Telling everyone!

The week of Christmas was really fun for Mike and I. Not only were we able to see most of our family (which is always fun), we were also able to tell all of them our baby news in person! We had to do a lot of traveling to make this possible, during which I discovered a new level of car sickness, but it was worth it.

Who we told - - - On Christmas day we went to my parents house and we were finally able to tell my niece and nephew. They were very excited and kind of understood why Aunt Christie has had an 'upset stomach" that they couldn't jump on for the past 3 months. The next day the Beem family and I (Mike had a migraine and had to stay home) ventured up to my Aunt Bobbie and Uncle Pat's place. We were able to see my cousin Jamie, her husband James and their little girl Ella who's almost one and the cutest thing ever! As soon as my Uncle Pat saw me he asked "so, do you have a bun in the oven yet or what?" to which I replied that I did! They were really happy and my uncle claims that his lucky statement was really because he can tell these kind of things...
Then it was back in the car and off to Ohio. We went to Mike's Grandma Peltz house 1st where we saw Grandma, the Pasternack's and Dave, Marilyn and Kevin Gagen. Then it was off to Aunt Marcia's to stay the night and visit with Marcia and Julie. In the morning we went to Grandma Chubb's house. We gave both of the grandma's a picture frame with one of the ultrasound pictures in it with their Christmas gifts. When Grandma Peltz opened it she said that she knew what it was but didn't want to say anything just in case she was wrong (Grandma Chubb thought it might have been a pic of an animal...).

Everyone was so happy for us and Mike and I are so glad we were able to see everyone and share our news in person. We hope that this blog will help keep everyone updated on our baby news for the next 27 weeks!