Hooray - Happy faces all round from our families!

On Sunday 31st January Graham and I went for a wonderful meal at his mum Maureen's house with brother Paul and Phillip there too.

It didn't take too long for our news to be shared, when Maureen asked if I wanted a drink I asked for a lemonade (not my usual Gin and Tonic) she said 'well, thats a surprise'... And I responded 'we have an even bigger surprise!' She said 'are you..?' and I said 'I am!!' and just like that our wonderful news was out! It bought a tear to her eye and thankfully it was all due to happiness! I couldn't wish for our child to have a better Grandmother than Maureen : )

Today was going to be a big day for food! After the scrumptious 3 courses at Maureen's (oh, maybe I had a little bit of both dessert choices too!!) we were then due to see my Dad, Michelle, Craig and Naomi for dinner at the Bird in Hand.

We all met at Dads house, the house I lived in before flying the nest - quite an apt phrase to choose considering we went to The Bird in Hand for dinner, in just under 4 years I have flown the nest, now coming back to deliver the news that I'm building my own nest and I'm ready to care for my own - little a little bird in my hand (well, a baby in my tummy) to love and to cherish.

I decided to wait until after the eating to tell my family, partly because there was a noisy family with small children near by that didn't really create the ideal background 'music' as I think it might have irritated Michelle (in my own opinion I commented on how lovely one of the little girls were!) Now, Michelle doesn't have children of her own but she certainly has a family of her own albeit by marriage. She is a great female role model, whether that be as a friend or big sister type figure she has a positive effect on my life in her own right and for making my Dad a happy man, I was however concerned about her reaction to a mini person joining the Twedz Gang (well, technically Baby T will be a Taylor..)

An easy way for me to explain it is my passion for children is equalled by her's for animals - and there we go, we have an understanding now - Oh but don't worry Michelle, you need never change a nappy and when Baby T visits I am going to dress him/her in little animal suits!! And I must say I love how Craig is now nicknamed Uncle Buck!

So, all in all, happy families!

Today is the day we tell our family : )

Its a nice fresh Sunday morning, admittedly I am awake much sooner than I would prefer but that's because Baby T has had a habit over the past 3 mornings of waking me up early because I feel nauseous! Lemon and Ginger tea seems to help but I'm so excited and happy I don't really want to go back to sleep!

I'm excited because Graham and I will be visiting both of our parents today to deliver the fantastic news! I know that Graham's mum is going to be very pleased to hear that her first Grandchild will arrive in September! I still haven't quite made up my mind about my Dads reaction but once the shock subsides i think he too with be over the moon, and I know for definite my older brother Craig will be chuffed! I already told Craig's girlfriend Naomi as I couldn't keep it to myself, she's a little broody now and also happy to hear there's a little cub in my tummy! So all in all I think today will be a day of joy! Much like my whole week has been!