Creative Ways to Tell the Grandparents About the New Little Bundle?

When I shared the news with my parents, I called their house and my dad answered. I asked if Grandma was there. She wasn't, so then I asked if I could talk to Grandpa. I thought it was a fun way of telling them; my mom was ecstatic when I called and asked for Grandma later. Congratulations and enjoy!!

Buy a newborn onsie that says Hi Grandma! or something like it, wrap it up and give to them as a present :)

One of the times we told my family about a pregnancy was by coming up with a reason for a family photograph (which would be easy at a wedding). And then my husband who was taking the photo said, "Everyone say 'August is going to be a big brother!'" The looks on everyone's faces as my husband took the photo was great!

Congratulations!

Let the weekend be for the bride and groom! I think it's kind of early to be telling people. As far as the drinking thing, my husband and I both get drinks-he just drinks both of ours in a sneaky way. Good luck.

I had a friend tell her friends and family this way...I thought that it was a really cute idea. Have you ever seen those VISA or Mastercard commercials (I know it's a credit card, but I'm not sure which one) that list the expenses of trips or whatever the commercial is about, and then the last word is priceless? She sent everyone a picture of her family (via email) on vacation...then under the the picture listed things like gas...$60.00, hotel...$95.00, new clothes for vacation...$150.00, and finding out that there are really 6 people in this picture...priceless! Then under all of that stuff she wrote "Baby_____ will be joining our family at the beginning of December!"

I thought that it was a really creative idea. So, if you have a recent picture of your family that you could paste inside a card (if you want to do it in person instead of over email like my friend did)...you could create your own "priceless" phrases and then just remember to add one more person to the number in your family before the word priceless!

I'm sure you will have lots of great ideas, but this one was unique! Congrats and have a great time at the wedding! Let us know how you decide to share the news!

Congratulations! That is very exciting and I can see how it might be hard to hide it, but I would be concerned that your cousin will think you are "stealing her thunder" if you break the news during her wedding weekend. When we announced our second pregnancy I put a little note in cute baby photo frame and wrapped it as a gift for my parents. It's possible to "nurse" a drink if you want to try to save the news for after the wedding. Just kind of pretend you are drinking it, hang on to it or "share" something with your husband. You could also have your husband discreetly get you a non-alcoholic beer and pour it into a glass and drink that. They look real. I was drinking a non-alcoholic beer in a glass at a wedding when I was about 7 months pregnant and someone reprimanded me! Best wishes for a healthy pregnancy, but I would recommend waiting to tell your parents your happy news.

Congrats. Please strongly consider letting the weekend be for the bride and the groom. Imagine having someone come in and steal your moments in the sun. They are few and far between - PLEASE consider finding a way to let them have theirwedding and wait until AFTER the festivities to share this news.
My personal experience on it -
1. My brother-in-sister in law told us just before our wedding they were expecting #2 and it broke my heart. They wanted to "take advantage" of all the family around and celebrate. My husband begged them to just wait but I worried throughout the event it as going to become the focus. I could have cared less if they told everyone the Sunday after the events, and they did wait, and I was very VERY grateful.
2. We are expecting #3. I was 15 weeks along and I hid it completely from my entire inlaw side of the family at my brother-in-laws wedding 8-1-08. If I can hide #3 at 15 weeks, you can hide #1 at 6 weeks. Have your husband get you non-alcohol beer or wine, have them mix non-alcoholic cocktails (such as virgin bloody mary's, or orange juice with 7-up, or ANYTHING). Believe me, people will and should be more focused on the bride and groom than what you are or are not drinking.

If you can decide to let this wedding weekend be about your cousin, you will find a way to be successful in hiding the pregnancy from everyone. Then maybe the day after the wedding, you can let people know in a special way. Having been a bride myself imagining everything wonderful and special about that single solitary day, and having now been on both the receiving end of "the news" as a bride, and the telling end of "the news" as a sister-in-law, I personally recommend focusing the attention on the bride and groom this weekend and save your news for any time after the event. This will show your commitment to them as your role as a bridesmaid, your maturity in the matter and your wonderful set of diplomacy skills. The bride and groom will appreciate it and others will respect your decision.

