the secret is out

I always said I'd wait until the second trimester to announce my pregnancy, but I can't even wait until I'm pregnant to announce that we're TRYING. Of course I told my parents first, and then we told my mother-in-law and now all of our close friends know too. And the sorta-close friends. And that couple we met that one time at that one party.

This weekend, we were out of town for a cousin's wedding and we saw lots of family. As the new aunt and uncle, the husband and I got lots of questions about when we'll be starting a family. One awkward conversation went something like this:

Uncle: "So, when will you all start bringing some babies into this world?"

Me: "We're working on it."

Cousin: "Should we ask [the husband] this question? Is he not ready for babies?"

Me: "No, we're ready."

{Awkward pause}

Cousin: "Oh, so you're working on it!!"

Me: "Uh, yes."

{Uncle abruptly walks away}

Well Uncle, don't ask if you don't want to know.

The point of my story is that our secret has now been exposed to a number of cousins, aunts and uncles. I'm sure this new juicy bit of gossip will slowly trickle down through the family tree so that when we are finally pregnant one day, it will come as a surprise to no one. I may regret it later, but right now, I'm okay with that. Nothing I can do about it now anyway, right?