Erin and I had just figured out we were pregnant and we in total shock with and exuberance of ecstasy. She showed me the pregnancy tests and we went out to dinner to celebrate (Francisco's - we always eat a Francisco's on the corner of Mitchell and Myers).

We had heard the folk wisdom that one should wait 3-4 months as this landmark signifies a reduced risk in the possibility of having a miscarriage. So after dinner, we immediately went and told Erin's Family (Mom, Dad and the girls). The next day we told my family. We told Matt (Matthew Manera). By the end of the week we had told a huge amount of people. It seems that everyone knew and we were only 6 weeks. We told select people in our church family and didn't announce it to the church body until 4 months, but other than that, it made its way around. Side-note: you ever notice that church people like to share secrets in the form of prayer request. If you ever want the church to know about something, ask the prayer team to pray for it.

Telling people is a hard. Not the actual news as much as the order. People think they are more important than they really are. There seems to be some familial hierarchy the people subscribe to even if they have no relationship with a couple. People would literally ask us, "do [so and so] already know?" Not that they were going to tell that person, they just wanted to be first. Very odd, but so it goes. If I were to do it all over again, I would tell only those extremely close to me and wait for everyone to notice the growing belly and ask. This would eliminate the feelings part (because we told no one) and reward those folks who we spend time with. This probably won't happen, but that would be cool

Although many of you have already seen it, Our Announcement to the church and world is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhgVjLbir0s