More grandparents-to-be get the big news
Clare and Ross also want to share the story of telling the Swanes grandparents-to-be about the pregnancy. Apologies for the delay in getting this blog on the site! It's tough to keep up with all the great blog material Clare sends. Anyway, here's how Clare described it:
"We were trying to wait until we saw Ross' parents, Pam and John, in person to tell them about Bucky. We had a trip planned to Gig Harbor (Ross' hometown) to celebrate his grandmother's eightieth birthday and we had planned to tell them then. However, it kept getting harder and harder to answer their repeated 'Anything new going on?' with a dull voice and stories of day-to-day minutia.
By the time the Forth of July arrived (Independence Day is a very important Swanes holiday: not only would the family would celebrate their patriotism by setting a boat ablaze with fireworks, but it had also been Grandpa Swanes' birthday), we decided that we couldn't wait any longer. Plus, what better day to share the news?
Ross made the call:
'Hey, Mom. Clare and I have been looking over the calendar, and well, we might have trouble making it out for the holidays and Emily's graduation, because, well... you're going to be grandparents soon after that!'
As with any good surprise, the appropriate response came immediately:
'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' We heard the sound of pure, spontaneous joy escaping Pam's heart in the form of a high pitched, spirit-lifting squeal. We had caught her completely off guard.
Then Pam told John to get on the phone. He protested that he couldn't as his hands were covered in raw shrimp. A small 'discussion' between Pam and John followed, concluding with hands getting washed. Soon Ross heard his dad's voice, 'Yaa-ello?' (the typical male Swanes phone greeting).
Since the cat was already out of the bag, and I'm sure Pam's glowing face gave away the exciting news, Ross simply told him, 'You're going to be a Grandpa!'
John's reaction made us chuckle, 'Wow! Gosh, this is exciting! Oh, wow! Oh, my!' My personal favorite was, 'Gee wiz!'
Pam and John were, and are, completely excited. It was a great weight off our shoulders to be able to share the news with them, and it was so much fun hear how excited they are about becoming grandparents."
"We were trying to wait until we saw Ross' parents, Pam and John, in person to tell them about Bucky. We had a trip planned to Gig Harbor (Ross' hometown) to celebrate his grandmother's eightieth birthday and we had planned to tell them then. However, it kept getting harder and harder to answer their repeated 'Anything new going on?' with a dull voice and stories of day-to-day minutia.
By the time the Forth of July arrived (Independence Day is a very important Swanes holiday: not only would the family would celebrate their patriotism by setting a boat ablaze with fireworks, but it had also been Grandpa Swanes' birthday), we decided that we couldn't wait any longer. Plus, what better day to share the news?
Ross made the call:
'Hey, Mom. Clare and I have been looking over the calendar, and well, we might have trouble making it out for the holidays and Emily's graduation, because, well... you're going to be grandparents soon after that!'
As with any good surprise, the appropriate response came immediately:
'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' We heard the sound of pure, spontaneous joy escaping Pam's heart in the form of a high pitched, spirit-lifting squeal. We had caught her completely off guard.
Then Pam told John to get on the phone. He protested that he couldn't as his hands were covered in raw shrimp. A small 'discussion' between Pam and John followed, concluding with hands getting washed. Soon Ross heard his dad's voice, 'Yaa-ello?' (the typical male Swanes phone greeting).
Since the cat was already out of the bag, and I'm sure Pam's glowing face gave away the exciting news, Ross simply told him, 'You're going to be a Grandpa!'
John's reaction made us chuckle, 'Wow! Gosh, this is exciting! Oh, wow! Oh, my!' My personal favorite was, 'Gee wiz!'
Pam and John were, and are, completely excited. It was a great weight off our shoulders to be able to share the news with them, and it was so much fun hear how excited they are about becoming grandparents."
posted by RB at 12:43 PM
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