spreadin' the news...

one of the hardest parts of being pregnant during the first trimester was keeping our little babe a secret! most books say it's best to wait until you're about 3 months along to announce your pregnancy. but let me tell you, that was harder to deal with than the nausea! it felt like kyle ad i had this little secret that we just wanted the whole world to know!

for our parents & siblings, there was no way we could wait until then to share the news! we were able to go on skype and tell my mom she was going to be a grandma again (she had no idea that's what we were going to tell her). we also skyped with kyle's parents to fill them in, though they were a little more suspicious than my mom :) it was so exciting to share our joy with them! soon we were able to tell our grandparents either on the phone or skype, as well as our siblings. we were actually able to get together with kyle's brother and sister to share the news in person - aunt keri & uncle kris were very excited :)

but we needed a creative way to tell the rest of our friends & family the big news.... and along came the idea for the "oh baby" postcard. the pictures were actually taken outside of our church, epikos. we had a ton of fun taking them, as we used the self-timer on the camera and hung it from our car window. though kyle was a little embarrassed about showing his prego belly to everyone who walked by :) but we were so excited to fill everyone in on our growing family!