Grandparents

This morning our parents came over for breakfast. As we were all sitting down over a coffee, the wifey said we had some news. She decided to play a trick on them, so she told them I'd been offered a really well-paying job in Dubai for 5 years and that we were moving over there. It was pretty silent, no reaction at all, and she quickly owned up and said, "We're having a baby!".

Her father just about jumped out of his seat and leapt over the table to kiss her (we were right). Her mother started crying (we both got that right too) and my mother just grinned. It was a nice shot of joy in our lives, as my Grandmother, Mum's mother, died a few months ago, aged a fairly young 69. Mum later told me that she was so happy her immediate thought was "Wait until I tell my mother about this", but then remembered she's gone. The circle of life...

Our parents were a bit surprised, as we'd told them we'd probably try towards the end of this year (which was true), so it has come earlier than they expected. All were rapt though and started figuring out when it was due and conceived (that must be weird, trying to figure out when your kid had sex...).

The funniest thing was that me and the in-laws were heading off to the Christening for my wife's cousin's child and given it was only early days we weren't announcing the pregnancy to the wider populace yet. I found it pretty tough to celebrate a kid's milestone and not wonder about my own child, and at one stage my mother-in-law told me to stop grinning at the younger kids as I'd give it away!

We have decided to hold off telling the 'general public' until about 10-12 weeks. We're going to tell a couple close friends but that's about it for now. I so desperately want to paint the town with the message of "I'm having a baby!" but I'm mindful of the fact that 1 in 6 women in Australia have a miscarriage, so we're just holding out until the latter part of the first trimester, just to be safe.

I got an SMS later in the day from my mother telling me should already started looking at kid's toys and presents, how cute!