Sharing the News with Family and Friends

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One of the most exciting parts about being pregnant has been the joy of sharing the news with our family and friends. Kyle and I did the typical wait until after the first trimester before we told our siblings and others. I will say it was nice being the only ones (with the exception of our parents and some close friends) who knew about our sweet little baby. I will be honest that I wasn’t quite ready for all of the world to know. But of course, we weren’t going to keep it a secret forever. We decided to tell our siblings/extended family on Easter Sunday. We thought it would be a perfect time since we would all be together that day.

We had Easter lunch at my parents house and everyone but Joey was there (Ukraine is kind of far away) lol. Even though we are all adults, my parents (mainly my mom) still like to have an Easter egg hunt in the backyard. But let’s face it – the kid inside all of us still loves it. 🙂 I took a photocopy of our 7 week ultrasound and wrote “Baby Mullett hatching September 2016” and put it inside an egg. My mom and dad were in on it and hid the “special” egg along with the rest of the eggs. We were all instructed NOT to open any of the eggs until we were done with the hunt and back inside around the table. Kyle, Jeff, and Chris pretty much found most of the eggs haha! Chris actually found the special egg up in a tree. When he went to grab it, it fell down on the ground and opened up! The ultrasound fell out and my mom freaked out LOL! She quickly grabbed it and stuffed it back in the egg. When we all got back inside, we each took turns opening an egg. When Chris opened up the egg, it took him a second and then all of a sudden my sister (who was sitting next to him) started screaming in excitement. Everyone around the table pretty much cheered rather loudly. It was the typical Kader reaction. Libby popped up from her chair and was bouncing all over the place. She was the most excited of all. 🙂 I forgot to take a picture of the announcement, but you get the idea.

We later went to the Mulletts’ house for dinner. We all had little Easter baskets to open up. So we figured that was the perfect time to share with Kyle’s brothers and our future sister-in-law who was visiting. We decided to buy an Easter card and had them open it up together. It had the ultrasound inside of it.

 
 
Now that the siblings knew, it was time to start telling our friends and co-workers. I will say it was a lot of fun thinking of how we wanted to share the news each time. For my co-workers, I brought in donuts (everyone in the office knows how much I love donuts haha!) and I did the card things as well for them. What made it really fun was that everyone comes in at different times in the morning, so each time someone would arrive they would go into the kitchen and see the card. We always celebrate birthdays in the office, so most people thought it was someone’s birthday, until they opened and read the card. I work with all women (except my boss – God bless him! haha!) so there were a lot of hugs and giggles that morning. Two of my co-workers even taped off a section of their office for the “play pen” and my boss really got a kick out of that.  
 

 
 
We had a staff luncheon where we told the rest of the team (half of our staff works from home). Stoney prepared a baby themed meal which consisted of baby back ribs, baby greens salad, baby bell cheese, baby carrots, etc. etc. It was so thoughtful and fun. Before we ate she told everyone that this meal was more appropriate to be served in September (which is my due date) but that we were going to go ahead and have it early. She then started sharing what the menu was which all started out with the word “baby” – it didn’t take long for everyone to catch on. It was quite a special luncheon!
 
Kyle took a more simple approach and told his co-workers throughout the day. He found fun and funny ways to share the news, however, I can’t remember all that he did. He also told his worship class the news and they were all super excited. 🙂
 
We both decided that we wouldn’t post the news all over social media. We have found so much joy in telling people face to face. I’m sure this will all end up on facebook and instagram eventually, but for now we are taking the old-fashioned route. 🙂 
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