How I Told My Husband I Was Pregnant

Let "Operation McDaddy" planning commence!

Our dear friends, The Spencers, helped me pull the surprise of his life off.  I couldn't be more grateful for them!  The plan started first exactly a week after I found out with me driving 14.5 hours through six states to Oklahoma!  I was suppose to be on the road anyway coming home from a TDY so my husband didn't think anything of it when he called and I was still on the road.  I crashed at their house that evening, and woke up with so many butterflies in my stomach the next day!  The week before I contacted a local photographer who very graciously last minute could schedule me in to capture this moment.  I'm all about photography, so this was a must for me.  We had his buddy set up a lunch date with him after he got out of class, but first meeting "him" at the Center of the Universe in Tulsa beforehand.  My oblivious husband obliged and thought nothing of it.  That afternoon he walked up the ramp, saw his wife and finally after 6 years together was asked a question that would change his world forever.

Photos By: Bethanni Murphy, Tulsa OK

Will you be my McBaby-Daddy?

I have a secret...

It's funny because I was SO nervous before he walked up.  The very sweet photographer kept me calm, but for the life of me I don't know why I was so nervous!  It's not like he's was going to say no, right?  Finally after about 40 minutes of pacing, I see a handsome man in an Atlanta Braves hat stroll up the ramp.

A look of a man who just found out he's going to be a Dad!

He was in shock just seeing me but then he said he knew he was in full ambush mode when I pulled the sign from behind my back.  He said he didn't even have to read it to know what I was conveying.  We hugged, we smiled, we laughed, we kissed and we basked in our new-found parenthood together for the first time.  It was exactly as I pictured it.  I chose the Center of the Universe because this new McBaby will be the center of ours for the rest of our lives.  He agreed as well that he wouldn't have wanted to be told any other way.  It was SO worth hiding the biggest secret ever for a week, and driving roundtrip 32 hours in 3 days just to see his face.  He deserved to be surprised for once!

I'll never forget his face.

Afterwards we took some fun photos both armed with the most exciting information of our lives.  It wasn't hard to keep the smiles on our faces!

Kit needed a break, the shock wore off!

Thanks again Bethanni Murphy for squeezing us in so last minute, thank you Jenna and Wes for letting me crash at your house in the middle of the week and baiting my unsuspecting husband!