Monday, July 18, 2011

SURPRISED

Big news! There is one small thing I did not mention about my birthday trip home. In addition to my grill pan, I also got another gift from Jennie and Jamie. I was so confused. There was a purple envelope taped to the back of the grill pan, but I'd already opened a birthday card from them...



Okay. I promise I'm not stupid. Every time I've seen them (or talked to them) for the past few months, I've been hoping for baby news (or, as I said in the video "I've been hoping you would tell me!"). You have no idea how much I want a niece or nephew. They just knew the way to take my mind of babies for five minutes was to distract me with something shiny and new, I suppose. And it worked. I think the fact that I was so caught off guard and surprised makes it ten times better. Having just visited with my aunt and uncle that day, I thought the card (which had a cute little poem with the word Aunt in it about 20 times) was from them. You can even hear me say "Aww, it's from Eddie and Debbie" in the video. For 27 years, Aunt = Debbie. But now, Aunt = ME!! And And even more, guess who's gonna be a GRANDMA? Lord help us all. Did you hear all that screaming in that video? The kid's not even here yet and I'm already going deaf.

The funny part is that the day they ended up taking the at-home test had actually been circled on my calendar for months. June 8 was a very crazy day at work that I had been anxious about since March. Who would have thought that my nutty day was the same day they would find out they were going to be parents?

Yaaaaaay for our baby! I already love my niece or nephew so much! Is it February yet?

10 comments:

  1. Yay Aunt Nin!! I love what you did with the video!

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  2. I had a feeling as soon as I saw the title of the post! Umm now I'm crying too! I'm so excited you get to be an Aunt and your Mom gets to be a Grandma!! Congratulations!!!!!! (That deserved the overuse of exclamation points, right?)

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  3. i just bawled as i watched that video. so so fun! you are gonna be the best lil auntie eva!

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  4. One of your best posts-- that video is awesome! Congratulations!!

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  5. Such a great post! I'm going to be an aunt for the first time in a few weeks, so I know the excitement :)

    Congrats Jennie!!!

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  6. Congrats, Aunt Lindsay! Your video gives me chills too - such exciting news!

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  7. Yep I'm sitting here crying in my keyboard--not over the baby, but over how BAD I look in that video in pajamas at midnight with no contacts or makeup!! Next time yall give me big news and video it and post it to the world, give me a warning! Have you noticed how I keep staring at my picture of the dipstick like it is going to fade out of view, and a "just kidding" pop up?? Ha! This grandma-to-be is just giddy!

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  8. Congratulations! That video is awesome. So awesome in fact that Reese wanted to watch it again... and again. Also, your mom TOTALLY needs her own blog now. I can only imagine the fun stories to come!

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  9. What a great moment to have on video! Very fitting since I think your mom videotaped our entire elementary and jr. high experience. Adorable!!

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  10. Ahhh! I cry every time I see this! SO precious! We are SOOO happy for all of you!!!

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Oh goody!

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