Announcements

Announcing that we were going to have a baby was much more fun than I ever anticipated.  I typically tend to shy away from any sort of spotlight, but it was so nice to see everyones excitement at the thought of a baby Hawk!  Our parents knew right away, around 6 weeks, and luckily (although sometimes painful!) they kept our secret until we were ready to share with the rest of the world, which was around 12 weeks.  

We first started off by telling Bryce's family.  It was pretty exciting for his momma since it's their first grandchild!  She set up a nice little holiday get-together to celebrate my birthday, as well as Thanksgiving (since we couldn't make it to his hometown for that weekend.)  To announce it to the family, she ordered a "birthday" cake for me.  When she brought out the boxed up cake, the family sang "Happy Birthday" to me.  After they finished singing, I opened the box, and revealed this... 

Seriously?  I can't.  So cute!

For my friends, my mom knows how much I love Christmas, and she sent us this ornament to commemorate our announcement!  I couldn't love it any more than I do.  It is beyond!  I sent a picture of this to some of our friends to announce!

The last big announcement we made was on Facebook!  I took a picture of our stockings hanging on the mantle with the newest stocking in the line-up:  Baby Hawk!

 My Christmas loving heart, be still! 

In between all of this, I worked up the nerve to tell my boss.  Turns out, he suspected before I even told him and was very happy for us. Phew, what a relief!

It was so much fun announcing and coming up with cute ways to share our good news!  Although I do have to say that as much fun as the big announcements were, I did really enjoy telling people in private/individually.  I will never forget the kind words, smiles, and for some, the tears.  ;-)  There were even a few people that really surprised me 1) by their excitement 2) their willingness to share personal stories/experiences/etc.  

So fun!