How Will My Parents React???

June 19th -

Originally, we had planned to tell my parents after we'd gotten engaged. We invited my dad out to Atlanta at the end of July so he can meet Scott and I kind of figured we tell him then. However, I have been giving it a lot of thought over the past couple days and I just can't keep it from them any longer. Also, giving my folks one month notice that we're getting married just doesn't seem fair. I think my dad will appreciate knowing earlier, too, because he likes to feel like he's part of all the decisions. I'm sure he'll want to weigh in on moving, wedding, etc. Additionally, if he doesn't take things too well, he'll have a couple months to get settled down. So things can only go one of two ways. If they don't support our decision then it's going to be their loss. This baby is coming either way. And I can't be focused on making them happy about our decision, I have to focus of keeping my stress level down and growing a happy baby. I am nervous, but I have a feeling they are going to be ok with it...and grow to be happy about it. I figure I'll tell him I should have gotten him a shotgun for Father's Day. Scott was going to wait to tell his mom and sister, too, but I think they already know. He keeps planting the "what if Dad wants to marry Melissa and have more kids" seed with the kids and they say things to his mom and sister. I guess they've asked him about whether I'm pregnant and he says, "I don't know". Yeah, they know. So I think he's going to officially tell them when he's on vacation at the beach in July. I'm excited for everyone to know...I'm kind of over the hiding it. Plus, I don't think I'm going to be able to hide it much longer!

We will see...