ANNOUNCEMENT! (It’s Probably What You Think It Is)

[barn_swallow]

Yes, since we have been married for more than 2 seconds, we are having a baby as is legally and socially required! (That last part is sarcasm. A lot of sarcasm. Almost an infinite amount of sarcasm.)

TL;DR version: I am almost halfway through and due on November 29. We aren’t sure if we want to find out ahead of time if it’s a boy or a girl.

Comments

[sigma7]

Aww, yay! Congrats to the two of you! And to the hatchling, who will find himself in the best of hands.

But I'm a big fan of all those announcement methods. I think that might be the most fun you get to have during the birthin-mah-bebbeh routine. Not sure. Not investigating. You're so much braver than I.

[barn_swallow]

Belated thanks! I don't know if I'm brave since I've been refusing to read things about birth haha.

[phonetic]

Congrats! This is so exciting that I actually had to comment, my first lj comment in a few years I think. :)

We don't have any children, so the only story I have is about a fb update that I made which was interpreted as a pregnancy announcement by pretty much everyone I know. I posted this quote. There were about half a dozen comments from people who got the joke and then one person decided it meant I was pregnant, and then came the flood. I had to do some serious damage control. Although, in retrospect it would have been a good way to announce it!

[barn_swallow]

Belated thanks! I feel so honored to get your first comment in forever.

I remembered that quote but not where I read it. Thanks to that I never told anyone "We're expecting" because I knew I'd add "...a velociraptor" and I'd start laughing and no one would know why :D

[silberzauber]

I like "we're expecting" or "we're having a baby" but I HATE "we're pregnant." No! Unless you are a lesbian couple who has decided to simultaneously gestate (note: I would not recommend this), only one of you is pregnant.

[silberzauber]

Hooray! It's totally worth it to get the baby. Just look at that already-adorable face

[barn_swallow]

Belated thanks even though I'm sure I've said thanks in person since then ;)

[silberzauber]

Happy to help! Let me know if you want to borrow the giant swing. :-) I'll reply to your cloth diapering email tonight after Teddy is in bed.

[skydiamonde]

Whoa public post! =) Can't wait to see the baby! Love the rejected baby announcement methods. Plus some of the real ones.

[barn_swallow]

I really wish I'd used the Alien one but it would have taken so long to get through the movie, and I was way too impatient for that.