Creative Ways to Annouce you're Pregnant?

[Ell-Bell]

DH and I are TTC #1 right now. We haven't told any of our family that we are trying. They have been waiting years for grandkids! My DH is an only child and I am the oldest and only one even close in my family. They will be extatic when we do become pregnant.

I'm trying to think of creative ways to tell them. My in-laws live in another state, so we will be announcing over the phone, by email, or mail (or on the phone as they open their mail!). My family is closer and we'd be able to tell them face to face.

So far I was thinking of getting t-shirts made that said, "Grandpa Sam" and "Grandma Cindy" and folding them in a box so that only the "Sam" and "Cindy" showed. Then wehn they unfolded them they'd get the surprise!

My dad and I love to play board games, so I thought we could incorporate it into a game of trivia or pictionary or something.

Just wondering if anyone else is doing (or has done) anything fun to announce their pregnancy?

:-)

[valeria_vi]

My parents live overseas and I couldn't wait to send them something, so I called them up. My dad picked up the phone and I said "hi! I'm calling to let you know that you're not just a father any more. Now you're a grandfather too."

For my in-laws we gave them a gift of an empty picture frame. Instead of a picture it has a white sheet of paper that says "this piture frame is empty right now, but this will be corrected some time in late May - early June".

[Spark]

Hey, Maybe you'll come join our Dec Due Date group!

Here's a thread we had on breaking the news! Fun creative ideas!
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=266090

[mom2emerson]

My in-laws did not know we were TTC and assumed they would never be grandparents. We have often given them tickets to Hockey Games, Concerts, Theater and the such as gifts for holidays bdays etc. For Father's Day last year we gave them a box which on the outside said "Please save the date: (with my EDD)" They assumed it was a ticket for something and when they opened the box found my Preg Test stick with a big + staring at them. It took them a few seconds to figure it out but they were stunned and thrilled to say the least!

[mrspeeper]

We bought our moms bouquets of roses and I made rose cards out of vellum and cardstock, and wrote a poem that ended with the surprise...it went over pretty well! Both Grandmas were speechless and had tears after reading their cards. The poor Grandpas just figured it out after a few minutes of tears and hugs...

[erth mama]

We went over to my folks house, just for a regular dinner and in the middle of everyone chopping and cooking i handed my parents a very plain wrapped present and said " oh I almost forgot, i have something for you guys" and the opened it up and inside was a pair of newborn booties. My Dad didn't get it right away and my Mom had to say " Omigod they're having a baby!" They freaked out! So happy. They had no idea we were even planning on having children at all.

[IfMamaAintHappy]

With Grace, I sent my mom a bouquet of flowers, by way of a friend of hers, with the note "Looking forward to meeting you in January! Love, Baby H*****.

With Lily, I sent my mom a huge bouquet of pink and blue balloons to work (she was an elementary school principal at the time) and a blue and a pink balloon to my dad's work. The note attached was "What do you think about an East Coast Christmas this year?" since baby would be too small to travel to Illinois to visit at Christmas.

With this one, I sent a big fruit basket, and signed the note "With love from the Peach, the Plum, the Apricot, and the little Pumpkin" (my mom's mother called me The Peach and my brother The Pear as nicknames growing up, and she gave Grace and Lily their little fruit nicknames before she died a year ago. Since Im due in October, the pumpkin was the logical nickname for this one!)

[memory maker]

when I got pregnant with dd we sent blue and pink flowers to our parents with a card that read
Boy or girl
which will it be
we will find out
in 2003

they really liked that

[CandyApple]

Originally Posted by erth mama

I handed my parents a very plain wrapped present and said " oh I almost forgot, i have something for you guys" and the opened it up and inside was a pair of newborn booties. My Dad didn't get it right away and my Mom had to say " Omigod they're having a baby!" They freaked out! So happy. They had no idea we were even planning on having children at all.

We did the same thing with the little booties, only at Christmas, and had a very similar reaction from both my parents. Its been a fun family memory, and my mom still keeps the booties on her dresser.

For our second baby, we had my son ask my mom to read him "the new baby", and she got tears in her eyes right away.

