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How I Told David we were Expecting

I love hearing everybody else’s story of how they told their husbands they were expecting so I wanted to share mine too…

I am SUCH a night owl and David is an early riser and goes into work VERY early. I had taken one negative test a few days earlier and didn’t really expect a positive test. Before heading to bed late one night, I took a test and it was positive…. I thought. I wasn’t 100% sure and didn’t want to wake David up since he was going to be getting up at 5:00 a.m. so there was only one thing to do…. go to bed! Haha the next morning I bought 3 tests, came home and took them all, and they all lit up like a Christmas tree – yes yes and yes!

Since David was still at work I thought it would be fun to come up with something tangible to tell him. That way, I could always remember the moment. I’ve heard my friends tell stories of giving their husbands baby books, journals, and other gifts and think it’s such a fun way to share the news.

I remembered telling David years ago about a poem I had memorized to try out for a drama class in the 5th grade … “my daddy m.d.” – it hung in our powder room growing up. And when I mentioned it he said his dad had that same poem in his office! So I thought it would be fun to give him the poem as a gift and have it framed for the nursery.

He got home and before we headed to dinner I told him I had a gift for him for working so hard the last few months. He unwrapped the gift, read the poem, and then looked at me with the biggest reaction of happiness and shock because he knew exactly what it meant. “We’re expecting!” I said and he smiled so big and gave me the biggest hug ever. It was such a special moment in our den and I love looking at the framed poem and remembering his reaction.

Afterwards we headed to dinner where we both were still in shock and smiling the whole time. At my baby shower my mom gave me the original one that hung in our powder room growing up and now it’s hanging in baby Steele’s nursery:) here is the poem:

Whenever Daddy signs his name, he always writes, M.D.

So people all will know that he belongs to me.

For M.D. means My Daddy, or something just the same,

And that is why he always puts these letters with his name.

Some letters in his name are small, but these are not, you see…

He always makes them big like that cause he’s so proud of me!

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It’s a…

I am SO EXCITED to share with y’all that David and I are expecting a little BOY!!!!!!

I am still in shock because all the old wives tales pointed to girl and I had convinced myself and David that it was a girl. It sounds so cliche, but we truly just wanted a healthy child. And as I get closer and closer to my due date, I understand why everyone says that. That being said I am overjoyed to be expecting a little boy and can’t wait for his arrival this spring.

This day was so special becuase it was my grandfather’s 90th birthday so a lot of my family got together at our family farm in Pickens, Mississippi. My grandfather grew up in this house and we still come here for family Christmases, Thanksgiving lunches, or random Saturdays. I have so many childhood memories here of playing in the hay, riding horses, eating watermelon, and swinging on the front porch 🙂 It was so special to find out the gender with my family in this spot!

We wrapped a piece of paper for Al (my grandfather) that said “Your 14th great grandchild” love Lauren and David. When he opened it with the rest of his presents he read it out loud to the family and everyone was so happy for us. Then I told everyone that we were also going to find out the gender!

Sara, my cousin, had the envelope with the “results” and went inside the farmhouse with pink and blue balloons. Once inside, she opened the envelope and clipped the pink or blue balloons onto Nilla! Then knocked on the door while we were all waiting in the front yard. We all got quiet and she opened the door to the sweetest pup, Nilla, who ran out with big BLUE balloons tied to her collar and the happiest Nilla smile. As if on que, she ran around David and I and looked up at us with her tail wagging. It was SUCH a surprise and SUCH an overwhelming moment of JOY that I will never forget.

I knew I wanted Nilla to be the one to tell us if we were having a boy or a girl because I always knew we would have to say goodbye to her. But to have her be a part of not only SO MANY happy memories but one of the MOST EXCITING and happiest moments of my life still brings me such joy and happiness. It was honestly such a perfect day and one I’m so thankful we got to have with family and Nilla!

Thank you so much for reading!

Lauren

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