Telling the In-Laws

For anyone who knows me, they will know that Bryan and I share a mutual love of hockey. My in-laws also share the same infinity for hockey culture as we do (sorry, Elf reference). It's been such a long road to get to this point, we knew we couldn't wait to tell them until the first trimester was over. We had planned to go out to dinner when I was only 4w3d. My original plan was to tell them at Christmas, but we knew they would figure it out if I didn't order a drink at dinner. When I order water instead of my Cosmo or Captain and Coke, the red flag will definitely waive high! 

I bought a Philadelphia Flyers baby bottle back when I was naive and thought I'd be pregnant in a month or two. It was FINALLY time for me to dust it off and give it to my father-in-law (FIL). I wanted to put a picture of our first ultrasound in the bottle but timing once again, was not working in our favor. I was able to have someone "decorate" a picture of my digital test and decided to use that instead. I also wanted to do something for my stepmother-in-law (SMIL) who has been a tremendous support for me through the years. With not having any other relatives living near me, she has always made me feel like a special part of their family. I decided to go to Babies-R-Us and look for a little special something for grandma. I packaged up both of their presents and we made them open them before we even ordered drinks.
 
My SMIL instantly knew what was going on, my FIL, not so much. He couldn't figure out why we bought him a bottle (MEN!). Once he finally figured it out, they both were ecstatic for us knowing what it took to get us the chance to give them their tenth grandchild. I know that there are already 8 girls with only one boy, but I truly am pulling for team vagina on this one. Bryan is all about team Penis as he wants to have his little hunting buddy and future QB like he was. I just keep telling him that is why they make pink camo and she can always be a cheerleader like I was!

As for the rest of the family, we are still planning on telling both sides on Christmas Eve & Christmas. Still trying to figure out the details on how we're going to surprise them all.