Steve's parents were flying up from Oklahoma to visit, part for business and part for fun. Seeing that we don't get to see Steve's parents very often, it was perfect timing for them to come up. We wanted to be able to tell them the good news in person and the timing couldn't be better. We were not too far along in the pregnancy, but knew we had to get the news out to them while they were here.
I had an idea in my head of how we would tell them. A friend had used wine charms that said "Grandma" and "Grandpa" on them to tell their parents their good news, and I thought this would be a great idea. We thought it would be a perfect thing to toast, and we know how Steve's parents can enjoy a good bottle of wine or champagne. My mom and I searched long and hard for wine charms with the appropriate descriptions on them and finally made some make-shift wine charms. They turned out really well, so I was excited.
Steve and I went to the airport to pick them up and tried hard not to spoil the news until we got home. Steve went into the kitchen and popped open a bottle of champagne and handed the glasses to his parents. Janet's birthday had recently passed, so Steve started in with his speech on how we wanted to give her a special birthday present this year, but wanted to wait until they were here in person to give her this gift. He continued on with his speech without them really noticing what their wine charms said on them. Finally, we told them they had to read their wine charms and when they did they were so excited. I think that the news of a grandchild for a birthday gift was just perfect. Dan claimed that he suspected that we might have some news for them because of some conversation he had had with Steve on the phone the week before, but I don't know how he guessed...intuition, I suppose. Hugs and congratulations went around the room, and then we went on to have an amazing weekend with the new grandparents-to-be up at Whistler. It was a great weekend to remember!
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