Congrats again and my best wishes and luck for you this weekend.

D.

Hi Lea- I will just give you my advice on just what you asked for, how about that? One way we told about a pregnancy was to put a baby bottle in their (grandma/grandpa) refrigerator & put in blue/pink shreded paper. We put a little note addressed to g'ma & g'pa & saying "see you in September, 1997" & attached this to the top of the bottle. We put it there when we got there & so by the end of the day, they had figured it out. It was SO much fun seeing their faces. They still talk about that every once in awhile. It made a great impression! Best of luck in your announcement!!

I'd have to agree with those that mentioned that this weekend is your cousin's weekend. I would suggest sharing this exciting news either before (like on Grandparent's Day) or after the wedding. If the wedding is on Saturday, maybe at least wait until Sunday to spill the beans when the wedding/reception excitement settles down. I would also recommend trying to pull your parents aside and telling them privately, they'll appreciate it. That way they can know before the rest of the family. My husband and I got a card and wrote in crayon a note to my parents, as if from the baby, letting them know when they'll get to meet. There are plenty of creative ways to tell, but when it comes down to it...whenever and however you tell them, they'll be thrilled! Have fun with it, and Congrats!!!!

I'm about to be the "downer": Even though you have REALLY GREAT news (congrats!!!) remember that this weekend is all about your cousin's wedding. Try not to take away to much of their spotlight with your announcement.

Well, I don't have any advice on how to tell them creatively however I just wanted to tell you that if your cousin is a drama queen you might not want to ruin her big day/weekend by announcing your news at her wedding.

Hi Lea-Congratulations! I too am expecting my 4th little one and just came across this poem that I used to tell my family. http://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/7489/60.html. I thought it was really sweet, by about the 4th line they got it. :) Otherwise, check out www.zoeysattic.com, they have some really cute Grandma/grandpa to be products. Good luck!

You could buy a cute picture frame that says "our first grandchild" and wrap it up for them to as a gift.

Try a baby congrats card something that is not going to take away from your cousin's day! We sent my parents a baby shower gift basket we made sure our name was on there. It took them calling us to relized what it ment but the effect was great! Hope this helps!

Hi Lea! How fun! I'm sure you'll get a million great responses, so I'll just share with you what we did. We were in the same situation with my family 2 years ago - heading to a family reunion and only 5 weeks along. I knew if I didn't have a drink my cover could be blown, (plus I was just really darn excited). What we did was to get a light-colored T-Shirt of our local college team (the Iowa Hawkeyes) and then take a sharpie and write on the back "Aunt Wendy - 07" We gave it to my sister in front of my parents as a "gift from Iowa." When she looked at it she got confused (we had just gotten a puppy and she thought it was about that). Then it dawned on her that she was going to be an Aunt in '07! She screamed and everyone was excited. It was a really fun moment!!

We just sent my mother-in-law a dish that said "Grandma's Candy" on it. We didn't include any note, but boy did we get a call awfully fast after she received it!!!!! We played with her a little bit til we finally came clean. Coffee mugs, picture frames, anything with Grandpa or Grandma on it will be appreciated.

Congratulations!!!! This will be a downer, so I completely apologize in advance! I definitely sympathize with the whole "they'll suspect anyway" concept--we were pregnant at my nephew's baptism and told the immediate family at that time. But...and here's the downer...my sister in law was completely ticked that we revealed to grandma and grandpa on "her" (well, her son's) big weekend. It sounds like you have some great suggestions (I might keep them in mind for next time!) but I just wanted to throw that in, too. It sounds like you're only planning on telling your folks, which shouldn't interfere with the wedding and your cousin's special day, but it's just something to keep in mind. Have fun!!! Have a wonderful pregnancy!

