How we told our family

We waited a few days before we told anyone.  I would have preferred to have gone to the Dr.'s to make sure everything was okay, but Sean was too excited...he wanted to go to a mountain top and yell to the world "We're having a baby!!!".    So, I finally gave in and called my sister Amy.  All I did was mention..."when can we come out and see you, maybe April" and her response was "Are you pregnant?"  Of course, I said "Yes!"  I think she dropped the phone in excitement and came back 5 minutes later.  That weekend, we went around to the family with these little white boxes and told them that we got them something from the wedding.  Unexpecting grandparents, opened the boxes and the responses were GREAT! 

• My Mom: Really?!?!  Ooooo...
  
• My Dad: Jaw dropped and tears welded up
  
• Sean's Dad:  Face turned red as he looked up at me and asked if I was pregnant.  He then walked away hiding the tears welding up. 
  
• Sean's Step Mom: Excited!   Encouraged me to get the needed sleep. 
  
• Sean's Mom: Balled her eyes out uncontrollably; Sean had no clue what to say or do and told me to go give her a hug. 
  
• Sean's Step Dad: Alright, cool! 
  
• Aunt Lynda: Already knew by something I did earlier that week and protested it's a girl. 
  
• Aunt Reenie: Teared up and asked if Mike knew.    
  
• Tom:  Cool....and he wanted to eat the baby food. 
  
• Mary: No Way!  Gave us a hug! 
  
• Brandon: Cool!
  
• Joey: Wow; I already have 5 cousins!  This is 6. 
  
• Jill:  I have lots of maternity clothes
  
• Kevin:  We woke him up; he screamed and wishes to be the God Father. 
  
• Kate: So excited; posted it on face book. 

Below is a picture of the box we gave everyone, the label at the top says in alternating pink and blue "We're having a BABY!!!"  Then, there's pink and blue paper with a jar of baby food.  Also, hidden was a little pink and blue rattle. 

We were going to tell the friends at our get together, however we were unable because word was getting out VERY quickly and we wanted to be sure that our news came from us and not from someone else...so, Sean sent our friends a text message.   We also put it in our Christmas letter; which was titled, "What a Year!!!"....While last year we sent most of our time planning for the biggest day of our lives, this next year, we will again be planning for an extra bundle of joy as we will be welcoming baby McGuinness to our family.  Sean and I went to the first doctor’s appointment and were able to have an ultrasound and see the little heartbeat.  It was such a surreal moment for the two of us.  We will be expecting our little one around July 30th....

It was great to share our news with everyone, and once we did, I figured, I wouldn't have been able to wait as long as I wanted to anyways...so, I am happy we told them all when we did.