Telling Family & Friends

First of all, it killed me to wait until Saturday to tell our family. My parents were in New York until Friday so we planned to get together with both sets of parents and have lunch on Saturday. Well....that would have been nice if the weather would have cooperated...my parents were an hour an a half late catching their plane on Friday from New York to Dallas, therefore, once they got to Dallas they missed their flight to Lafayette. Not to mention that the flight on Saturday was completely booked, which put them getting back on Sunday. Oh and did I mention that their luggage went to Lafayette? Poor things...

So anyway, Casey and I decided that we would call my parents Saturday morning to tell them. They called at about 8:30am to let us know that it was a dreary day and they were going to be hanging out in the hotel room all day, so I asked them to put me on speakerphone and I proceeded to let them know that we wouldn't be walking for graduation because we were going to be having a baby in December. It took them (mom, dad & Lynda..Nat was sleeping) about 5 seconds of silence to wrap their thoughts around what I just said and then they were cheering and congratulating us. Needless to say, the sour day that they were expecting in the hotel room was filled with exciting phone calls to family and friends for them.

Casey and I had invited a few friends over that night but they weren't getting there until 4pm, so he and I decided to drive into Lafayette to tell his parents for lunch. We got to Lafayette at 10:45am, we both walked in the house and within 10 minutes, we told them the same thing that we told my parents about not being able to walk for graduation. Mrs. Gail had already thought something was up so she was excited, but not totally caught off guard and Mr. Dale didn't suspect anything. They were both very excited! They generously treated us to Southside Bakery, at the pregnant lady's request, and all of us enjoyed a hamburger and a treat, of course, then headed home.

On the way home, Casey and I called lots of friends and family to also let them know the good news. Casey invited a few friends over about a week ago to watch the UFC fights this Saturday, so it worked out as a perfect opportunity to let them in on our secret, take a look:

Needless to say our friends and family were excited. I got big screams from Grammy and Tiffany, the "you lied to us" from Lena and Justin, we got a "O Thank God" from Mrs. Rita and who can leave out the smile from baby Ty because he knew what was going on....

Check out this awesome cake that Lena made for the UFC fight, what a talented little lady, and it tasted even better:

Then on Sunday, my parents landed at 10:00am in Lafayette and they decided to come visit, not because I begged, but because they wanted to. They got to our house around 3pm with a beautiful flower arrangement in hand and had a nice dinner with us.

Thanks to all of you who have sent your congratulations messages and advice/tips!