Telling our parents about baby #2

We were leaving for Florida on Friday February, 1st so I decided to take a pregnancy test the day before, on January 31st. We had been trying for a couple of months now, I was having irregular periods (again), so I wanted to know if it would be safe or not to partake in a few pina coladas or beers while enjoying the warm sunshine!!Ben kept saying that he knew I was pregnant, I would always roll my eyes and say "I doubt it".  Much to my surprise the test came back with 2 lines!! I was so excited and started crying! Brooklyn was still asleep and I couldn't wait for her to wake up!

I wanted to wait and have Ben come home for lunch so Brooklyn and I could tell him, but I knew I couldn't wait.  When we first started trying, I bought a Big Sis shirt from Old Navy, hoping Brooklyn would get to wear it some day! So, I put that shirt on Brooklyn and took a picture.  I took a picture of the positive pregnancy test and sent the 2 pictures to Ben in an email.  I called him and told him Brooklyn sent him something to his email.  He stayed on the phone with me and opened the email and he was speechless. He started to tear up, which made me start crying! It was a great moment! He came home for lunch and we celebrated with Chinese!

That night my mom was coming over to spend time with Brooklyn before we left for Florida for 10 days.  I had Brooklyn wear her Big Sis shirt so my mom could read it and be surprised.  Brooklyn always loves waiting at the front door for my mom to arrive.  When mom started walking up the front walk I was getting excited for her to see Brooklyn's shirt.  Mom came in, picked Brooklyn up, gave her some hugs and kisses.  She was oblivious to the shirt. Meanwhile Ben is walking in the door from work and I look at him and whisper "she hasn't noticed yet". After a couple of minutes I told mom to look at Brooklyn's shirt.  She held Brooklyn out and read the shirt and started screaming with excitement and joy! It scared Brooklyn and she started crying! Ha! Mom and I both cried and hugged! It was special!

We always head straight to Captain Curt's/Sniki Tiki when we get to Siesta Key and enjoy lunch and a Landshark.  Well, we knew that if I didn't order a Landshark to drink Don and Janet would wonder what was going on, so we planned for Brooklyn to wear her Big Sis shirt again to Sniki Tiki!  When we got in the parking lot, Brooklyn and I stayed in the car so I could change her shirt real quick.  I had her walk to the table so her shirt would be easy to read.  She walked over to Don and Janet and they were so happy to see her they didn't notice her shirt.  After standing there for a few minutes, Ben finally said "Read Brooklyn's shirt".  Don read it and said "Another one?!" and Janet got excited and gave me a hug! It was a special moment at our favorite place in Siesta Key!

I knew that I wanted to tell my dad and step mom by incorporating the beach somehow! We didn't make it to the beach until Sunday, and it was a little chilly! We sat Brooklyn in the sand and wrote in the sand "BIG SIS" and took a picture.  I text my dad and told him that I would be texting him a picture of Brooklyn soon, so to be by his phone! He said he was ready for the picture! I sent it! He called me and was very excited and happy! It was perfect!

Ben felt bad that we hadn't told his mom yet, I suggested waiting until we got a picture at the beach and we could send it to both my dad and Lisa, but I guess Ben didn't want to wait so he forwarded Lisa the original email I sent Ben with the pregnancy test and Brooklyn in her Big Sis shirt and then he called her and told her to check her email.  She was very excited and happy too!

It was a lot of fun telling our parents in different ways!! We can't wait to meet baby Brunker #2!!!!