I am pregnant with my second baby and due in May. My husband and I decided to wait until Christmas to tell our families since we will be visiting both sides this year. I would like to tell them in a creative way, not just "we would like to make an announcement...". It should be especially fun since we can tell them in person, and since they aren't expecting it because our two babies will only be 18 months apart. Any ideas?
When I was pregnant with my second daughter I made a t-shirt for my oldest daughter with puffy paint that said "I'm going to be a big sister". She wore it over to each grandparents house and I waited for them to notice the shirt. It actually took my mom a little while for it to dawn on her what the shirt said. When I was pregnant with my third I sent a plant to each grandma with a card that said "will it be a boy or will it be a girl?". Both grandmas still have their plants 16 months later. Congrats to you guys!
Take a picture of the positive pregnancy test. Make copies of the picture and wrap it different for each person you give it to, not the same shape...that should give them the hint! CONGRATS!!!!!
Congratulations! We made a shirt for my son that said Big Bro and sent a photo to the grandparents. Then, at an extended family party we just had him wear the shirt. He is only 19 months old so he couldn't tell anyone. A couple of people read the shirt and said really? Is it true? It was fun and we didn't have to make any "announcement".
We did the shirt thing, too, for our second. I had my 18 month old wear the "I'm a big brother" shirt under a button up shirt. We had a joint birthday party for my nephew and MIL. I had MIL open our gift last, then said, "wait, there's one more." I had DS walk over to her and told her to unbutton his shirt. Her eyes got all big! It was great!
My sister made up gift certificates on the computer that said, "good for one niece or nephew" or "good for one grandbaby" and "offer expires on _______(due date)." She printed them on cardstock, rolled them up, and tied them with ribbon and handed them out. It wasn't a family get-together, but it worked.
Since you're doing it at Christmas, you could have your parents, and then your inlaws open a gift. Get a cute gift box (they have them at the dollar store) and place something babyish inside. Like a little pair of booties or a copy of an ultrasound photo (if you have one by then). Bring it out after everyone else has opened their gifts to make a big deal about it. Or do it during Christmas dinner or something, act like you just remembered another gift that you left in the car.
This is the perfect time to do it! You have so many options!
Have fun!
Since you are doing it on Christmas I would make some kind of gift for everybody. I think a personilized calendar would be fun. You could put pictures of you and your fmaily on it and then fill in your special dates, like birthdays, holidays and the duedate of the baby. Ont that page I would put an untra sound pitcure and then write in the due date. Have everyone look over the calendar and see how long it takes them to catch on.
Here is a link to a calendar I just made. It was easy to do and only took me about an hour.
http://www.heritagemakers.com/?event=projectBrowse&projectId=56467777-0f7d-417a-92ef-6c05d77dac42&productId=31&projectSponsor=293575
Then your family can have the calendar all year long to remember your special announcement.
I announced my pregnancy to my husband's family at his birthday party. I bought cinamon buns and put a little sign on top that said "Becca has a bun in the oven." At first, nobody noticed because they assumed the sign just said Happy Birthday, so it wasn't until about halfway through the party that someone noticed....which I think made it even more fun! Congrats!!
Congratulations...
You could always show up with a moving box full of alcohol (half empties and what not) set it on the table with a flourish. When everyone looks at you like you've lost it, you can say something like: "We'll, it'll be a few months until I can drink this again" (or other witty phrase)
Have fun!
Hi Kristin,
Congratulations on the second pregnancy!
You could have your daughter wear a t-shirt that says "I'm going to be a big sister." I know someone who did that and I thought it was a cute way to tell everyone.
I don't know if you will be showing yet, but another friend of mine went to her relatives and she was obviously pregnant and didn't say anything when she went in the house. Her husband was videoing everyone saying hello and when they noticed she was pregnant, he got their reaction on video.
Good luck and have fun with however you decide to do it. :)
Patti
We had the same situation a few years ago. I bought small frames that are actually tree ornaments. They were very pretty, though not expensive (from Walmart). Then I put in pictures of each of our children and then in the last one I put in an ultrasound picture of the baby's sillouette. It was at the bottom of the bag, so they found it last and was a fun surprise. If it is too early for your ultrasound, you could go to a place that does them earlier to get a picture. Congrats and good luck!
We put an ultrasound photo on the fridge and let people find it... I was amazed how long it took them. It was hilarious to watch.
Maybe get your daughter an "I'm a big sister" shirt and see if anyone picks up on it?
Hi Kristin
I saw on t.v. once where at Christmas time the expecting couple wrapped baby gifts for each person. Or you can wrap a baby outfit for the parents or a frame with the picture of the ultrasound in it with a note that says something to grandma. Or wrap something special that would apply to each person and their relationship with your baby and then they all open it at once. Have fun!
1.You can wrap up a little baby item with each of their presents, something small but that would be figured out.
2.Make their name tags on the presents baby items like bottles and rattles etc.
3.You could put From: and your name, your husbands name, your daughter's name, and then a question mark.
4. You could attach something that has the word baby in it to each of their gifts like for the guys:Fun size Baby Ruth candy bars and for the girls: Twigs of Baby's breath.
5. You could get the movie 9 months and have them all sit down and turn the movie on.
There are so many more ideas, hope these help and Congratulations!
My sis in law sat everyone down to see a video of their vacation. We kind of rolled our eyes, then the "video" cut to the ultra sound video they had taken the week prior. It was great!
I saw some baby's first christmas photo frame/ornaments at target for 1$. You could put ultrasound photos in those and wrap them up.
Oh this is fun, I wish i was in your family!!! Congrats!
First of all Congratulations. When we anounced our pregnancy to our families I made a birthday party invitation and set the date of the party as my due date and the location as the hospital. We then handed the invitations out to everybody in the family all at once so that no one would be left out. Both of our parents loved it and are keeping them as momentos.
I had a friend put a t-shirt on her son that said "I'm going to be a big brother" and didn't say anything until her mother-in-law noticed. Since you won't be seeing them, you could do it by taking a family picture or a picture of your child with the message showing on his shirt?? Have fun with it whatever you do and congrats!!
What a fun question. When I was pregnant with my first child, we played "Pictionary" with my inlaws and just ignored what it said on the card and drew out clues to tell them I was pregnant. You could also act it out in charades if playing family games is something you might enjoy doing as a family. Just be creative about how you would draw or act it out. It was fun to hear them actually put it all together and they ended up saying it out loud. Have fun!
My husband and I had a pretty fun way to tell our families about our first child. We live out of state from both of our families so we mailed them a package of baby booties and a rattle and said that they needed to hang onto them because they would be needed when the baby was born. Our folks thought that was a great way to do it and they did keep the booties and the rattle for the baby! Have fun!!!!!
Something cute my sister did to tell my parents she was excepting number two was to wrap up an old toaster oven (that was bought at a thrift store) and put a bag of hamburger buns inside. I was the first to get it, the buns where in the oven. It was funny and cute!
Maybe you could let your daughter unwrap a Christmas present of a T-shirt that says, "Big Sister?"