My in-laws live at a distance and we wanted to share the news as soon as we found out. Since we couldn't be there in person to tell them, I purchased a "grandparents" picture frame from Kohl's and put a note in the photo holder that said "Baby due January 2006" or something like that! They were thrilled - called us as soon as they got the package!

Have fun sharing your news!

Congratulations! When my husband and I got pregnant with our first child, we went to build a bear and bought a bear for each grandma (our parents), for the inside we purchased one of the recording players and recorded a message for each grandma and placed them in her special bear. We then met each seperately and told them that we found a bear that said something really cute. When they squeezed the tummy the bear said "I love you grandma (Last name), I will see you in (month you are expecting). It was a great way to tell them, they loved it. My mom had been just dealing with early treatments of breast cancer and she was so excited she ran across her kitchen screaming, she was very happy for us. The bears are still around today after two more additions.
Good luck and best wishes to your pregnancy.

Since you tie it in to not being able to drink for the wedding, how about a message in a bottle??? That night you get together, place a little confetti in a clean empty wine bottle, on a sheet of paper in the color theme of the wedding, print the word baby on a sheet of paper in as many languages as you can look up. Then in the middle place 1 Empty Bottle of wine + 2 People whom love each other very much = 3 people in 8 short months. 1+2=3.

1 EMPTY BOTTLE OF WINE
2 PEOPLE WHO LOVE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH
____

3 PEOPLE IN JUST ABOUT 8 MONTHS

Then hug your parents and say I guess I will be passing on the wine this weekend since we have already emptied the bottle and filled the oven......

CONGRATULATIONS on Your NEW family..... It is soooo exciting.

I do LIKE the "Priceless" idea too if they are big TV watchers.... It is one of my mottos when I splurge on vacations.

My sister in law put the positive home pregnancy test in a baby bottle and put this in a gift bag along with onesies that said I love my grandma and I love my grandpa. They were extremely surprised and loved how they were told about it.

When we announced our first (1st grandbaby & 1st great-grandchild for my husband's side) we bought a bib and wrapped it up for one of our white elephant gifts. My husband was one of the last ones to pick and he had to save the "announcement" because his 6 year old cousin happened to pick that gift. So when he picked the bib from his cousin, he said "I'll take this...we'll be needing it in July!" Everybody got it then and it was a great way to tell the whole family.

The other way I wanted to tell both of our parents that we were expecting was to mail a pair of baby booties or a onesie to them and wait for the phone call. You could do that, too, but then give them a "just because" gift.

Like others have said, I would tell your parents first, then maybe tell your cousin and see how she feels about you announcing the news to everyone. When I was pregnant with my 2nd, I was a bridesmaid in my brother's wedding so after I told my parents, I then told the bride and she was excited about it. I was 22 weeks along at the time of the wedding, so I couldn't hide it from anyone, but I didn't make a big deal about it because it was their wedding weekend.

Congratulations on your first!

One idea I heard was to have your husband take a picture of the grandparents-to-be (with or without you in it) and instead of saying "say cheese!" before taking the picture, have him say, "Okay, everyone say 'Lea's pregnant!'" or something like that. Everyone would be caught off guard and you can catch their expressions on the camera. : )

I do agree with the other posters who said to wait until after the wedding or at least be away from the spotlight with the bride and groom around so they still get "their day" to themselves.

Congratulations! : )

I'd get a shirt that says baby on board, expecting, or under construction and have your pictures taken and give them a nice framed 5x7 black and white or something.

When we were expecting #2 I had our oldest wear a t-shirt that had a cartoon face on it that had her hair and eye color and it said "I'm Gonna Be A Big Sister". I handed out wallets to the family and not many people looked closely at the picture or read when her sister was going to be due but it was a cute idea.

Could you walk in wearing a pillow or ball or balloon or something :) Just in front of your parents of course

Congratulations Lea! Well I am not sure how many know but September 11th is Grandparents day. I got cards for them for grandparents day and gave it to them with a little cute note from the baby. They have really neat ones almost book like. I know my sons grand parents loved it and it is a keep sake. Congratulations again and best wishes for a healthy baby.

