Let me preface this by saying that the only reason we hadn't told them sooner was because we knew Fofo's birthday was coming up, and we knew that a grandbaby would be the best gift ever! So we decided to wait. Meanwhile, we decided to tell my parents a few weeks ago while they were still in Maui, with hopes that they'd bring back some cute Hawaiian baby stuff (which they did, hooray!). So there is a method to all this madness! :)
We drove up to Anaheim yesterday to have lunch with Gus' family, since his mom's birthday was on Friday. His mom (Fofo) and sister (Maria) were both home, but his dad (Nick) was still at the restaurant. Nick typically gets home from work around one or two o'clock on Saturdays, so we planned to wait for him before eating a late lunch.
When we got to the house, we set Fofo's birthday present on the counter. The plan was to wait until Nick got home from work, and then to have her open the present in front of him. Inside, she would find this bib and, inside a nice box, this picture in a fancy frame. Everyone would be surprised, and tears would start flowing. It would be perfect! But, you know what they say... "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry..." That plan never exactly came to fruition.
Nick called us and said that he was running late, since some family friends had decided to pop by the restaurant to visit with him. He told us to go ahead and eat without him, and that he would get home as soon as possible. So, we ate. After a great lunch, we sat around the table and chatted some more, and then Maria mentioned that the cable TV in her room wasn't working properly. Being the nerds that we are, Gus and I both followed her upstairs to take a look. Apparently, though, as soon as we were all out of the room, FOFO OPENED THE PRESENT!! Next thing we knew, she was standing in the doorway to Maria's room, crying, saying, "I opened it!" It took a minute for it to sink in, but Gus started saying, "Why did you do that??" and I started crying and hugging her. Meanwhile, Maria is standing there wondering what the heck is going on. She later said that she thought we had gotten Fofo a really nice card or something. But after a minute, Maria said, "What, are you pregnant???" The cat was out of the bag!
Meanwhile, though, Nick still wasn't home, and had no idea what had happened! Fofo started to feel a little guilty about opening the present, so she wrapped it back up. The new (revised!) plan was to wait until Nick got home, and then pretend like she was opening it for the first time. It worked like a charm! When he finally got home (around 4:00), Maria had secretly set up the video camera, and Fofo opened her present. More crying from everyone (this time, Nick too). We would have pulled it off, but Maria finally confessed that Fofo had opened the present earlier and discovered the news.
Anyway, it didn't go as planned, but it made for a better story! We all had a good laugh about it (honestly, it was pretty funny). The nice part is that we at least got to capture Nick's reaction on video, and it was a great one! This little baby has some very excited relatives, that's for sure! :)
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