First Father's Day!

We had an amazing weekend with our families for Father's Day. Everyone is SO EXCITED to learn about Baby C!

We told A's parents and grandmother on Saturday. At first, his mom was confused about the "Grandma" in her card, but when she finally got it she squealed and was so happy! A's sister was also super excited when we got to tell her over FaceTime - she has an amazingly adorable almost 6 month old baby boy, and I am so glad now we can talk about this crazy pregnancy business since she seriously JUST went through it.

On Sunday when we woke up, I gave A his card for a father-to-be, a bottle of really good scotch (oh, I wish I could sample it!) and some cute sports bibs. My family got here for a cookout around 1. When my dad and grandfather realized what the cards said, my mom was still in the dark. When she figured it out, she jumped to her feet and started to cry! She is so excited to have a grandbaby 10 minutes from home!My own sister was pretty shocked, also over FaceTime! My due date is actually my nieces birthday, so when we called, under the guise of a nice Father's Day chat, I said, "L, when is your birthday?"  In her adorable little girl voice, she said, "February 20th!" So I replied, "Well, I know what I am getting you for your birthday this year . . . a baby cousin!" And then my sister realized what I meant and was super excited for us!

All in all, it was a really nice weekend. I am relieved to know I can talk to our parents and siblings about this now. While it is still early and you never know what may happen, I know that no matter what they will all be amazing supports.

It is crazy to me how loved this baby already is. We've been calling it my "little parasite" because it has been making me SO tired. I actually think it's pretty cute, and it makes me smile. I'm also JUST under one month away from our first doctor's visit. I am so grateful for A - he is already an involved Dad and is planning to come to every appointment since he has saved up some sick time to use. He will be with me on July 15th as we hopefully get good news about our little parasite! I can hardly believe that it has been ONE WHOLE WEEK since I saw that faint little line on the pregnancy test and realized our lives had changed.