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The Big Announcement 

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - Posted by Danielle at 9:28 PM
First off was telling Adie.  It was the morning of her party so when Mark got home from work, Adie and I were up in her room getting ready.  Mark came up and we sat down with her and started to explain that she was going to be a big sister.  We tried to use analogies with "big sisters" that she knows, we told her that baby was in my tummy, we tried to explain....and she didn't get it at all!!  :)  She kind of acknowledged us just to get us to quit talking and said "ok, I want to go downstairs now..."  I can't blame her; at 3 it is a strange concept to understand.  She'll get it eventually!!!

I'd been thinking for quite some time about what would be a cool way to announce that baby two was on the way.  A few days before finding out I was pregnant, Mark and I had gone on a date to get a few last minute birthday presents for Adie.  While browsing the aisles of Target we saw a book about a new baby coming.  We laughed and said what a cool way of announcing it would be to give her the book as a present.

When we found out the morning of her party, we knew that was it.  Mark ran out and bought the book from Target, brought it home and told me to take a look, and it was telling a little boy about the baby coming and he was asking if baby would be able to play Superman with him.  While the point of the book was to get the message across as the announcement, we still wanted it as a keepsake.  So, in the midst of getting ready for the party, I jumped on an opportunity to run to the grocery store and ended up running to Barnes & Nobles to buy a book.  My mom called to see if I was ok since it took me so long to just run to the store.  I just told her that it was crazy in town.  Well that on top of the fact that Mark took an awful long time that morning going to get the original book when he was supposed to be running to Biggby for coffee and tea for all of us should have been putting up a few red flags for her, but she didn't ask questions!

Adie opened all of her gifts and we had saved the book for last.  Mark videoed while I had Adie sit on my lap.  We opened the book, turned it around, and the moment was priceless!!!  So, so glad we got that on video!  It was so special having our closest friends and family there to share in the big moment.  We skyped with grandma and Uncle Gary & Marguerite that evening and they were excited as well.

We are so blessed to have such amazing supports around us who are so happy for the milestones in our lives.