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Post by filingjointly on Sept 12, 2017 13:19:15 GMT -6
MH and I told some friends last night after another good heartbeat at 11-ish weeks. This is our third baby so, He texted this gif: And I used this one:
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Post by cornpop on Sept 12, 2017 13:32:28 GMT -6
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Post by filingjointly on Sept 12, 2017 13:36:50 GMT -6
My friends had no problem but his guy friends were very confused until one of their wives figured it out.
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Post by Rama on Sept 12, 2017 15:10:13 GMT -6
katietopaz Where did you find that onesie? I think I need it.
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Post by katietopaz on Sept 12, 2017 15:44:27 GMT -6
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Post by Rama on Sept 12, 2017 15:48:04 GMT -6
Eeeeeeexcellent. Thank you!
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Post by nevertoomanyshoes on Sept 13, 2017 4:04:46 GMT -6
nevertoomanyshoes, I think most people at this point know what a rainbow baby is. But would having to explain it bother you, if people did ask? No I guess it wouldn't bother me at all if someone asked. So there really isn't logic to my "not sure-ness"
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Post by snowmoon on Sept 13, 2017 10:19:17 GMT -6
We told our immediate families last week. We bought a big brother shirt for DS and none of my husband's family got it. It was his 9 and 7 year old nephews that figured it out.
I'm not sure if I'll post anything on social media. If I do though, it won't be for a while still.
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Post by whatsit on Sept 13, 2017 16:44:05 GMT -6
We announced to family at the beginning of September and keeping it low key right now.
I think DH wants to do a FB announcement of some kind- not really my thing but I said he could go ahead and do it if he wants to. I'll post if he comes up with something. Lol
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Post by tinyjoys on Sept 13, 2017 16:55:38 GMT -6
We've already told our moms & siblings. I'm sure my brother let it leak to our dad (whom I don't have a relationship with). I originally had the idea of our two olders "playing" tug 'o war with a onesie saying in the middle & them wearing their big brother/sister tee shirts. But then the big kid (6) brought this home today & I think I'm going to skip the TOW and do a collage type thing with the paper, the onesie, an ultrasound in the corner & the teddy bear we picked up last week. (It says "I love my family is cool because there is 5 of us"). I'm friends with his teacher, so I may ask her to send home a blank sheet & have him redo it slightly/cleaner. IDK. We have time. We probably won't announce publicly for another 4-5 weeks.
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Post by auri on Sept 13, 2017 17:46:04 GMT -6
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Post by ovenrack on Sept 13, 2017 19:22:45 GMT -6
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Post by clementine on Sept 14, 2017 13:49:35 GMT -6
More people at work are starting to notice, or at least suspect, I'm pregnant. Our facility has an adult day center for adults with disabilities and one of the ladies has asked me twice before if I was pregnant while staring at my stomach (I was not haha). Today on her communication device she said "you have baby" and I finally got to say yes. So now naturally the entire facility will know since she will spread the word quickly.
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Post by clementine on Sept 17, 2017 12:39:28 GMT -6
We took our announcement pic today! H is afraid people will think this means we're having a boy, even though we both know if it's up to him baby will play hockey whether it's a boy or girl. Any creative caption ideas that will clarify that we don't know the gender without coming right out and saying that?
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Post by cornpop on Sept 17, 2017 13:30:46 GMT -6
clementine maybe make the caption something like "he or she, what will it be?"
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Post by Rama on Sept 18, 2017 9:06:30 GMT -6
clementine, I have an irresistible urge to make a cutesy rhyme. Something like, "Boys are great, Girls are nice, Either way, They'll be on the ice!"
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Post by clementine on Sept 18, 2017 9:55:38 GMT -6
Thanks for the ideas cornpop and Rama! Both are so cute!
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Post by tinyjoys on Sept 18, 2017 10:02:57 GMT -6
We took our announcement pic today! H is afraid people will think this means we're having a boy, even though we both know if it's up to him baby will play hockey whether it's a boy or girl. Any creative caption ideas that will clarify that we don't know the gender without coming right out and saying that? Are you also in Michigan?!
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Post by cornpop on Sept 18, 2017 10:24:38 GMT -6
clementine , I have an irresistible urge to make a cutesy rhyme. Something like, "Boys are great, Girls are nice, Either way, They'll be on the ice!" Yes, this. So perfect!
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Post by mattsgirl2004 on Sept 18, 2017 11:39:20 GMT -6
If my Mat21 test comes back good, we're going to announce next week. We will also be announcing if baby is a boy or a girl too. Does this sound/look okay? Seven miracles in Heaven, three miracles on Earth, and one miracle arriving soon. After every storm there is a rainbow. We can't wait to meet him/her in April!
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Post by clementine on Sept 18, 2017 12:04:32 GMT -6
We took our announcement pic today! H is afraid people will think this means we're having a boy, even though we both know if it's up to him baby will play hockey whether it's a boy or girl. Any creative caption ideas that will clarify that we don't know the gender without coming right out and saying that? Are you also in Michigan?! We're in Ohio but H is from northern Ohio, like 5 min from the MI border, so he grew up a Detroit sports fan.
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Post by clementine on Sept 18, 2017 12:05:29 GMT -6
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Post by woodenshoes on Sept 18, 2017 12:50:50 GMT -6
mattsgirl2004, I like that. I was thinking about doing a similar announcement after I saw one similar to yours last week.
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Post by whatsit on Sept 18, 2017 15:11:47 GMT -6
mattsgirl2004 that looks great! Is this from the photo shoot a few weeks back? I love how the girls are so excited and K is just chillin.
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Post by mattsgirl2004 on Sept 18, 2017 16:05:10 GMT -6
whatsit Thank you and yep. This is from that photo shoot I won on Mother's Day. It was originally supposed to be a photo shoot of just me, but she agreed to do family lifestyle pictures instead and gladly incorporated the rainbow pictures at no extra cost. K was so over the family pictures, lol. At this point he was definitely ready to be done and go hang with his friends. The girls loved the rainbow picture. I'll post the album on FB when the photographer is completely done editing so others can see the rest of the pics.
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Post by cp3 on Sept 18, 2017 18:16:06 GMT -6
I shared this picture and one more on FB today. She is over me taking pictures of her so I had to bribe her to take it.
Poof
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Post by clementine on Sept 19, 2017 6:13:57 GMT -6
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Post by katietopaz on Sept 20, 2017 15:19:28 GMT -6
We heard the heartbeat this morning, and I'm 13 weeks tomorrow, so we decided to go ahead and share the news. I had fun and I'm glad we decided to incorporate DS, I think it turned out cute! I captioned it: "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's..."
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Post by Rama on Sept 20, 2017 15:29:55 GMT -6
Super cute katietopaz!! (Also, I have totally gotten at least two of the onesie. All of my Targets only seem to have the long-sleeved version, though, ugh)
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Post by katietopaz on Sept 20, 2017 18:44:35 GMT -6
Super cute katietopaz!! (Also, I have totally gotten at least two of the onesie. All of my Targets only seem to have the long-sleeved version, though, ugh) Oh bummer! Maybe check the clearance racks in case they're in that seasonal pile? I think you can order online, too!
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