On February 9th, we headed west to Hickory under the pretenses of "buying furniture." Now, truth be told, we did go furniture shopping. We've got a few odds and ends we're still looking for, and have had no success in Raleigh. However, it was really a ruse to visit Jason's parents without conjuring up too much suspicion.
Jason and I shopped at this 4-story furniture mart for hours, and then met up with his parents for dinner in Hickory. They needed to run some errands, so we headed towards their house and stopped and visited with MawMaw (Jason's grandmother).
We got through the whole day without telling the family the big news. Why? Well, Jason's parents' church is about 40 people, and we knew they wouldn't be able to contain their excitement if they found out the day before. We hadn't told our closest friends yet, so we weren't quite ready for the news to spread to the masses. On a sadder note, the preacher's daughter was in ICU that weekend, so a big, jubilant announcement at church seemed in poor taste. So we waited...
We all had lunch together after church. MawMaw came over and sat down for a bit after the meal. When she started to get up to leave, Jason said, "You can't leave yet. We haven't even told you we're pregnant yet."
The only one who seemed to catch on was MawMaw, who said, "You're what?!?" Jason repeated himself: "You can't leave because we haven't told you we're pregnant."
The rest of the family was silent. Jason's mom said, "But you're not, are you?" I said, "Actually, we are."
Everyone was so excited and immediately started firing questions at us. That afternoon, we called Sara on the way home, and she too erupted into high-pitched, indiscernible congratulations. It must be a sister thing. :)
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