[henhao]

We met up with my parents in January for dinner. DH had wrapped a picture frame in xmas paper and we told my parents we had forgotten to give them this last xmas gift (very common in my family).

Inside was a pic frame that said "baby" on it. DH had placed a post it note inside that said "Photo coming August 2005." It was a cool way to tell them.

For my out-of-state in laws, we just called them.

For other friends, I had a hoot just blurting it out and watching their shocked faces. I stunned on talkative friend into complete silence. =)

For me, having fun was more fun than being original. =)

hee hee

henhao

[paniscus]

We told everyone in early November so since it was around the holidays we emailed my mom and MIL a "Christmas Wish List" (they ask for one every year and we normally just say we don't know, whatever, etc.) It had things on it like crib, stroller, diapers, etc. My FIL didn't get it but everyone else got it right away.

My MIL doesn't check her email regularly so we called and told her we sent her an email but weren't sure if it went through so could she check it. So we were on the phone with her when she found out and it makes me cry just thinking of her reaction - it was so precious.

My FIL sent out an email to 90+ relatives and friends the next day and my mom was on the phone until after midnight that night so we didn't really tell anyone else - the grandparents took care of that for us :LOL Then we told our friends the following week and put it in a Christmas newsletter that goes out in our Christmas cards.

Good Luck (and have fun!) TTC

[ryleeee]

My BIL and SIL told my MIL and FIL by putting a newborn diaper in a small box with a card at christmas and dropped it off on their steps.

[littleteapot]

The first time we found out just before the December holidays, and MIL had asked us on multiple occassions "what we wanted" for xmas. DH called her up and said, "How about a cradle?" (we family bed, btw!)

This time, well... see my website: www.summerstorms.ca

[Taedareth]

littleteapot - your website is breathtaking!! thanks for sharing your beautiful wedding and baby/maternity pics =) you're tremendously creative

[littleteapot]

Aww, thank you so much! I really appreciate that.

[erikaa]

we did something similar to your tshirt idea. i bought some fabric paint and some little onesies and for each family member painted "I heart Grandma" or "I heart my Uncle" on a seperate onsie. we wrapped each one and presented them at christmas, but made everyone open them at the same time. the reaction was wonderful! now that DD is here, i've seen the onsies framed and pinned up on walls. i think everyone likes having a memento of that day. have fun making your announcement!

[Autumn Breeze]

Nothing nearly as creative as some of these ladies!!! WOW!

I baked brownies, and took them over to my parents for dinner. I'd added "It's a BABY due 9-05" to them before we left the house. It was cute.

For my In-laws, dh just said, "so, we interviewd a midwife yesterday, and went ahead and hired her"

[ozzyemm]

We have not conceived yet(2 ww!!), but already have a great idea , which actually comes from DH's mom. When she was pregnant with her first baby, MIL sent her Mom and MIL a picture of her with a stork! Her mom didn't get it, because at the time my MIL lived in Africa and they took pictures of her with lots of weird things .

So, to build on that, we are going to give them several pictures-- one will be of me in our kitchen, barefoot (barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen); one will be of me reaching into the oven to get a (hamburger) bun (bun in the oven). We have also thought about getting my picture next to a bunch of cabbages in the supermarket (since we don't have a cabbage patch nearby). We have even thought about getting bear paw gloves to wear (pregnant paws).

Does anyone have anymore "punny" pregnancy expressions that we could photograph? We thought about using "In the Family Way," but I am not sure how to stage that!

[Ell-Bell]

That is such a cute idea! I may have to steal... I mean borrow it! :LOL We are going to have to tell my inlaws via mail or email, the photos would be great. Let's see... "Knocked Up"??? can't think of a good photo for that. How about, "With Child" just a photo of you standing with a random kid?

I'll try to think of more.

:-)

[Full Heart]

This time I sent ecards to my parents and out of state relatives. For others I have waited for the inevitable, "So you pg yet?" and get to say, "Yep!" People are always so shocked. I know they ask to be funny but its really rude so I figured I would teach them a lesson lol. This time we didn't tell my ils. We just let them figure it out on their own.

Michelle