T.

Lea~

First I'd like to say CONGRATULATIONS! This will be one of the most exciting times in your life! But I was thinking you might want to "spring" the news on your parents in a manner that won't "take away" from the excitement of your cousins wedding. I hid the drinking thing from my family and friends for a while. My husband and I would each get a beer of the same type and I would just give him mine when he was done with his...in a sneaky way. You could just have a drink in your hand all night...no one will realize it is the same one or two...dump it out in the bathroom or "leave" it on a table...they'll never be the wiser. But if you still want to tell them what I did was I gave them a Happy Grandparents Day Card! I left it on their table and went outside to the grill and heard the shriek from inside :)

Would it be possible to give them a small gift bag when you're at the wedding? You could put a pair of baby shoes, a rattle, a pacifier, or something small but definitely for a baby in it. I bet when they open it up they'll be surprised at first and then thrilled. You could also put a little card with it that says "Congratulations!"

I gave my parents a card that had said "congrats on the grandparents TO BE" sometimes a card just tells all, if you can't find one, just make ur own!!

Just maybe be careful on how you do it in front of ur cousin, she might feel the "spotlight" removed from her.
Maybe talk to her b-4 you tell ur parents so she's not blindsided by this exciting news and doesn't know how to react. Good Luck and CONGRATS!!!

For my parents, we used the picture frame idea. We found out we were expecting the day after father's day, and we were going to my parent's house the next weekend, so dad's father's day gift was a grandpa picture frame with the note that a photo would be available on or about February 21. (Which initially confused him because that's actually my birthday, but mom got it right away!)

My husband's side was a situation kind of like yours. My sister-in-law was getting married and I was in the wedding. We didn't want to take away from her day, so we didn't tell anyone on the wedding day. (Though she did notice my passing up on wine and was a little suspicious.) My husband just told his parents they were going to be grandparents again in February (his other sister just beat us to having their first grandchild two weeks before the wedding). He told them at something like 1am in the morning after the reception. But then my mother-in-law was happy to share the news with everyone at gift opening the next day.

A couple of ideas...
1. a save the date card (like for a wedding) but use the due date.
2. take a bun and stick it in the oven and add a sticky note with the due date on it...just make sure they find it before preheating anything.
3. a baby photo frame gift wrapped for them to open.
Good luck!

I became a grandma for the first time 4 years ago. It was a day filled with so many emotions and the most joy I've felt since having my own children! I still remember how my husband and I were told. They said they had a video from their vacation that they wanted us to see. So I'm not paying attention and talking with my daughter-in-law and then my husband told me he thought I should watch the video. There was her ultrasound on the television! I truly can't explain how wonderful I felt! I've wanted to be a grandma since my kids were little. Being a grandma is the best!!! --R. H.

Hi Lea, Congrats first off. With my son I had wrote a card that said thigs like hi grammy and papa, I can't wait to meet you in June....bla bla. My mom was so excited that she burned her hand making supper! WIth my daughter (8moths later) we put a onsie on our son that said I am going to be a big brother!!!!! So maybe you could put a t shirt on your hubby that said greatest dad or make a shirt that say going to be the greatest day in.... it was fun to see how long it took them to catch on. good luck!

Hi, Lea!

Congratulations! There are so many fun and creative ways to tell grandparents - I'm sure you'll get plenty. I did just want to chime in that I think it would be wise to wait until the other festivities are over. Babies trump almost everything and you don't want to take away from your cousin's wedding. It's a big day for him/her.

Good luck!

Tell them you have a present for them and give them a baby doll wrapped up naked. Tell them you will give them the correct clothing for it when you find out if its a boy or girl or you can clothe the baby in gender neutral clothing.

Give them a happy grandparents day card early.

Don't want to be a wet blanket, but...

I would wait until after the wedding festivities have died down. Many brides would feel rather hurt by their big day being usurped by other big news. Wait until after the wedding weekend, and go crazy. It is fantastic news, and neither the wedding or your pregnancy should be marred by hurt feelings.

