Fun Ways to announce your pregnancy to family/friends...

We are having our parents over for a BBQ on 4th of July, so I had this idea to get a cake made that says "We're having a Baby!" as long as no one guesses before we eat dessert! I will have to drink non alcoholic drinks that look alcoholic so they don't catch on!

Anyone else have fun/creative ways to announce their pregnancy?

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I found this site ~ thought it was cute

http://www.pregnancyandbaby.com/pregnancy/articles/945721/30-ways-to-announce-your-pregnancy

To tell your family and the world:
10. Have an older-sibling-to-be wear a t-shirt with the phrase, “I’m going to be a big brother/sister!” for all to see like Josephine Geraci of New York
11. Take a photo, and instead of saying, “Say Cheese,” exclaim, “Say [insert name]’s pregnant!” and watch the faces you’ll capture for eternity
12. “My wife and I brought over non-alcoholic beer to "toast to good news"...Since we usually drink the normal stuff…the future grandparents and uncle got their first clue that someone was on the way.” Ryan McGrath, Grand Haven, MI
13. Create a family tree with a blank spot under you and your partner’s names, with your due date penciled in
14. “I work in Marketing. So I announced my second pregnancy with a press release to my coworkers about a new player joining the Thayer team...” Susan Thayer, Omaha, NE
15. Pass out pink- and blue-frosted cupcakes and see who guesses
16. “I sent my parents a brag book and the cover photo was a sonogram of my baby at 5.5 weeks!” Taiisha Pinkney

17. Hand out cookies with words like “mommy,” “daddy,” and “baby!”
18. “We ordered a customized tee that stated our last names (Miller and Levin Production) on the belly!” Amye Levin
19. Send out invitations that include the due date and the name of the hospital where you will deliver
20. “At a dinner party with all my girlfriends…I bought miniature plastic babies from a party store, froze them in ice trays and dropped them into their…martinis. In a few minutes I heard, ‘Wait...why is there a baby in my drink!’” Korie Conant
21. Give out baby-themed frames to family with a picture of a stork on it, featuring your due date
22. Make up a game and buy trinkets representing each person…including a baby item like Steve Cosio of Mansfield, Texas did
23. “I gave my [family members] cards from baby-to-be…addressed to the Grandmas, and the aunt and uncle.” Beth Azor, Davie, FL
24. Take a photo of your older child(ren) holding your ultrasound photo and send it out announcement style
25. “I bought a countdown clock and set it to the date my baby was due. Put it in a box and sent it to both sets of grandparents-to-be.” Lisa S. Herman, Palm Desert, CA
26. Create “Grandma” and “Grandpa” buttons and pin them on the grandaparent-to-bes like Beth Shumate of McKinney, TX
27. “My husband and I told our families we were pregnant on video in front of the Eiffel Tower Paris. We sent them an hour long video and at the end of the video we told them with the tower as a backdrop.” Sherry Aikens, Philadelphia
28. Hand out personalized candies with the big announcement like Tammy Vance and her husband
29. “We announced the baby news to my parents…by sending them "Grandma" and "Grandpa" t-shirts.” Cathy Hale, Austin, TX
30. “We sent everybody a mug with name of their new relationship to the baby, i.e. Aunt, Grandma, Godmother, Uncle, Pumping Station Owner (my old boss).” Julie Sue Auslander

Fun Ways to announce your pregnancy to family/friends...

some of those are really cute and creative! I should submit my cake idea!

Anyone else do anything fun?

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we announced christimas eve just shy of the 10 week mark.. We put a pic of the the 9 week sono in a nutcracker frame (joke between dh adn mil). when she opened it it read- "coming soon" baby (my last name)2012. and my sil got it and started screaming!! took my MIL a while to get it.. hell she didnt even want to openit..she has like 30 nutcrackers frommy dh..hahaha

Fun Ways to announce your pregnancy to family/friends...

We had a cake made up, like a black and white cookie cake, except it was half pink and half blue. We had the bakery write "rose are red, violets are blue, guess when your first grandchild is do?"! My parents loved it!

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We did the cake thing. It was around the time of STBX's birthday. I had everyone over for dinner, my family and his family. For dessert the cake said "MY NAME's PREGNANT". It took a couple of seconds for everyone to catch on, some people even started to sing happy birthday. Then everyone was shouting and crying. It was really fun!

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We tod our family 7/4 last year and I made cupcakes and spelled out "surprise! We're pregnant!!". It was a huge hit. Then I gave my SIL a card with a sono pic that said. "will you be my godmother?"

Fun Ways to announce your pregnancy to family/friends...

Crashing...

We got my mom and dad each a gift bag, separately, that had a bib in it that says "I love my Grandma/Grandpa". Told them we got them a surprise and then I took video of them opening it.

My mom got it right away, he face and reaction is priceless. My father did not quite get it and watching as he finally DOES get it, was hilarious. I love watching the videos of them.