Everyone is different. Our choice was to tell just our close family and friends in person and then after our appointment at 8 weeks, we would tell everyone else. Some people even wait until they made it into the second trimester but there was no way I could had wait that long. I would have to suffer through a whole 4 weeks of the best secret I've ever held and that was hard enough. 

If you read my Chapter Two post, you would know how my mother, two best friends, and husband reacted to the news. Next we had to tell my husband's mother. We decided to do something special for her and had a white onesie made that said "I love my Nan" on the front.

I was so excited to tell her that we were giving her another grandchild, ours being number 5! I could feel my hands start to sweat as soon as she came over to our house to visit. I had placed my Baggie of 6 pregnancy test at the bottom of a bag along with the onesie and placed Wes' baby pictures she had been dying to have back, on the very top. 

She opened the bag and was confused as to why the baby photos were in the bag. Then when she reached down and pulled out the onesie, she was even more confused which made me laugh. "Awe this is sweet!" She had said, not registering that it meant were having a baby. Finally after looking at it for a minute, her eyes bulged out and she screamed "What?!?" 

She was in total shock. She pulled out the Baggie of test and studied them closely while repeating "I can't believe it." 

She was so happy and of course hugged her youngest son first and then hugged me while patting my belly. She didn't cry but her reaction was priceless! I only wished I had recorded her reaction. 

The next person or I would say people, we decided to tell the big news too was my husband's oldest brother, his girlfriend, and my little nephew. We waited patiently at their house and acted as if it were another normal day but it was far from it. We ate breakfast and I played with my nephew. 

Finally Wes said "Hey, show Amber that picture you took." 

At first I was confused then I realize he meant the picture I had took of my pregnancy test. I smiled a began pulling the picture up for her to see. Amber became excited and said "Is it a ultra sound?" 

"No it's not."  I grinned and a look of disappointment ran down her face.

"Then I don't want to even see the picture." She joked and took my phone. 

Now her reaction I wish I had recorded because she litterally screamed, threw my phone in the floor, and wrapped me up into a huge hug while spilling her coffee all over me. I never laughed so hard. My nephew looked so confused as to why his mother was acting so crazy which made the situation even more hilarious. 

I got down on my knees and explained to my nephew who was 2 at the time (He just had a birthday in March) that there was a little tiny baby growing inside of my stomach and this little tiny baby was going to grow into his baby cousin. Once I explained he clapped his hands together and smiled his beautiful little smile. 

Another sweet reaction was when we told my three nieces. I was most excited to tell them because they are my favorite girls and best friends. I was nervous to see their reaction. Wes and I went to visit them and again, acted as if it was a normal visit. Their mom told us to play a game and suggested Simon says which triggered a light blub inside of my head. 

I made the girls stand in a line and my youngest niece said "Let's play India says, not Simon says." Which was perfect! 

"India says do a karate chop!"

They did a awesome karate chop.

"India says to shake your booty!"

They turned out and started shaking their butts and giggling. 

"India says... You're going to be a big cousin!" 

They stood in total confusion. 

Their mom, however, screamed from the kitchen and ran towards us. They girl blinked their beautiful blue eyes and didn't understood what I just said. "Girls I am pregnant!" 

Finally it kicked in and all three of them wrapped me into a tight hug. They couldn't believe I was pregnant. They had always asked me over and over "When are you going to have a baby?" and they always wanted me to be pregnant. For some reason I was scared that they would be upset because my time would be devoted to a newborn instead of playing with them all the time but surprisingly they weren't worried at a which lifted a huge weight off of my shoulders.

It all depends on you and how you want to spread the happy news of being pregnant. Weither you tell everyone as soon as you take a test or wait until your second trimester, just keep one thought in mind. What will make you happiest. 😊 

I even added my two best friends in the reveal which was a lot of fun!