Telling MY Parents – No More Wine!

Originally written June 15, 2013

So, I was dying to share the news with my parents as soon as possible.  With Father’s Day approaching, we thought it the perfect opportunity to share the wonderful news.  Knowing my parents like to go to lunch on the weekends, Kevin and I invited ourselves along the Saturday before to celebrate Father’s Day. 

I had spent a while trying to figure out a clever way to tell my parents. And, since my well-known relationship with wine had come to an end, I deemed it related to them not being able to serve me the ideal way. A bottle of wine with a custom tag that read:

You may pour your daughter a glass of wine

When your grandbaby arrives February Nine.
 

I had wanted to wait until we got to their house to tell them, but Kevin thought it would be so much funner to tell them AT lunch so we could talk about it during lunch.  Once we received our drinks at the fine establishment of Texas Roadhouse, we passed over dad’s Father’s Day gift to open.  He pulled out the bottle of wine, began to say thank you, and we had to make sure he read the tag.

 

I wasn’t sure it sunk in, because there was a double take from both Mom and Dad. Followed by a re-read. Followed by dropped jaws.  Yup, there is it, it sunk in.  WE’RE HAVING A BABY!  It was a wonderful moment, and a wonderful lunch.  We started our first planning of who, how, and when we would be able to tell other family members.  

Overall, I’d say my Pops had a pretty splendid Father’s Day.