Announcing Half of Our Baby News

The cat is out of the bag and we told our families and social media our baby news! Well kind of. We are still keeping the twin fact a surprise so I guess we shared half of our news. 😉

One of the very first people to know was actually Grandma Great (Colleen). She found out only days after Danny and I found out. The crazy thing was that it was because she sensed it. It was August 1st and the whole Ferguson family was at her house. At one point most of us were on her front porch and then I got up to walk into her house and she stood up right behind me. As I reached her door she grabbed my arm and whispered "Gina are you pregnant?". I looked at her but didn't say anything until we walked inside and closed her front door behind us. I then shared our news with her and explained that it was still fresh news for Danny and I and that we had just found out seven days earlier. She was overcome with emotion. First she was both really excited and then really embarrassed because she said that she didn't know what overcame her or why she would even ask in the first place. I assured her it was fine and that it was true but that no one else there knew about it not even our kids so she promised to keep it a secret. I told her there was no need to feel embarrassed but she still felt that way. In the end she chalked it up to it being Grandpa Great (who is in heaven) and that he must have prompted her to ask me haha. I sure love Colleen. She's the best and most caring soul ever. 

Of course Pollyanna has known the full truth for a while. Actually she's always in my top three people of those who find out I'm pregnant soon after I myself find out. She's found out early about all three of my other pregnancies but what makes this one exceptionally exciting is that she is also pregnant. She got her positive three weeks before I got mine so we get to fully experience this pregnancy together. We only briefly experienced that near the end of my pregnancy with Hudson and she was carrying Paisley but there was a big difference in how many weeks apart we were so we weren't exactly experiencing the same things together. 

We told Addie, Hudson and Grant on August 9th that we were adding to the family. I don't think Grant understood and Hudson thought it was cool and right away started saying I was going to have two babies. He was right. Addie was the most excited. She wants a sister so bad. Fingers crossed at least one is a girl for her sake.

We told Danny's family on August 30th that we were expecting a baby. Addie was the one who got to share the news. We weren't even planning on doing it that night but we happened to be at Jill's new house property checking it out and Addie really wanted to tell Georgia that we were having one baby. At that point Danny and I decided we didn't care if they found out that day and we told Addie she could. Addie is surprisingly amazing at keeping the twin part a surprise for now which is awesome. It makes me wonder if she'll still have this skill when she's a teenager and the tables are turned where the secrets will then be kept from Danny and I haha. We told Addie she could go ahead and tell Georgia and when Georgia didn't spread the news like we thought she would we told Addie she could go ahead and tell everyone else that night at dinner with Danny's family. Addie is so excited to become a big sister again that it was pretty cute to watch her share something she's so happy about.

We told my parents and Grandma on September 13th during dinner at our new house. My parents had been wanting to see our new place and asked if we would host them for dinner so I agreed and invited the three of them along with Pollyanna's family. My parents and Grandma had gotten to our house first and thats when I had them open a 'gift' which was a onesie that read "Guess What?". They were pretty excited to find out that they would be getting another grandchild in the coming year. I had purchased the onesie as a twin set for my own announcement and of course only showed them the one onesie instead of both. Pollyanna and her little family know the real truth so when they showed up she asked me privately if she could see the full set. As of right now I'm thinking I might put these onesies on them in the hospital next March. We'll see though. 

I also used the onesie as a way to announce the news to my mom and most of my siblings two days later on September 15th. I had the kids take a picture with it and then sent that to them through text message. Unfortunately since we're in a pandemic there are no large gatherings happening and sometimes messaging is the best way to get news out.

This is the picture I sent them.

We told everyone else through social media today on September 20th that we are completing our family next March. I made a very subtle hint with two periods at the end of my caption and used a hashtag #lastpregnancy

This was my caption:

All were equally as unlikely at the start of the year lol. Excited for our final chapter come spring. (I know I said last one two babies ago but it's for real this time 😂). We can't wait for March 2021.. 

#lastpregnancy #forrealthistime

And the real picture I didn't show social media