Telling Mike's family...almost messed it up!

We decided to tell Mikes side of the family because lets face it, we are just too excited to hold it in. On Sunday, at Adam's surprise birthday dinner, we decided that the only way to get his entire family together without them suspecting something was to play off of Adam's birthday. As much as we didn't want to steal his thunder, we figured we would convince the family to go out to dinner again to celebrate his "real" birthday.

I knew Barb would bring a cake and we would go back to Adam's place afterwards and we thought that this would be the perfect time. But first Sarah had to find out. She told me first about her pregnancy and now she had to know about mine. I think she got a little teary on the phone, which made me feel good and excited to do this together... Moving on, while at dinner I kept telling Mike to take pictures so that when we record Barb's reaction it wouldn't be too obvious that the camera was out. Mike came up with the idea of talking about our summer vacations and saying something like this, "what are you guys doing in October? I think we should go to this place called Good Samaritan Medical Center and welcome a new family member". We almost didn't have that chance!

At the restaurant Mike is taking pictures (as instructed) and Scott wanted to see some of the pictures. I gave him the camera and he starts flipping through the pictures. I am watching because I don't know what weird stuff Mike takes pictures of when I am not looking (Mike you know what I am talking about). Just then he flips to the pictures of the positive pregnancy tests with Barb looking over his shoulders! I quickly snatched the camera out of his hands and all Scott is saying is "its negative, its negative right?" I don't remember how Mike pulled him aside and quickly changed the subject. I thought the secret was out and not the way we (mostly Mike, see previous post) planned.

So back at Adam's house, we were all getting ready to eat cake (except for me), Mike kept pacing back and forth, fidgeting with everything. I finally looked at Mike and without saying a word, told him to get it out already! He started with his speech and stumbled around with his words (the fact that Adam and Cari started their own conversation about being afraid of heights didn't help the situation). He finally got it out and Barb kept saying "Are you serious, are you serious, is she really, are you really!" "yes!!" we kept telling her and she started to get a little teary. After hugs and congratulations, Scott said "I really thought they were negatives because I was looking for a ''+" sign not two lines. Barb grabbed her cell phone and went into Adam's room to tell her sister (she was always a little jealous that she had grand kids). All and all everything went well. I will tell my family next week when they get back from Texas!

Oh yeah, I still wasn't convinced I was pregnant after five positive tests, so I request blood work. My Beta hCg is still pending. Dang it!