Telling the fam

We told my family first because we went to visit the weekend before Christmas.  We sat through opening presents and afterwards said that we wanted a picture of them for our house.  They posed in front of the tree and we pulled out our cameras, and secretly took video also.  Before we took the picture we said, "Say 'Merry Christmas'" and they did. Next we said, "One more, say 'baby Holtzem'"..."baby Holtzem" they said... still posing for the picture.  We all stood still, we were waiting for them to react and they were waiting for us to take the picture. It took a while but they figured it out and were thrilled.

A few days later it was Christmas Eve and we were at Chris' cousins house with his family.  We did the same scenario and had similar results.  This time we decided to tell them to say, "we're pregnant!"  They did, then they laughed and remained posed for the picture.  It also took a little bit for them to catch on.  They, also, were thrilled.

I wouldn't change how we told our families.  They may have had to take a few seconds to let it sink in, but I love that we got their reactions recorded.

Oh and then here is our picture we used to share on fb.  We thought it was pretty funny, although a few people didn't catch on.