Baby Woodruff is a boy! We are still withholding the name and may wait until the day it is born…  😉

I have figured how to update this blog from my cell phone, so I hope to give you guys an update on the sex of the baby between 10-10:30am on Monday.

So if the baby cooperates and the doctor is pretty confident, I will send an update from my cell phone so you can have the news as quick as possible.

Keep checking back on Monday…

It is funny to watch how Victoria has approached announcing her news to people. One of those times was when she announced it to our dentist. Sure, most of you are saying that is no big deal and probably necessary (so no x-rays will be taken), but let me give you the whole story…

It was Friday, May 25th and it was only about 6 hours since our visit to the doctor’s office and the “official confirmation”. We were in Maggie Moo’s in City Center getting some ice cream. Dr. Blaney our dentist was standing in front of us. Victoria said hello and decided to tell Dr. Blaney she was pregnant. He congratulated us and then treated us to some ice cream. Ok, what was wrong with this? Well, consider for a moment that we hadn’t told anyone in our families just yet (that was still two days away). All I could think of was that her parents might run into Dr. Blaney the next day and he might say something about seeing Victoria and her being pregnant. Thankfully, that didn’t happen and the secret was safe.

It is funny to watch her when she tells people. She kind of has a knack for just dropping it on people. I guess there is really no ice breaker when it comes to announcing your pregnancy to friends, co-workers, or even strangers. Maybe you can start with…”I’ve been really tired lately” or “I’ve been urinating a lot lately” — and then drop it on them — “I am pregnant”….

Or maybe Victoria’s approach is the best way…

I mentioned in an earlier blog entry that we take walks around our neighborhood. We used to jog quite a bit around the neighborhood and most of the active people in the neighborhood know who’s who. We don’t actually know any of the “regulars” names but say hi as we walk or jog by. There is one lady that we see jogging all the time. Since we see her all the time, its almost as though she is a friend of ours. Remember, we don’t know her name. Well, we went for a walk tonight and this lady was out walking with a couple of her friends. As we approached her she says, “Are you walking to keep it fit.” [Pointing to Victoria’s stomach.] I smiled and Victoria smiled. Then I looked quickly at Victoria’s stomach to see if there was a neon sign on it that said “Baby on board”. Nope, no sign. Ok, maybe she had grown several inches since I last checked. Nope, no large increase in the stomach. Heck, she is still hardly showing. So needless to say, I had a perplexed look on my face. How did she know Victoria was pregnant?!?!?

Well, I turned to Victoria and asked her how the lady knew. She informed me that during Victoria’s walk this morning, this lady was out jogging. Some quick background information about this lady — this lady normally trains for marathons and when she runs she is in a zone and does not say hi too often or acknowledge you’re there. She is really zoned in on her jogging. Well, sweet and glowing Victoria was out taking her morning walk as the lady was jogging. All in a flash, Victoria said, “Hi, hi. How are you? I am pregnant.” The lady didn’t even stop, but turned and said “Congratulations!”. That’s my wife and the future mother of our child. Loves to share her pregnancy with anyone and everyone no matter what they are doing.

The most we have ever said to this lady in the past was “hi” or “how are you”. Now Victoria has decided to drop the “big one” on her.

I got a laugh out of this and we are still laughing now as I am typing this entry.

We have it all set up. We are going to Richmond today to have lunch with Danny, Kristen, and my Mom. We have also set up dinner with Victoria’s Mom and Dad at 7pm tonight. No one suspects a thing.

Richmond announcement:

We stopped at the rest area on the way up because Victoria had to use the bathroom. I was hoping my mom was not going to suspect anything and I was also concerned that Victoria might have been sick. She was fine, she just had to urinate (something that occurs frequently when you are pregnant). We made it to Richmond and Victoria had to use the bathroom again. Danny asked me if Victoria was feeling ok. I said yes and he asked me again. I sensed he knew something was up but I didn’t let on. Danny showed us the house and we had some cake. Victoria had a big piece — she is eating for two now. 😉

Everyone was sitting in my brother’s living room and that is when I gave my mom the gift bag that contained the blue and pink booties. She opened the gift and was not sure what it was. She was a little confused and I rubbed her on her back and said, “Mom, you’re gonna be a grandma.” She got all excited and hugged Victoria and I. Danny and Kristin were excited and congratulated us. We called Bucky, Melissa, and Antoinette.

Announcing to Victoria’s parents:

We got home around 5:30pm and had a little while before Victoria’s Mom and Dad came over. We sat them down outside and did some chatting. Victoria went and got the gift bag and gave it to her Mom to open. Louise began to open it. She was a little perplexed. I think Gene assumed it was for Chad and Catherine, but they had just found out that they will be having a girl (so the blue booty wouldn’t work for them). Louise recognized this and looked at me with wide eyes. I kind of gave her a nod and then she started hugging and crying Victoria. Victoria was crying. Gene and I also shed a tear or two. It was pretty amazing. For the next hour or so, we called family and chatted about the pregnancy.