April Fools Day!
So, with that sort of title, I could say something really outrageous and no one would believe it, right?
I could tell you all something really crazy. Really mental. Really unbelievable and you would sit there and scratch your head and wonder…. is she telling the truth?
Is she full of shit? Is it possible to be both mental and telling the truth?
Well, here it is.
*drumroll*
Kory is going to be a Daddy!
We’re expecting a little pumpkin…….. due in December.
(yeah, just a few weeks before Peter turns 15)
I told you it was mental.
And true.
We considered doing that thing where you don’t tell people for the 1st 3 months. Here’s why I think that’s a giant pile of crap:
1. Like we could keep that from our friends?
2. The whole reason behind it is because you are supposed to wait to get through your first trimester before telling people because at that point the liklihood of miscarrying drops dramatically. I, however, feel that not telling people is jinxing it, as well. It’s as though you are expecting the worst. I prefer to hope for the best.
3. If something like that SHOULD happen, we would want/need our friends for support and love during that time – so if we plan to need them if something terrible happens and would want them to share our sorrow — why wouldn’t we give them the chance to share our excitement and happiness?
4. For someone who smoked socially and loved her cocktail — I thought it would be immediately noticable. (I did discover at Lutsen that I probably could have pulled it off longer than I thought)
5. As if we could keep this from everyone?
So, Kory’s parents are over the moon and cried when we told them. Peter ran around the house yelling, “I’m going to be a big brother! I’m going to be a big brother!” Janaya screamed so loudly (from Berkeley) that we could hear her from Kory’s phone about 10 feet away, Steph laughed at me, my mom and grandmother were very happy for me…. all of our friends (we revealed the news at Lutsen) were congratulatory and surprised. Julie was very protective of me while we were walking, which was adorable…. I called my other Julie this morning to give her the news. I was pretty worried about telling her because she’s been trying for a year to have a baby without success… I hated to be another person around her getting pregnant when she was trying so hard… but she was happy for me and wonderful (as I knew she would be) even thought I knew it broke her heart a little……..
So, mental but true. It’s going to be quite a year.