the big reveal

Since we found out we were expecting baby #2 a week or so before Christmas, we knew immediately that we wanted to wait to tell our families at Christmas.  It just seemed like perfect timing!  We also knew we wanted Micah to be involved in some way, but it was too late to order any big sister shirts.  So, we enlisted the help of our amazing graphic design friend, Gretchen, who kept our secret and designed the most precious big sister shirt for Micah to wear.

Since we had Christmas with my family on Christmas Eve, they were the first to learn the big news!!!  We dressed Micah in her shirt but put her coat on over it.  We had to do a little stalling because some of my family members weren't quite ready for lunch {ahem...Lindsey...ahem}.  Once everyone was gathered to start eating lunch, we took Micah's coat off and told them to check out Micah's new "Christmas" shirt.  As they all processed what it said, there was lots of screaming!!!  {I'm really sad that I don't have pictures from this!  We were all really hungry, so we changed Micah out of her shirt really quickly because she had to wear it the next day...bummer!}  It was super fun and a great way to start off our Christmas celebrations.

We planned to do the same thing with Chris's family the next day, but a couple of days before Christmas, we got a big and exciting surprise.  Chris's sister, Angela, is also pregnant and due about 11 days after us!!!  How crazy is that?!?!  So, we of course decided to tell Chris's parents and siblings together with a big brother shirt for Cade and a big sister shirt for Micah.  The kids revealed their shirts at the same time, and the reaction was priceless!  Grandmommy and Pops are ecstatic about having 2 babies around soon!

{I know they don't look excited, but they are :)}

We are all so thrilled and so thankful for the chance to grow our little family!  Being parents is such a blessing, and we are grateful to add more joy to our lives.