Announcement and How NOT to tell the kids

 

 

In case you missed the last post, then here is the official announcement.

Palmer Baby #4!

Making “its” debut near Leap Day

 

I had wanted to do something cute and creative to announce the exciting news to the older siblings. Maybe something like my sister did. But I have had neither the energy nor talent to put a cute surprise together for them.

So this is what I did instead, and will remember to never do again:

With ultrasound picture in hand, I sat the kids down and said, “ You know how Mom has been super sick? Well, I have a picture here of inside my tummy and it shows what is in there making me so sick.”

Evan said in a concerned manner, “Is it chocolate?” [because he knows that I have not been eating chocolate this year and is very diligent in helping me with my goal].

I laughed and said no.

Then I pulled out the ultrasound and pointed to different features.

First I said, “This is what is making me sick. Look, here is a nose…”

Evan’s face immediately wrinkled up…

“Here is an eye, and a mouth…”

“An Eye! eeeeYUCK!!”

“No, Evan. I didn’t eat an Eye. Look, here is a head and here is a body…”

With each feature I pointed to, Zion started to get more and more excited, but I think Evan’s responses were confusing her. And Taryn? Well Taryn twirled around and around in her summer dress and giggled.

“Do you know what it is?”

“A body!???!” Evan’s nose was still wrinkled in disgust.

Finally, I helped them out and said, “No silly. It’s a BABY! Mommy has a baby in her tummy. Did you think I ate a body? That would be so silly.”

Zion’s eyes lit right up. Evan’s face relaxed from its contortments and broke into a smile. And Taryn? Well she stopped twirling long enough to yell “BABY!” and then twirl some more.

Now I’m just worried that they think cannibalism is the way to conceive a child. Oh well. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.