We sent our mom's baby bouquets to their offices. We had the florist do one pink & one blue because it was too early to know and send one to my mom and one to my husband's mom. It didn't matter who got what but they have lots of cute baby "vases".

I think the cards said "Congratulations, Gramma!"

They were both so excited my phone started ringing about 30 seconds after they read the cards!

That would give them the news before the wedding and not "interfere" as so many are concerned about.

Congratulaitons!!

When I was pregnant w/ my daughter I bought an "I Love Grandma" & "I Love Grandpa" bib and wrapped them up. When we saw them I had them open each gift at the same time...the look on their faces was priceless! It was also so hard for me to physically say "I'm Pregnant" for some reason--surreal I guess. So them opening this gift was A LOT easier--I just stood there and cried while they looked at me w/ tears too!

Now my daughter wears those bibs while we are at their house--so it was a practical gift! I think I got them at Target.

Good luck--share w/ us what you end up doing!

I like the whole picture frame ideas. Those are cute. With my first I found these really neat books by Thomas Kinkade. One says Grandma's Memories to me and the other is Grandpa's memories to me. We wrapped them up and handed the gifts to my parents. We did not get any for my husbands parents. I now regret that. My mom was so excited she dropped the book on her toe. LOL. However she has had them for about 5 years now and I have yet to see if she has written in either of them. Hopefully before my son is old enough to read them she will have them. YOu can find them at any book store. farely cheap too. I think it was less than $20 for each. laterz J.

We told one set by wrapping up a pair of baby booties and a onsie that had a saying about grandparents on it. There are lots of things out there that say grandma or grandpa on them - onesies and bibs and such for babies, shirts and mugs and signs for the grandparents. Find one you like that would be appropriate for your parents, wrap it up and sit back (with camera in hand) to watch their reaction. Congratulations!

Hi Lea!
Since you are a brides maid, I WOULD tell the bride before the wedding!!! I would ALSO call the grandparents before hand! When I was pregnant with my first baby, I called my parents and my sister and took on a baby's voice. When they picked up the phone I said "Hi Auntie/ Grandma/Grandpa this is Baby_____ calling How are you today? I cant tell you my name cuz I dont know if I ma boy or girl yet, but I cant WAIT until the month of ______ to finally meet you!!!! They LOVED it!!! As far as at the wedding you CAN drink Shirly Temples or just straight orange juice and TELL people theres vodka in it, OR to break the news to our friends, when they asked WHY I wasnt drinking I looked at them very seriously and said " I may be over 21 YEARS old, BUT my BABY isnt even 21 WEEKS old yet!" Or "I decided to get a head start on stopping the under-age drinking in this country" When they look at you funny say" Well Im over 21 years old, but my BABY isnt!!!" I LOVED the reactions of surprised faces I got!!
Good luck!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Love L.

I think it is great you are pregnant,congrats.
I thought a bit about how to tell your parents and i know you want to say something at the wedding but think back to your wedding day how would you feel if your bridesmaid took the glory away from you. I had this happen at my wedding and was upset. Is it selfish of me to want the attention on me after all the hard planning and wanting the wedding of my dreams? After thinking if i where pregnant and at a wedding what would i do? I think if they notice you are not drinking then maybe in private i would say something. Also something after the wedding when the excitement of the weekend has passed hit them with this wonderful news maybe taking an add out in the paper or a simple gift basket full of the goodies grandparent need to spoil the baby.

YEAH for you!!! I put my pregnancy test in a ziplock baggy and wrapped it up and gave it to my husband (that's how I told him we were expecting baby number 2:)!! To tell the grandparents I made a shirt for my older daughter that said I'm going to be a big sister. But you could easily write I'm going to be a grandma/ grandpa, or even get a shirt for yourself, and just wait until some reads it:)

We found picture frames that said "baby's first bath". We printed up a cute note that said "picture to come in July". Then we wrapped them up and gave them as a gift to our parents. It was cute and fun.
Have fun with it, I'm sure you'll get a ton of great ideas.

