We told our parents

Well, Thanksgiving is over and I'm back at work. So sad. Anyway, I had a fantastic holiday break. It started on Wednesday with our u/s which I've already posted about. Then, MrKLB and I bought a new car! We have been shopping around for about a year and a half - literally! - and had been looking at different SUV's. We finally decided on the Acura MDX and took one home for a test drive Tuesday and Wednesday, then bought it on Wednesday! Nobody is buying cars right now since the economy sucks, so we got a really good deal. I love it! It will be perfect for when the baby is here and also has lots of room for the dogs!

Anyway, then on Thursday we hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house. That's when we told my mother, brother, and SIL. We used the poem that I posted before, but MrKLB sorta blew it before my mother could read the poem. We had this craft tree that we made that was leftover from a neighborhood cookout we had. You're supposed to put things you're thankful for on the leaves of the tree, so we wrote the names of all of our family members on there and one of them just said "baby". It was in the kitchen but nobody had really noticed it when MrKLB handed it to my mother and said "here, look at our tree"... right about the time I was giving him the evil eye trying to tell him not to do that, my mother said "who is baby?" Well, I wasn't good at thinking on my feet so all I could say was "well, I guess I'll give you this now" and handed her the poem to read. MrKLB felt bad and I was actually a little upset at first because that's not how I had planned it, but I'm over it now. So then when my brother and SIL arrived we just handed them the poem to read themselves. Of course everyone was excited.

Friday we went to see MrKLB's parents in Columbia, SC at his aunt's house. He only wanted to tell his parents for now (and not the rest of the family that was there) so we ended up taking his parents for a short ride in our new car and then he parked in a parking lot and we gave them the poem. His mother read it out loud and it took her a few lines to figure it out. Then she got choked up and I didn't think she'd make it through. I couldn't tell when his Dad figured it out. His mother was so excited, though, and his Dad said "you've made her one happy woman." Then he said "not that I'm not happy, too, but you know she is." This will be her first grandchild (his dad has two from his half brothers, but he never gets to see them - long story). MrKLB told his mother she had to keep it a secret until Christmas and she is going to go crazy! :)

Saturday we went to see my Dad. We gave him the poem, but he figured it out before he even got the frame out of the box. He saw the end that said "love, baby ". He read it out loud, though, and he and my step-mother were really happy for us. They said we had to have a boy since they have 3 granddaughters! I told them that if MrKLB has anything to do with it, we will. LOL! I know everyone will be happy with a healthy girl or boy, but I do think there are a lot of people hoping for boy!

So, that was our exciting and busy holiday.

Next step: Deciding when to tell my boss!