telling the folks tonight
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Topic: telling the folks tonight
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: telling the folks tonight
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 6:38pm
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we are telling our parents tonight that they will be grandparents.
my dad said he wants to be called "old fella" (lol i dont think so ) so when I call him up I will say "hi old fella" and see if he clicks. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 6:41pm
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Yay - how exciting. Good luck and hope that it all goes well ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 6:44pm
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im sure it will none of them will be surprised we always said we wanted to get married then buy house before having children and they will be very happy especially my dad as it is his first grandchild. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 6:48pm
Good Luck. I'm sure they will be just thrilled. First grandchildren are pretty special.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 7:03pm
How exciting! Best of luck  -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 10:20pm
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aww my dad cried :) he is so happy is going to be a grandfather ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 10:37pm
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Awesome!
Thats one of my only regrets with my pregnancies - both times my parents weren't happy about it. Was worse with Maya (I couldn't even tell Dad till I was 5 mths) but even with the gremlins he called them "a goose around my neck" - was a different story once he got used to the idea tho! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 7:39am
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Aww yay!
When we told our parents I didn't know how to say it so both times we just said you are going to be grandparents or nana or something lol. Took my mum a while to click what this actually meant though. |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 8:00am
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oo yay!!
i remember calling my parents to tell them about both pregnancies and my parents were jumping for joy, but I had also told them i was late and needed to test so they were expecting a positive. good luck ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 9:43am
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Oh I'm so glad you got a good reception!!
My first pregnancy came soon after a genealogy stint of my mother's and, opting for something different, she decided she was going to be called Grandy  - one of the names she had found in her family history by some random. Ugh. All us kids hate it, especially as it sounds so old and she's nearly 46! But she got her wish, maybe your dad will too LOL------------- |
Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 9:54am
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Its a bit of a gamble telling your parents aye! I remember when I first found out I was pregnant I went round to my dad and step mums place and kinda brought the topie of having babies into the conversation and they were like, you've still got ages, kids are hard work etc, so I held off telling them - I had told my mum though and some other family members knew, so I told them a couple of weeks later and they were stoked, so that was great! They seem pretty excited, but theres still a few months to go! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 3:13pm
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we pretty knew how our parents would react. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 3:14pm
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Did your Dad get the "old fella" bit? ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 3:51pm
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not at first he said its not my birthday..lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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