The Orosz Family: Sharing the News

Matt and I the day we found out we
were expecting. We celebrated at
Houston's that evening.

We found out we were expecting on Sunday afternoon after Andrew and Sonni's wedding weekend - so talk about about an eventful weekend! Matt and I kept the news between us for quite some time, but once we were ready to share the news of Baby Orosz with family it was quite the logistical planning feat. We are in Florida, my parents live in Virginia, and Matt's parents are spending most of the summer in North Carolina. There wasn't a way to share the news of Baby Orosz with everyone in person at one time, so we decided to fly to Virginia one day to tell my family and then fly back to Orlando, FL to tell Matt's family (Matt's parents had just made a quick trip back to Orlando a few days earlier).

Once we arrived in Virginia, we met my parents for dinner at my favorite restaurant, Artie's -- Artie's never lets me down and surprised me with a "Congratulations" treat. Doreen (my mom) knew what was up within seconds of arriving at dinner and Tony (my dad) was wondering what this meant in terms of future law school plans (that ship sailed a LONG time ago! He is genuinely excited to be Grandpa Tisone though). The next day we had breakfast at my aunt and uncle's, which worked out even better than planned because we got to see my cousin Marie who made a pitstop in Fairfax before heading on to Charlottesville for a wedding (she lives in NYC currently). Even though they all originally thought Maggie was pregnant (I have never laughed harder in my entire life) - they eventually caught on that the only one having a baby would be me.

Only me -- but it was also pretty amazing that the weekend coincided with opening night for the last Harry Potter movie, so Matt and I met up with our good friends Erica and Jared to see the movie and enjoy some Pinkberry following. All and all -- a GREAT time in Virginia!

Then it was back to Orlando for a family dinner at our house. We all hadn't been together in quite some time, so Matt told his brothers, their wives and his parents that we would be celebrating the July birthdays, belated Father's Day, and Matt's return from his 10 day hiking adventure. Shortly after they all arrived we had Bill (Matt's dad) open a gift. The gift was a frame with the picture of Miss Maggie below (we had also given the picture to my parents). They got it immediately (they did not think Maggie was pregnant) and we all enjoyed the rest of the evening together. So the final word is that Maggie will be the "Big Sister" -- NOT a mom! The weekend of travel and surprising the family was a LOT of fun!