When we left Fetal Fotos we went straight home because it
was the date we would be telling our parents that we are pregnant! We went home and I loaded my computer up with
the pictures, admired them for a bit, and then we called Travis’ parents. We
talked about their vacation for a while and then told them we had taken Family
Pictures a couple of weeks before, and wanted to send them a few so they could
choose one for us to give them for their home. We sent them two family
pictures, then pictures of the dogs with the signs we had made – one for Baxter
that says, “Baby C” Guard Dog – Duty begins March 2014, and one for Lucy that
says, “Official” Baby Toy Tester – Effective March 2014.
His parents looked at the pictures of the dogs and then his
mother said “Oh, Oh, Oh, are you trying to tell us something? Are you guys
pregnant?” We told them yes, and they
were SO excited! We sent them a little
profile pic of the baby, and then asked if they wanted to know the gender – Bob
said No, and Annette said Yes. I sent a
weenie shot and his mom opened it and Bob decided he did want to know – they
looked at the picture and Bob said, “that looks like a vagina to me” and
Annette said, “Bob – it says, I’m a Boy right there!” They were SO excited we are having a
boy! They congratulated us and we asked
them not to tell anyone until the following day after we could tell the rest of
our families.
After talking to them for a few more minutes, Travis and I
headed to Market Street Grill for dinner with my parents – to celebrate my
dad’s birthday. We sat down, chatted for a few minutes, ordered our food, and
then asked if they wanted to see the family pictures we had taken, and see if
they wanted any prints. We gave each of them one family picture, and one puppy
picture. My mom looked at the family picture and said she loved it and
definitely wanted a print, and then looked at the picture of Lucy. Then she put
the pictures down and looked at me, and then picked up the pictures again and
looked at the picture of Lucy – then looked at me – and said, “really?” I said, “Yes” and she jumped out of her seat
and hugged me because she was so excited.
My poor dad, was stuck on the “Baby C” part of Baxters because he
couldn’t figure it out – “we already have a baby c with conner” was his
thought. That made sense – but we couldn’t fit “Baby Cornett” along with all
the other writing on the sign – so Baby C it was. They were very excited and
had figured we weren’t pregnant because we didn’t say anything about doing
IVF.
Later that evening, I sent a text message to my siblings
(classy I know) – a picture of me holding up the grey little outfit I had
bought to tell Travis, and wrote “I guess Abstinence is NOT key” and sent it to
them. I knew they would think it was funny because Spencer tells everyone that
Abstinence is Key because he doesn’t want to think of any of us having sex.
Brian immediately called me and we talked for a few, and then I skyped the boys
to tell them. I showed them a picture of the ultrasound and asked if they knew
what it was, Austin said, “it’s a picture of Baby Will.” I told him he had pictures like that of baby
will, but it was a picture of the baby in my belly – he was So excited! He
yelled to his mom “Mom, Jenny’s having a cousin!” Sarah asked if it was a boy
or girl, and I let her know a Boy.
They’re very excited too. Melissa
called me from the BYU game and was super excited – and Shayla and Spencer
texted me and they’re excited as well!
The next day, we told Travis’ sister Sara while at dinner at
Red Robin. Travis asked little Billy how
he’s liked watching our “kids” – and he said great. Travis asked if it was easy
or hard, and Billy said easy. Then he asked if he would still be willing to
watch them if we added a “third” and he said yes, Sara asked if we were getting
another dog and we said No. They asked if we were getting a cat, a dog, and
even a monkey- before they guessed it was a real kid. They seem pretty excited
as well.
For some reason I was really nervous about telling our
families. I don’t know why… maybe because it’s just such a big deal and I was
SO excited about it that I thought their excitement wouldn’t match mine? In any case, everyone was excited and we were
so happy!
