Grandparents and Great-grandparents

Well today is my last birthday as a married woman with no kids. This time next year a chubby little baby face will be giving me a present that his/her daddy helped him/her pick out. The thought makes me smile.

So this past weekend we went to Pennsylvania to visit my mom and dad and grandparents to tell them the exciting news. Within minutes of entering the house Matt was giving me "the eye" and elbowing me or kicking me. We bought my dad a bib that said "Grandpa's Little Helper" and had tools on it. It goes great with a photo of me when I was less than a year old, sitting under his truck in a diaper 'helping him work'. We bought my mom a Steelers outfit from the outlet mall.

Matt made my parents close their eyes and put it in their laps. I tried to catch it on video. I'm not sure what my dad's thoughts are. He just sat there and smiled. My mom cried and came over to give us a hug.

We also told my brother by showing him the caricature. His reaction "I thought you were showing me what an idiot the guy was for ruining your picture because he can't add." Then of course he said congratulations and that this was the next step in our adult life. That we would make great parents and "I hope you have a boy, because I'm not ready to shoot anyone." I guess if we have a baby girl there will be more than one person protecting her and not letting her go on dates until she's 25.

My grandparents found out the good news as well. Matt took a picture of my grandma, pappy and I. Instead of telling us to "say cheese" he said "say Heather's pregnant". He caught it on video. My grandpa said "Heather's pregnant." and my grandma looked at me, looked at the camera and smiled. Later pappy told my mom "maybe we should have acted more surprised, but we knew it would be coming soon.

It's blurry but you get the point.

It was a full weekend! I'm glad so many people are sharing in our excitement. I have a hard time not thinking, how am I going to tell all of these people if something happens.