We decided until things were confirmed by the doctor, we were going to tell a select few people - Mark's mom, my parents, and a few select friends. We went to church Father's Day morning after finding out the big news and Mark's mom joined us. We went to the parking lot afterwards, and I hope to never forget the moment of Mark saying - publicly! - for the first time, "Well, Danielle's pregnant!" Wow. Carol threw her arms in the air, began to cry and hugged us and congratulated us. We arrived back at home and Mark's phone rang; it was his friend Nate. He was on speakerphone and I heard him say, "Happy Father's Day!!" Mark got a puzzled look on his face, looked at me and said, "How does he know!?!?" He responded, "well...it's interesting you say that..." broke the news and Nate was so happy for us, as was Brett, who tried to text me "Congratulations" only to find out that she had congratulated another Danielle! Next came telling my parents. I had planned and plotted this one for awhile knowing how big of a deal it would be. We went to Kohl's before church that morning and bought a frame that said, "Now Showing" with a stock photo of an ultrasound. We put "Coming Soon!!" across the ultrasound, wrapped it up and when they got to the house, we said, "We can't leave yet! Presents first!" Dad opened his Father's Day gift and then we said we had one for the both of them...something we just couldn't pass up. They opened it, mom looked at it, immediately knew what it was and let out a loud scream...dad looked at it puzzled trying to figure out what Broadway play was coming soon that we got them tickets for!! Mom yelled at him "look at that picture - look at it what it is!!" Dad finally got it, they looked at me and he said, "You're pregnant?!" When I told them I was, they leapt from the couch, gave us hugs and congratulated us.
Telling grandma was fun, considering she now has 3 new grandbabies due within 6 months of each other! Telling each one of our friends was special in it's own way and we are so grateful to have such great family and friends to share in this with...thanks to each of you - you know who you are!
