Telling people is fun!

Instead of waiting until today as we had originally planned, Johnny and I spilled the beans to our families last night. We just couldn't hold it in any longer! We stopped by my parent's house first, where they were home relaxing watching the Gonzaga basketball game. They were surprised to see us since we had told them we'd be coming by Saturday. We told them we just happened to be in the neighborhood and wanted to say hi. We were all standing in the living room as my dad asked if we wanted to come sit down in the TV room, when John said nice and loud, "Lindsay's pregnant." Both of my parent's gasped and my mom started laughing/crying, and my dad's face grew red. I'm pretty sure I saw some tears in his eyes :) Then came the laughing and clapping and hugging. It was so great and they reacted exactly how I hoped they would. We sat down for a few and I told them the whole story, then my mom and I talked about Providence and having a baby there. It still didn't feel real but was still great :) After that it was time to move on to the Zogas house! I knew John's mom would wonder what we were doing there so the whole car ride we planned our story. We'd say we were meeting friends nearby and just wanted to drop in since we never do that. But wait, would they buy that? Maybe not. Ok, so we'll say that I had to meet with a bride who lives in the area and we thought we'd drop in. No, ok, back the original plan... Seriously, that was our conversation the whole ride. So we finally get there and John's dad opens the door. We hug him hello and he asks what the special occasion is. I think I managed to spit out "Oh we were in the area..." Irene then walks down the stairs and is looking at us both in disbelief. I just stared and her and couldn't think of anything to say! Why we were here again? Aaah I don't rememeber! I kept looking back and forth between John and his mom for what felt like an hour (but was probably 15 seconds), when John finally looked toward his dad and said, "We're pregnant." Irene screamed and said "What?! Are you serious!" John repeated, "Yep, Lindsay's pregnant." Costas grew a huge smile on his face and Irene still stood there in disbelief, asking if we were joking. I was laughing and told her that it was true! They gave us big hugs and Irene asked who she could call. It was hard to tell her to wait a little while before telling anyone! It's not fun keeping such great news inside :) Anyway, John went upstairs to tell Yiayia and she responded in Greek, "I'm so happy for you! I was expecting this." I went up there and gave her a hug and she told me how happy she was, and it was the sweetest thing ever. Val was in her room and came out after hearing all the commotion and John blurted out, "Lindsay's pregnant!! You're going to be an aunt!" She ran over and gave me a hug, and once again I was just filled with joy.

I wish we could have told Anna and Max in person but a phone call to them just had to do. Anna screamed and said over and over again that she couldn't believe and she was so excited! It was so fun telling her she's going to be Auntie Anna. John called Steve this morning (and totally woke him up at 8:45am, sorry Steve!) and told him finally after being so patient. I tried calling my sister Kati (who's on vacation in San Diego) but haven't heard back from her yet. So she will be the last family member to know!

Last night we went to sleep feeling so loved and supported. It is the best feeling and we can't wait for this baby to join such an AWESOME family!