What are some creative ways to tell parents, inlaws and extended family "I'm Expecting!"? For my parents this will be their third grandchild(first from me) and for my inlaws it will be the very first grandchild. I would also like to come up with a creative way to tell extended family. :)
2006-08-28 08:39:59 · 19 answers · asked by CHOCOLATE_SCORP 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Well, for Christmas, give your hubby a t-shirt that says "I'm gonna be a daddy" and watch his funny reaction. Make sure to get it on tape to play over and over again!!! And for everyone else, host a party, and wear a shirt that says something about a baby...you know? See who guesses your pregnant first, and give them a little prize. :)
Have fun and congrats ~ Elle
2006-08-28 08:44:28 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Elle ♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you want to tell them in person or send them a special gift? Its best with the parents and inlaws to do it in person you gotta love their reaction!!! You can't make it something to obvious they figure it out before you get to tell them. Have a dinner or small gathering in the middle of the meal have a friend or someone come as a stork that should be a given. Or during the meal dont serve drinks so in the middle of the meal say or i forgot the drinks and bring a stroller full of baby bottles out to the table.I love the whole ultrasound pix for the extended family only thing sometimes they look like aliens or you cant make out the pic, but i think they'll get the idea. Good luck and Congrats or once you've served the baby bottles to the parents and inlaws send extended family the bottles
2006-09-02 03:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by GoldRush Gal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I would go online and get a recipe for some kink of dinner roll, or get some sort of crescent rolls, such as Pillsbury, and, prior to baking, put little notes inside each of them saying something like, "This isn't the only bun in the oven around here", or something like that. Be creative with it; e.g., "These buns were done in 9 minutes, but the other one will be done in 9 months". Bake the rolls and then put them on the table at dinnertime, sit back and wait for the look of shocked surprise and delight when the first person opens up their roll to put butter on it and finds the note inside! Best of luck to you!
2006-09-02 16:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by Mike Z 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you should take you parents and in laws to dinner and at dinner have a cake made have the cake say something like this "grandparents you can't see or hear me yet but in 9 months I'll be cute and loud" or you can give them a shirt that say something about I'm going to be a grandma/grandpa for your extended family have a BBQ and when the guest arrive have a shirt on the announce your pregnant. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
2006-08-28 16:03:10 · answer #4 · answered by angie1412 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could buy a onsie that says worlds best grandma or grandpa and put it in a small gift bag. They will never think that is what it is and when they open it they will assume it is for a baby on the way.
2006-08-28 16:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have them over for dinner and for desert, serve a cake decorated for a baby shower,or just hand out pictures of the ultra-sound.
If extended family doesn't live close by, send cards that ask, "What are some good names for our soon to be?"
CONGRADULATIONS !!!!!
2006-09-03 21:02:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could wait till you have your first ultrasound and then make copies of it and send them all a pic in the mail with a card or something saying congrats on the new baby. or ive heard of people making a dinner that consist of foods with baby in the name, like baby back ribs, baby carrots, ect. see if they get the hint!!
good luck and congrats!
2006-08-28 16:13:45 · answer #7 · answered by krystina2100 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Print some shirts for your parents and in-laws with the legend "Future Grandpa/Grandma", and wrap them as a gift. Let them guess what is it about.
Good luck!
2006-09-01 12:06:44 · answer #8 · answered by Jeani 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I gave my parents and in-laws the news over the phone, I just told my mom, hey you're gonna be a grandma again and my husband told his parents; finally someone is going to call you grandpa/ma. It worked.
2006-09-01 08:42:29 · answer #9 · answered by la_femme0103 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is what i wanted to do but didnt get the chance ...
bake a cake and make stick people on it write ur name under the people where the new baby would be on the cake put a ? mark .. and then underneath write congradulatons ur grand parents again
trust me they will like it ...
2006-08-28 15:54:50 · answer #10 · answered by christie w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