Sharing the News

A few days after our 8 week ultrasound, we flew to Colorado to help celebrate our niece, Kelsey's, first birthday.  We had also planned to tell my family about our exciting news because everyone would be together.  The day we flew in, also happened to be my mom's birthday so I'm sure it was a birthday she will never forget. 

I was very nervous about sharing the news because it would be the first time we would see how other people would react to hearing we were going to have twins. I already knew how shocking it was for us, so I could only imagine how others would react.  We decided to share the news that first evening in Colorado. 

After the girls (Alena, Addison, and Kelsey) took their bath, I put Alena in her "Big Sister" shirt and sent her downstairs where my parents and brother were chatting.  My mom was busy opening her gifts, which included a decorated bra from her sisters (apparently it is tradition to send the bra to the next sister or sister-in-law who is celebrating that "special birthday," adorned with something new added to it).  I'm hoping this tradition ends before I turn that "special age." 

Anyway, it took a while for anyone to notice Alena's shirt (even though it OBVIOUSLY did not match her pajama bottoms :)).  Finally my brother read her shirt and figured it out.  They all congratulated us and then I showed my brother the most recent ultrasound to see if he would notice Baby A and Baby B.  He didn't pick up on it until I told him to take a closer look. 

"Twins?"  Everyone was excited but shocked.  My mom's exact words were, "I need another glass of wine."  It was nice to get the news out and the following week we told Justin's family.  We waited until we were in the clear at 12 weeks to share the news with our extended families and friends.  By this point I was obviously pregnant and couldn't hide the news any longer.