The first thing we wanted to do was return the favor to Krystal and Josh. We were the first people they told and so we wanted to do the same. We came up with a quick plan to go over to their house- we wanted to borrow their shampooer anyways- and headed over. Krystal was gone. So that foiled our plan.
We got lucky and Jane texted us and told us that John's grandma would be at their house and they were planning on doing dinner with her and Julie and we were invited! Sweet! Didnt need to make up a lie. lol. We couldnt do dinner, because we had plans to do dinner at the Kinlaws with a bunch of friends, but we would definitely stop by and say hi to grandma! We told them we were running errands out that way anyways. Okay, so a little bit of a lie:D. We figured on the way to their house, it would make sense to stop at my moms first. We made a whole route- first we would stop at my moms, then Jim and Janes, and then go by Julie and Joel's since we wouldnt be there for dinner. Whelp- I called my mom and she was out of town hiking (umm what?) and Joel had to work a really long shift so he was going to be sleeping until he went to work. Well dang.
We were so overwhelmed with the news and none of our plans working, that we decided to just take a nap and chill for a bit. We laid down on the couch and took a nice long, much needed nap. (Before I fell asleep, I asked John if the shampooer was in the room- I could smell vinegar. HA!- this sense of smell thing is no joke!)
After we woke up, we went on the hunt to find something cute to share the news with. We settled on the cutest pair of NC State baby sneakers (because,duh). Of course Carter came with us and we headed off to Jim and Jane's house! We put the shoes around Carter's collar and John brought him in. Jim and Jane were both in the livingroom and of course got on the floor to pet Carter, so it was perfect. Jim was like- baby sneakers? Jane just stopped and looked at me questioningly. Let me stop here and say that for all the years that we have been married- Jim and Jane have been fantastic about not pressuring us to have kids. Even though we know they probably wanted them awhile ago and will be over the moon excited about this kid, I never once felt pressured by them. For that I will always be thankful to them. I think this is why Jane didnt ask- she just looked at me. John and I smiled big and I said "Yep, we're pregnant!" Oh those sweet, sweet words. :D Of course, everyone was just so excited and we hugged and celebrated :D We were both so happy that Grandma was there too- she was SO excited! I wish I got more pictures, but John and I decided to just be in the moment and enjoy it. So that's what we did.
On the way to share the news with Grandma and Grandpa!
Are they not the cutest things ever!
We hadnt planned on staying for too long, but Julie called and said she would be over about 6pm for dinner. We decided to just stay and show up at the Kinlaws a little late. When Julie walked in- we had prepped Carter again. He ran over to his Aunt Julie and she petted him and we kept trying to get her to notice the shoes, but she just didnt. Finally, Grandma was like- JULIE DO YOU LIKE HIS NEW COLLAR?! So she finally stopped and looked. "ARE Y'ALL PREGNANT?!" Haha, Yep! You're going to have a human niece or nephew now!! All the excitement :D Unfortunately, we had to text a picture to Joel, but I know we wont get to tell everyone the way we want to.
Big Brother status :D
After sharing the news with the Martin family, we headed over to the Kinlaws. Our goal was to figure out a way to get the Kinlaws alone, in a house full of people. HA. We ended up eating dinner first and then I asked Krystal if I could see their new crib! They had just gotten it put together and John and I wanted to see it. I asked kind of quietly so EVERYONE wouldnt want to come. The three of us went upstairs and then John went off to find Josh (we thought he followed us up, but he hadnt.). My job was to stall Krystal in the nursey. It got so bad, I was literally pulling out all the clothes she had in the closest "to make sure I didnt buy her something she already had." haha. Finally, John got Josh upstairs. Krystal had sat down on the floor and John shut the door. John said- "We loved the boots that you used to share with us that y'all were pregnant, we thought we would return the favor." At this point he pulled out the sneakers (Krystal and Josh awwwed). and then he finished "to share with y'all our news." Krystal SHOT up off the floor and gave me the biggest hug and Josh was like- WHAT?! That's awesome!! and hugged John. Then we switched. It was great. :D How awesome to get to be pregnant with your best friend?!
