How we told the 'rents

After David and I went to the OBGyn (we LOVE ours, thanks for the recommendation, Kate!) we decided, since we were about ten weeks along and our doctor thought the baby was looking really good, to tell the parents as an early Christmas gift. So, the weekend after school got out for winter break, we asked David's parents to come up for the weekend. We also asked my parents to come up too, under the ruse to check out our new kitchen remodel and new fence.
We decided to tell our parents by giving them a special picture to announce the impending arrival of Baby Hodum, so I bought some cute little gender neutral baby Sperry Top-Siders, since David and I both have several pairs. And it's extra special because my dad has been Sperry's number one fan for as long as I can remember. We spent some time trying to find a friend with a good camera to take the picture but no one was available, so I got to open an early Christmas gift! Thanks for the new camera, David! I need to get some practice with it so I can take a million pictures of the baby come July! :)
Chase was able to take the picture, so on a cold December afternoon we went to a lovely park, stood on a log with the baby Sperrys in between us, and Chase took the following picture:

I picked out two Grandmotherly picture frames and two Grandfatherly frames, wrapped them, and then waited for our parents to arrive! When it was time to give the grandparents the frames, we couldn't wait to see their reactions. My mom already knew generally what the "gift" would be, but I know she was excited to see everyone's reactions. Betsy opened her frame and started crying immediately- she got the meaning of the picture. Mom didn't really even open hers and she was already crying. The best reactions came from the dads, because they both just thought we had given them a frame with a stock photo and couldn't figure out why the moms were crying. But when Betsy said "I'm going to have a grandbaby?" The dads got it and everyone cried. My poor dad was shocked- I don't think he saw it coming at all!
It was a great day and a wonderful early Christmas present for our wonderful parents. Afterwards, we went to Square Burger in McKinney Square to celebrate. And of course, mom had brought Nuggy his/ her first bunny, nightie, and little booties. :)