Team Hollowell: Mother's Day Weekend 2016

On Friday (day after our appt), we took a half day off and drove to Helena for the weekend. The plan was to share the news with Tripp's parents and grandparents that night! Tripp had orchestrated the night - we had to think of a way to get everyone together without being too obvious. The plan was for us to meet at Pudd's for drinks and then have dinner after.

On the way down, we heard that Papaw wasn't going to be able to make it to Pudd's so we stopped by his house first. We were sitting down and Tripp told him we had something to show him... handing him the ultrasound pics.

I videoed the moment, but it didn't work! boo! Tripp's dad called while we were there and Papaw did a good job pretending we weren't there and he had talked to us a while ago while we were driving.

It's like we are at a hog football game throwing the #1 up ha. I guess it's for the first great-grandchild! :)

We dropped Reggie off and unloaded the car at Mary Ann & Jay's before heading to Pudd's. When Tripp was talking to his mom earlier that week, she said "are ya'll planning to tell us something?" After I heard this, I was determined to de-bunk their suspicion at the beginning of the night so we could still surprise them.

We got to Pudd's and per ususal, I was offered a drink within 3 minutes from Pudd the bartender. Love her.

I ordered a drink and fake sipped for about 30 minutes while we caught up. I went to the bathroom and poured some of my drink out... but I texted Tripp to get the party started. We then realized we both left our iPads at home - UGH! So we went to get Mary Ann's iPad and took pics of her opening her Mother's Day gift. We got her some Tennis gear since she is going to start playing - a racket, balls, sweatbands (Tripp's idea), etc. Then, we handed her THE gift! :)

I framed a picture of the ultrasound that said "Hello World" below it and a note that said "I can't wait to meet you. Love, Baby Hollowell"

They were so excited. We talked for the rest of the night about Baby H! They were really hoping for this news (not pushy though)... so it was fun. They asked a ton of questions about how we found out, how I was feeling, etc etc. Such a special night!

We relaxed on Saturday in Helena... and on Sunday morning, we went to mass and then the Country Club for lunch after. I walked in and standing in the bar area was Memom & Rannan! They were in Memphis and had arranged to come down for Mother's Day lunch with Pudd and Granddaddy - and wanted to surprise us! :) I LOVED having them there. BUT - we hadn't told them the news! I was nervous someone would spill the beans, but everyone did really well.