Afterwards, we went downstairs and I did my best to get everyone at the party around the Kinlaw's kitchen. John and I decided that everyone at the party were people we would want to tell soon- so why not tonight?! (I was not drinking and it was gunna become obvious at some point anyways. lol). So John raised a glass and said I wanna make a toast- and honestly all of this is a blur. The shoes came back out and people awwwed over them. About half of them got it and half of them thought the shoes were for the Kinlaws. The best reaction out of all of it was Jenny's. She was like "WAIT- WHAT?! Y'ALL TOO!?!" and ran over and gave me the biggest hug :D We celebrated with all of our friends and it was awesome.
The day was perfect.
The next morning, John had a shoot at a church in Wendell for a work project. We had worked it out with my mom to come over to her house afterwards. "Jim and Jane needed to borrow her folding table and chairs for company"- HA!. So off to church we went. It was an interesting experience to say the least. I had been to one other black church in my life, so I kind of knew what to expect, but it was still an experience. John was supposed to interview the pastor. The pastor is also an attorney and the BAR was doing a story about him! We ended up staying through the whole service and let me tell you- we got so many hugs. Everyone in that church was so welcoming! After church, we headed off to my moms house to share the news with her. She and Bob had left to go and pick up a take and bake pizza for lunch. So when we got there, they weren't home. We decided to put the shoes on the counter and I stuck our "yes" pregnancy test in them. We sat them right next to stove so they could see them when they brought the pizza in.
I told John that when they got back to the house that Bob would take the pizza into the kitchen and my mom would come around and hug us. So I figured Bob would see them first. It almost happened that way. Bob took the pizza into the kitchen and we saw him smile real big. My mom had gotten a salad so she was actually putting that down. We got up to go and hug her and then Bob asked her to unwrap the pizza and he would move the oven rack down. Before he did that though, he came over and was giving us a hug. My mom in the meantime- TOTALLY MISSED THE SHOES. She kept looking at us and talking and totally wasnt paying attention. Bob went back to the oven to move the rack and my mom turned to put the pizza on the stove top and stopped. She looked back over at us and was like "NO! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!". We smiled really big and said yes! We are pregnant!! At this moment she starts screaming and Bob drops the rack he was moving and was like WHAT?! hahahaha. We were like- we thought you saw the shoes and knew already?! He was like no! I thought it was just some NC state something and you were giving me a hard time (he's a Carolina fan)!! haha. So we celebrated and ate pizza.
After we were done eating, we were trying to figure out how we were going to tell my sister and brother. I really didnt want to tell them over the phone, but I didnt know when I'd see either of them and I didnt want to wait real long. We decided my mom would call Sherry and see if she was coming to visit any time soon. So she called and was talking to Sherry (we figured if she called, Sherry wouldnt suspect anything). Sherry wasnt coming any time soon, so John sent her a text of Carter with the shoes. Mom kept asking her if she got the text and Sherry was getting impatient. We all figured she thought my mom got engaged. haha. Then we heard a big scream! YAY! So we told her all about it :D
Next up was my brother. Mom called him and he didnt answer, so she tried again. No answer. She sent him a text that said "call me asap." haha. Poor brother probably had a heart attack. He calls her immediately, and was like- I'm at work, what?! He sounded so impatient. John went ahead and sent the text and my mom asked him if he got it yet. He was like "No, and I cant talk." She said "Well it's really important, it should be there any minute." It took for what seemed like ever. He got so impatient that he told my mom "I have to go, I'll call you back" and hung up. LOL. He calls right back and he's screaming and crying!! He was just so excited. I told him we were sorry for telling him that way but he didnt care at all. He was just so excited to be an uncle :D Afterwards, we sent Britt the picture too and talked to her for a little bit. It was awesome. Not exactly how I always wanted to do it- but our excitement got the best of us and it was perfect :D
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