Telling everyone else...

We went and told my parents on a Friday night. My mom kept looking at me funny, as if to say..."What are you doing here?" I know she could tell something was up. Plus we had gift bags.

I made up little gifts for them. For my mom, I put together a little set with an "I love my grandma" bib, tiny socks, and a pacifier, and I had a tiny diaper that came with a magazine I picked up at the doctor's office, so I threw it in.

For my Stepdad, I got him a "I love my Grandpa" bib, and for my sister and Joe's brother, we bought blank bibs and I painted "I love my Aunt" and "I love my Uncle" on them with fabric paint.

On Friday night, we got my sister to come home (no small feat, so we told her we had a present for her...bribery usually works, lol!) We showed up unannouced, and before my sister, at my mom's. When she saw gifts in my hand she immediately started with the "What's this? Why are you bringing presents?" stuff, so we told her and my stepdad to open them at the same time. When my mom got it open, she looked inside and immediately her face screwed up and she started crying. My stepdad followed suit. Then my sobbing mother started shouting "My baby's having a baby!!!" and ran over and hugged me for an hour until I couldn't breathe. My sis came, and my mom didn't want to give anything away with her red eyes, so she ran into the bathroom and locked the door. She came out a few minutes later, and said she had SUCH a cold. My sister looked at her, and said "But you were fine this morning...?" So I gave my sis hers, and she did the jumping-screaming-running-knock-me-down-crying thing. It was great. All in all, an evening I will never forget as long as I live. Right up there with the night I went over to show them my brand sparkly new engagement ring. But better.

For Joe's mom I did up a gift just like my mom's, and took it over on the following day. When she opened it, she just jumped. Up and down. Up and down. Screaming, crying....Jumping some more. It was so funny. Wish I had of gotten them all on video. It would have been amazing to watch later on! John was really happy too, and hugs were shared all around.

All in all, everyone is really really excited. I couldn't have asked for a better response from anyone.

Life is beautiful.