Finally we were getting close to the second trimester. It was time to share our fortune. As Susan’s birthday neared we started to devise a plan. First up were Susan’s parents and brother. We all got together for a simple birthday dinner for Susan. Nothing extravagant, just a nice meal at the Rand’s and a little dessert, but Susan and I cooked up a scheme. As per past experience, we know Ginny likes and appreciates the little things when decorating for special occasions. So, directly out of Ginny’s playbook Susan and I created name markers for each place setting and on the inside each dinner guests would have a “Susan Age Trivia” question. Susan and I played it off as if I made these randomly just for fun. Susan pretended she didn’t know anything about it. After dinner someone suggested we go though and read our trivia questions. The first surprise was how in depth and serious Ginny and Randy took the challenge. While Susan and I waited for the surprise final question to hurry up and get here, her parents debated, discussed, and researched the exact age when Susan got braces! Finally everyone had read their trivia question except for Susan. “Okay, last one. At what age did Susan get to say to her family: I’M PREGNANT!” After confirmation that this was “real” Ginny was ecstatic. Randy was looking down, focused and ready for another brain teasing trivia question. Once he heard the words he immediately looked up and you could already see the pride and happiness overwhelm him. We all hugged and hugged. It was a beautiful moment for all of us.
Two days later Susan had several friends over to celebrate her birthday. Before they headed off to get their pedicures Susan gave a toast thanking her friends for their love and friendship (she was starting to cry already) then following out with the big news. Cheers filled the dining room.
The next evening was on to my Mom’s house to tell my family. After an always enthusiastic “Happy Birthday to You” I made a toast to my beautiful wife. I make toasts all the time so this wasn’t out of the ordinary. I explained how happy I was to be married to Susan, how great she is, and how much I look forward to a future of many more birthdays. We clinked our glasses and then I shouted “Oh yeah, and Susan’s pregnant” as I pulled out a onesie that read “Baby Snodgrass.” I’ll never forget the cheers from my brother, the tears from my sister (they actually started during the regular toast), and the hugs from my mom. With a three year old Gracen, a one year old Sayler, one on the way, and more to come, we are going to have baby filled family get-togethers for many years to come.
The next week during the half time on Super Bowl Sunday I made another toast to all of my friends for recent accomplishments as well as one to Susan and I for making a baby. More cheers. Over the next couple of weeks we tried tell who we could face-to-face, call who we couldn’t see, and eventually post the news on facebook so even Zuckerberg and all his followers would be in on the secret.
If we haven’t told you yet, uh . . . . Hey, big news. Susan and I are having a baby
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