Brett and I headed to Wichita on the 23rd to spend Christmas with his family. On the way there, we decided that instead of waiting until Christmas day to share our news, we would probably have an opportunity to do so that night. We needed Brett's parents and grandparents to open their gifts at the same time in order for it to work. As it turned out, Grandpa Sonny was bowling that night and got home after Brett's dad had already gone to bed (he had to work the next morning).
On Christmas Eve, we traveled to Great Bend to have lunch and spend time with the Brack side of the family. We had to keep our secret for the day since Brett's parents did not know yet. We gave Brett's grandparents a gift box (with their great-grandparent mugs) and told them they had to open it after we left since it was the same thing Brett's parents would be getting. I had left a note explaining that we wanted to tell them in person that we were expecting but we had not told Charlie and Tammy (Brett's parents) yet. Brett and I were alone on the way back to Wichita so he gave his grandma a call... from the sounds of it, they were very excited!
That night, we thought maybe we could get the word out but Grandma and Grandpa Weber had their lights out by 8:00... so we ended up waiting until Christmas morning just as planned. We went over to the farmhouse and handed out gift boxes to Brett's parents and grandparents. I told them they might be mixed up since they were wrapped identically.
(Here is an example of what the Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, and Aunt mugs looked like.)
When Tammy opened their box, she noticed that it said "Grandma" and immediately switched boxes with Grandma Joyce. When that mug said "Great Grandmother" she caught on right away. Our plot had worked just as planned!
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Needless to say, we had a great Christmas and will hopefully have an even better one next year when little Austyn or Kyler is with us!
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