Early Mother's Day Gift!!

Since Scotty and I had made plans to go to Hawaii and one of the days happened to fall on Mother's Day, we both agreed that we would need to figure out a way to tell our family the good news. We decided that we would have both sides over for dessert on Sunday night. We gave the excuse that we weren't going to be here on Mother's Day and we wanted to do something special.


Sunday morning, I took another test just to be sure, and it came out positive within seconds. Later in the afternoon we went to Target and bought them each a picture frame and a grandma book. I had found a poem months ago online of a cute way to tell grandparent that we're expecting. I placed the poem in the picture frame and acted as normal as possible. All of my family enjoyed ice cream and brownies, then we asked both moms to sit at the table and open their Mother's Day gift. We said that they would have to open them at the same time, since they were the exact same gift. I made sure that they grabbed the frame first. My sister knew all along about us telling them, so she secretly videotaped it with her camera.


They both opened and started reading, and my mom made these loud "OH!!" noises. She kept saying "OH! OH!" as she was reading the poem. My mother-in-law stopped reading and said, "are you serious?" We both said yes! They were both crying happy tears! Same with my sister in-law Stacey. She had a hunch that I was pregnant. Both grandpas were really excited and it was cute how both of our parents kept saying congratulations to eachother! We received many hugs that night from all of our family members. There are still extended family members and friends who are not aware of the pregnancy. I would like to wait until I am 12 weeks (the safe zone) to let them know. Thank you to all of my close friends and family who are supportive and have been praying for baby(ies) Yarnall to come to this world healthy and beautiful!!

Below is the poem that was in the frame:

I do not have a face to see,

Or put inside a frame

I do not have soft cheeks to kiss;

I don't yet have a name

You can't hold my tiny hands,

Nor whisper in my ear

It's still too soon to sing a song,

Or cuddle me so near

But all will change come December 30th,

When they say I'm due

I'm your new grandson or granddaughter;

I can't wait till I meet you

All I ask between now and then,

Is your patience while I grow

I promise I'll be worth the wait,

Because of all the love we'll know

So, as you're waiting patiently,

Please pray lots of prayers for me

I cannot wait to be a part

Of this wonderful family!