On Monday morning, Will and I found out we are having a little girl. We booked this appointment weeks ago, so I had plenty of time to think about how I would share this news with the rest of my family.
The plan: Flowers. I would send a bouquet of pink or blue flowers to my parents, in-laws, and sister with a card telling them to expect a grandson/daughter or niece/nephew. The baby’s sex cooperated with the laws of botany as pink flowers are far more common than blue. I selected three bouquets of pink roses for same-day delivery and awaited people’s response.
The reality: A certain flower company named for their phone number dropped the ball pretty hard on this one and only one of the three bouquets was actually delivered. My parents got their bouquet within two hours of the order being placed (yay!) but the other two bouquets were never delivered (boo!). Success Rate: 33.3%.
After many phone calls with the company and interactions with their Twitter reps, I decided at 7:30PM to scrap the plan. Same-day bouquets are supposed to be delivered by 7, so at 7:30 it was clear that the plan was no longer viable. Florists had gone home for the day and the company couldn’t even track the bouquets or get a hold of anyone local to sort it out. The company offered to try and deliver the next day, but I knew that I couldn’t wait much longer as people were waiting to know if a little girl or little boy was on the way.
Time to call my sister and in-laws (aka, the bouquet-less).
Two things I forgot to take into consideration:
- My sister knew our anatomy scan was bright and early in the morning on Monday, so when she didn’t hear from me by the afternoon, it was easy to jump to terrible conclusions.
- I didn’t think about how crushed I’d be if the plan didn’t work out. Pregnancy hormones are real, y’all. Tears were shed.
The actual reality: People were, of course, completely thrilled with the news and didn’t care that they heard it over the phone rather than reading it on a card. Once I got over the initial disappointment, making the phone calls was super exciting and made it all feel more real. I’m having a little girl!
I also got to live out a third of the surprise I planned and it was very exciting to hear my mother retell getting her bouquet – having the doorman call up, turning to my father in confusion (did he send her flowers?), and then realizing that they were from me and would be pink or blue to announce the sex of her grandchild. Magic. I wish I’d gotten to do it three times over, but at least I got the one delivery!
Dennis Casey says
Congrats cousin Will and Helena – what a cool way to announce what kind of baby you will have. Of course Grandma Peggy will be loving the grandma thing!! Hope all is well.:
Dennis
Helena says
Thanks!
Bailie @ The Hemborg Wife says
Congratulations! I love the idea of your mom receiving flowers and being like what?!?
Helena says
Thanks! Hearing her describe it was pretty awesome!
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