Paul, Kristen. Brayden, Kaiden, Akoy, Kove and Baby Lainie

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Pink and Blue Balloons...

*Sorry, LONG post......I should have written this post a few months ago but it's better late than never....Paul and I knew I was pregnant, a few months before we told anyone. It was SO hard keeping it from my mom (I told her just a few weeks a long when I was pregnant with Kaiden) but I wanted to tell her around my dad's birthday because I knew that would be a hard time for her and maybe news of a baby would help a little... so, we waited....

It was sooo hard to keep it from my mom, I tell her everything. I even lied to her one time when were in the temple. It was in January and I had had bad morning (night AND afternoon) sickness those first 2 months, that I brought crackers with me into the temple. (Don't worry, I cleared it with one of the cute little workers) I told my mom I just hadn't been feeling well. She was excited and said, "Maybe you are pregnant!?" I brushed it off and said "No, I don't think so." She said, "Maybe you are though." I made up something about already taking a test and it coming up negative. I felt soooo awful fibbing to my mom (and in the temple too!!) but I really felt like I should wait and not tell her at some random time.

We told the boys a few days before my dad's birthday so it wasn't a big surprise to them when we told my mom. I had some pink and blue balloons tied to our stair rail, had pink and blue decorations at our dinner table, made the boys drink their juice from baby bottles and had pink cupcakes sitting out, for dessert. They had NO idea what it was about (Brayden wasn't there or I'm sure he would have figured it out) Kaiden thought we were celebrating Ground Hogs Day since it was that day. I kept trying to give them hints but it wasn't working. Finally I told them that I had a picture of something for them. When I brought out an ultrasound picture Kaiden said, "oh, that's a picture of me before I was born!" (Oh my gosh, I should have been a little more obvious) So we finally just told all of them. They were really excited and hoped for a sister....

Anyway, my dad's birthday finally came and then I worried about taking away from his day with my news. Paul assured me that it wouldn't matter to my mom and that maybe it really would make it not as sad for her. I decided to get pink and blue balloons, and a bottle filled with candy and then was going give them to my mom some time that day.

It didn't work out that I was able to give them to her before I went to work because Paul had to be to work WAY earlier than my mom or I got up. We were going to dinner with Mandi and her family, JJ, Debbie and Jesse and I definitely didn't want to do anything there so I waited....We had a good time at dinner but it was sad at the same time. It turned out to be a sad night for my mom and she didn't get home until later. She stopped by my house on her way home but I just wasn't sure it was the time to let her know. I didn't want her to be sad but I didn't want to make the night about me. At the last minute I decided to have her come in (because Paul and Kaiden were waiting up to tell her with me) We gave her the balloons and she was really excited for us. She said that she was glad we had told her that night, and it did make things not as sad for her.

My post is turning out to be WAY longer than I wanted, so I am going to hurry and finish......
A few days after my dad's birthday I was talking to my mom and she said, "I have to tell you something kind of weird that happened this morning. JJ came upstairs and said, "Oh I guess someone is having a baby girl."

My mom looked out the window, thinking that there was a sign on the neighbor's house across the street. JJ said, "No look at the balloons." My mom had tied the pink and blue balloons to her piano in the living room. She said that the three blue balloons were on the ground and all of the pink ones were still floating like normal. She knew it had to be a sign that I was having a girl. I wasn't as convinced as she was though, especially since I really wanted a girl. When we went over later that day, I saw the balloons and it was pretty weird. The blue balloons weren't just a little flat, they were laying right on the ground and the pink ones were floating just like they were when I bought them. It was REALLY crazy.

I was going to post this little story right after my dad's birthday but I was worried that if I did, I would ruin the chances of our baby being a girl. (I know, I am weird) Now it's ok though, CAUSE SHE IS A LITTLE GIRL. YAY!!! My mom took some pics of the balloons so I will have to add them so you can see the proof.

1 comment:

Miller7 said...

That is so cool. I love that story!!