Surprise, Surprise

Sorry it's been soooooooooooo looooooooooooooong since I've posted. As the title implies, Brian and I had a fun time surprising our parents/families with the news of our little growing baby. Before we left for Indiana on Good Friday, we had Brian's folks over that Thursday night. Judy had wanted to write down the exact model number of our dishwasher, so we figured that was a perfect excuse to have them over...with a little dessert to boot. After chatting for a while, we pulled the cake out, saying, "This is sort of a celebration, too." As you can see from the picture, the cake said, "Happy 14th week", since that's how old the fetus was at the time. Well, just as we were hoping, they were slightly confused. Tom thought it was how many weeks he'd been retired, but then he calculated it out to be 10 weeks instead. Judy was busy thumbing through her little checkbook calendar trying to figure out the significance of 14, when it suddenly dawned on her this may have to do with me being pregnant. She gasped, "You're not...pregnant?!" It was a tear-filled and joyful moment at the same time. Carrot cake never tasted so good:)There's a little bakery called "Joy-Ann Bakery" in Richmond that I absolutely love. I remember many-a-birthday-cakes coming from there over my growing-up years. Earlier in the week (before leaving for Indiana) I called them and ordered a cake over the phone. It was much more straight-forward, saying, "Baby...Coming September 29, 2010." Brian and I got into town plenty early to pick it up before the bakery closed. That evening, after we enjoyed a delicious meal with my parents and Dana, my Mom said, "I don't really have anything planned for dessert." I was like, "Perfect! I had a hankering for Joy-Ann Bakery, so we picked something up from there." As I was trying to get into the box, I was sort of nervous, hoping they hadn't figured it out already. Well, when I pulled the cake out to show them, Dana said, "They gave you the wrong cake!" She thought it was for someone's baby shower. I explained that it was ours, and told them to read the whole message. So, the three of them huddled around the cake, and it finally dawned on them what it was all about. It was pretty funny.
It was so fun to get to tell of you...I'd been DYING to let the cat out of the bag for...well...many weeks. Your excitement for us is indescribable. Thank you. You've blessed my life so much, and I can't imagine experiencing this without you. I love you all.