Told the family...

[BlessedNotStressed]

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[marinak1977]

So cute! We just told parents over the phone for now. I think the furkids know something is up, they are more needy.

[petit_bleuet]

Oooh! I love the puzzle idea, my DH and son are always creating cyrptograms together... I foresee a super message for a cryptogram next month.

Very fun story!

[acordio]

We are going to a cookout on mother's at my in-laws house with my folks too. THe plan is to get the youngest a big brother shirt and announce that way. I wonder how long it will take them to get the hint.

[RoseRed]

The plan right now is to tell everyone at Alice's 3rd birthday in august by giving her a 'big sister' shrit at the family party.

We figured with a loss we should wait, we didn't get a lot of support from the first loss and figured it would be a lot easier this way in case something does happen.

[dillonandmarasmom]

Originally Posted by acordio

We are going to a cookout on mother's at my in-laws house with my folks too. THe plan is to get the youngest a big brother shirt and announce that way. I wonder how long it will take them to get the hint.

I like that...just not say anything! Maybe we'll get DD to wear one...well, we have to tell her and DS first. How long to wait...that's the question right now.

[dillonandmarasmom]

Originally Posted by BlessedNotStressed

We wrote out "mom is going to have a baby" on poster board, cut it up into puzzle pieces, and gave them to the kids this weekend to put together. We took a video of them while they were doing it to get their reaction. That was fun~ my oldest son is such a LOGICAL MAN~ his reaction was "Great mom, now we have to get a new car!" Everyone was excited though. Our 2 year old daughter keeps asking "baby in tummy mommy?" She is so cute.

I uploaded the video and emailed it out to all our family and friends to tell them. My mom is excited.

How are you going to tell your friends & family? Any fun ways?

Sweet!

[Kidzaplenty]

That is so cute!

[welldone]

cute!

last time i was pregnant, we told the kids by drawing a family picture while they watched. they love to watch us draw. then my husband said, "wait! we forgot someone!" and he added a baby to my belly. they loved it.

however, we lost that baby, so we're trying to decide how/when to tell the kids about this one. they're asking for a new baby on a weekly basis, so i know they'll be happy, whenever we decide to tell.

for my second baby, we made a t-shirt for my toddler that said "big sister." it was fun watching everyone figure it out, slowly. my father-in-law took the longest! now we just call the grandparents and break it over the phone. quicker that way.