not what we wanted at first, but with the uncertainty we've had, it was important for my wife to be able to talk things over with someone besides me (as brilliant and amazing as I am). It's still on the down low for the rest of our family, at least until we clear a couple of months, and here's why. I know that when we tell my mom, bless her, there'll be a huge announcement on the front page of the paper the next day. This is going to be BIG news. I'm going to be the first dad of me and my two brothers. She'll be singing it from the rooftops.
It's funny how all this works. It gets to the point where the news almost demands to come out. Every time we see our friends now, it's on the tip of our tongues. They ask, "So whatchya been up to?" and the immediate impulse is to say, "Oh, you know, procreating." Well, maybe not in exactly those words, but the idea of telling people and seeing their reactions is fun. It has definitely been great to keep it to ourselves for a while, and it almost feels like we've discovered a secret planet or something, but this news is HOT!
Anyway, I suppose this blog gives me a bit of a release mechanism, so here you go. It should be quite the day when our friends and family find out that I've been secretly sharing the news with a bunch of strangers the whole time. Looking forward to it all!
We decided that, given our somewhat scary and emotional day on Friday, it was time to share the baby news with my wife's mom. It's not what we wanted at first, but with the uncertainty we've had, it was important for my wife to be able to talk things over with someone besides me (as brilliant and amazing as I am). It's still on the down low for the rest of our family, at least until we clear a couple of months, and here's why. I know that when we tell my mom, bless her, there'll be a huge announcement on the front page of the paper the next day. This is going to be BIG news. I'm going to be the first dad of me and my two brothers. She'll be singing it from the rooftops.
It's funny how all this works. It gets to the point where the news almost demands to come out. Every time we see our friends now, it's on the tip of our tongues. They ask, "So whatchya been up to?" and the immediate impulse is to say, "Oh, you know, procreating." Well, maybe not in exactly those words, but the idea of telling people and seeing their reactions is fun. It has definitely been great to keep it to ourselves for a while, and it almost feels like we've discovered a secret planet or something, but this news is HOT!
Anyway, I suppose this blog gives me a bit of a release mechanism, so here you go. It should be quite the day when our friends and family find out that I've been secretly sharing the news with a bunch of strangers the whole time. Looking forward to it all!
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