Start Spreading the News

After I informed the Father-To-Be about our new baby on the way, it was time to start thinking about how and when to break the news to the rest of the fam! I try to put a little bit of thought and effort into how I surprise people with our baby news (makes it more fun/memorable, than just blurting it out) and I also try to capture their reactions on camera, which adds an extra level of trickiness! People tend to be suspicious if you just start video taping them out of the blue, so you have to be discreet! 

Luckily, we had plans to see most of our family (who sadly all live out of town) within the next few weeks, so we didn't have to do any additional trip planning. It was also right around 4th of July time, so I went ahead and ordered this shirt for Hadley to wear during our announcement reveals.

Here is Big Sister modeling her shirt! 

The first person on my list to tell was my Mom. We actually didn't have plans to see her in the next few weeks and I was DYING to tell someone, so I had to let her know over the phone. I got her reaction on FaceTime, though....so no worries! The quality of the video isn't the greatest, because as it turns out videotaping an iPhone or laptop screen doesn't work so well. 

Lissie Finds Out about Baby #2 from Caroline Guinn on Vimeo.

 "So are you still going to Mexico!?" Haha! I'll post more details about THAT debacle later! 

Next on our list was to tell Mason's parents. They kept Hadley for us while we were in Mexico, so we wanted to surprise them after we got back from our trip with a "souvenir shirt" for Hadley! Unfortunately, another blurry video...

GiGi & Pops Find Out About Baby #2 from Caroline Guinn on Vimeo.

Last, but not least we told G-Daddy & Nana and my brother Connor our special news. We waited until we could see them in person in mid-July for our annual beach trip to Port Aransas! 

Ideally, we would have told them together at the same time,, but only G-Daddy & Connor came down to our car to help us unload our things & Hadley was already in her Big Sister shirt. I'm telling you videoing people's reactions makes things a lot more complicated! 

G-Daddy Finds Out About Baby #2 from Caroline Guinn on Vimeo.

The best part of this, is that even though Connor clearly read the shirt - he didn't get that I was pregnant until about 5 minutes later! Hahaha! I wish I would have captured THAT realization on video! 

We had to capture Nana's reaction separately, since she was upstairs in the condo! 

Nana finds out about Baby #2 from Caroline Guinn on Vimeo.

So much fun! I just love surprising people, especially with such exciting news! 

There is a bit of a plot twist, however! We also were on the receiving end of some surprising news! When we broke the news to Mason's brother Cameron and his wife Keisha - they informed us that they are ALSO expecting in February!!! We are only 2 and a half-ish weeks apart!!! How crazy is that!?! Guinn family baby boom!  

Once everyone was in the know our next thing to look forward to was our first Doctor's appointment on July 18th! More on that next...