The Reveal

Darin and I found out she was pregnant right before Christmas.  The holidays were an ideal time for us to share our big news.  What made it especially fun was that it was going to be the our first joint family Christmas.  Brie was flying into town from San Francisco and the Reynauds were making the trek down the I-5 corridor to join the Knapps for the holidays.

Darin could hardly contain herself when we picked up Brie from the airport.  Brie was in the middle of crushing the PBJ sandwich we brought her when Darin surprised her with the news that she was going to be an 'Auntie'.  We told her that we were going to need her to keep it a secret for a few days so we could surprise our parents with the news that the hypothetical grandchild they'd been hoping for was no longer hypothetical.

Having our families together for the holidays presented the perfect opportunity for us to surprise our folks with the news that they were going to be grandparents.  For the reveal, we decided to buy a special onesie for each of our moms and have them open them on Christmas Eve.  For my mom, a Blazers onesie, and for Rosie, a UW onesie.  We also got each of them a more personalized gift.  For my mom, we got a Christmas ornament that said 'Grandma Rose'.  This name has a special meaning for her because she also had a Grandma Rose who she idolized growing up.  For Rosie, we picked up a t-shirt from Tom Douglas' Lola restaurant in Seattle, because 'lola' means grandma in Filipino.

We spent the evening doing our best to keep the secret under wraps.  This was especially difficult considering the amount of wine and champagne that was being passed around.  I was literally drinking for two, trying to sneak drinks out of Darin's glass so that no one became suspicious about her not drinking.

After opening a few presents, we asked our moms to open their gifts together.  Brie and Elliot helped us with the surprise by filming their reactions.  It didn't take long before both of them realized what was going on, which was followed by a series of shrieks and some tears.  I'm pretty sure our dads were crying too, but it is possible that each of them had something in both of their eyes at the same time.  Needless to say, the reveal ended the present opening for the evening as everyone agreed that the baby news was not going to be topped...although everyone still agreed that we needed some dessert before calling it an evening.