When I was pregnant with my son (the first grandchild), I sent each of the grandparents a single rose and wrote on the card "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, May 19 is when the baby is due." They all really got a kick out of it!

i can't remember when grandparents day is but i know they have cards out for it. maybe get them a grandparents day card and sign it "you'll find out in 8 months!!!!

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Hi Lea, Congrats on your becoming a mommy. What a joy and privilige it is to have children. I am a mom of 4 ages 22,19,17 and 15. When we found out we were pregnant the 1st time we lived on the other sid of the country from both sets of grandparents so were not able to tell them in person. My husband had the idea of getting License plate frames that said proud to be a grandparent or gramma or grampa and sent them to each side of the family. They called us when they got them. Just an idea, maybe get them and take them with you this weekend. Hope all goes well and again CONGRADULATIONS!!!!

B.

Hi Lea,
This is a cute way of giving them a hint that you are expecting. Wrapping up in a box baby booties and putting a curled ribbon of pink and blue in there, because of course you don't know if it is a boy or girl. It just makes it a gift of course that will never be forgotten. Tell your Dad and Mom that this is a gift that you kept forgetting to give to them, just because of something you saw and thought they might like it, you finally remembered to bring it this time. When your Mom opens this it will be a face you will never forget. The excitement will surround all around you and your husband, I'm sure there will be tears to. I hope this gives you a great idea. You can spruce it up anyway you want.
C. from MN>

We bought picture frames for each of our parents that said "I love grandma" and "I love Grandpa" and then put a place holder inside that said picture due with our due date on it. We had them open them at the same time. It worked out well for us because we found out just before christmas that we were due and it wasn't ackward for them to be getting a gift.

It was an awesome way to tell them.

I don't know if anyone said these or not, but when we found out we were pregnant we lived out of state from everyone else. I bought "I love Grandma" and "I love Grandpa" bibs and sent them at the same time to both sets of parents. When they opened them up they had quite a surprise! One of my good friends bought a rubber ducky and wrote the due date month on the bottom of the ducky and gave it to her family. They didn't get it at first, though! One of my friends bought a pilot duck (because he was a pilot) and left it out in their house, and when we asked about it, told us.

Another one of my friends showed up to my house with her son (an only child) wearing a "I'm the big brother" t-shirt. That was how she told her family, too, since they lived out of town and were visiting. That would work for the next child. You could always show up wearing a t-shirt that says "Baby" with the arrow, but you would probably want to do that when you are ready to tell everyone else. I like the idea of saying "Say Lea's pregnant"- that's a good one! Have fun with it, and congratulations!

Congrats!! We told our families about our 2nd lil one by having diapers printed that said "Grandbaby #2 arriving July 3rd, 2008!" then we wrapped them up for their christmas present.

I agree with others that it might be good to wait till after the wedding activities are over, but given that you can't drink they may figure it out anyway, so might as well hve some fun. For one set of grandparents we bought "Little Critter" books by Mercer Mayer - "Grandma and Me" and "Grandpa and Me" and left them in their room when they visited us for the weekend. For my parents....my Mom is always bugging us about ideas for Christmas presents. We told her we got an early start on our Christmas list (it was August) and gave her a "wish list" that included things like a crib, stroller, high chair, etc. Have fun!!

Lea,
When we told our parents we got them (both sets) together and had a dinner. We said we'd bring dessert. We brought a DQ cake with the words, "Congratulations Grandparents" on it. At first glance the grandpas thought we picked up the wrong cake. The grandmas were speechless and then crying and carrying on. It was quite memorable. You may consider getting a cake for them to share during the festivities.

J. M

When we found out that I was pregnant with my first son we went to a printing shop and had them put the picture of the ultra sound on a shirt with a little bubble at the top that said "Hi Grandma". We didn't do one for my dad because we thought that he wouldn't be interested in something like that but much to our surprise he was really wanting a T-shirt of his own. Congrat's and good luck! J.