Secret Keeper

I am really good at keeping a secret. If there is something you tell me in confidence, I will take my secret to the grave, unless told I can share. However, when it comes to exciting secrets (such as trying to wait to reveal a pregnancy) about myself, I am only as strong as the weakest link. This time, the weak link was Nick.

After showing him the results of the pregnancy test, he kind of freaked out. He is not entirely ready for the idea of adding another little being to the family. Not that he is not happy about it.....it just takes him longer to adjust. I, on the other hand, just get giddy beyond giddy, and can't stop thinking and planning, and playing the "what if" game.

I thought it would be nice to try to wait until the idea of being pregnant took root in both our hearts.... a couple months, maybe, before telling our families. We always rush into telling everybody and have no time to enjoy the news just by ourselves. I also thought that it may make it easier being far away and not having to anybody in the eye.

When Nick called from work in the early afternoon, he said, "When are we going to start telling people?" I was thinking, 'geesh, it's only been a few hours!' So I asked him who he wanted to tell. He said, "I want to tell my Mommy. I want to call her right now!" How can I resist that! I mean, come on! So, of course, I caved and said, "Fine...you call your mom, I'll call my mom, and then you call me back."

So I set about making my phone call. Mom didn't answer. So I left a message and waited on pins and needles. When she finally called back (it really wasn't that long of a wait) I told her the good news and gave her a list of people I wanted to tell personally, before allowing her to spread the news. Next phone call was Aubrey. While I was in the middle of talking to Aubrey, Nick called on our other phone. I told him who I had told already, and he said, "I've called Mom, Angie, Dad, and Grandmama!" He got four calls in in the time it took me to make one and a half! Later, Nick said that he wasn't good at sharing details. I inquired, "Exactly what kind of details are you thinking have to be shared at this point?!?" I know he was thinking of after a baby is born; usually I will tell height, weight, hair and eye color, time of birth, how the labor went. Nick just tells people we have a baby! What a wonderful informer.

Anyway....I did start out with the intention of waiting to spread the good news, but I couldn't be any stronger than a son anxious to tell his mommy!