Telling my brothers, all 3 OF THEM!!!

Kyle gets to go first, he is after all expecting too!!! We wanted to tell all our brothers in person, sorry Jay, so we waited for a trip Kyle planned to tell him...keep in mind he made me wait longer to tell because his brother wanted "the perfect moment." So Adam, Kyle and I were in the living room and he had been at our house for a WEEK already, okay not a week, but it sure felt like 42 days I tell you.

We are all in the living room and I get the signal from Adam, we FINALLY get to tell him. Trust me there were PLENTY of PERFECT opportunities before that, BUT Adam is trying to teach me patience, poor man. SO I head to the bedroom to grab the Hawkeye pacifiers my wonderful husband bought when we first heard we were pregnant.

I say, "Kyle do you want to see what Adam got for me when he went to Iowa City for work a couple weeks ago?" Bless his heart I think he was worried I would come out in some crazy costume of some sort, good thing he didn't faint or vomit or something :). I hand him the pacifiers and again he has this weird, what is she trying to show me look on his poor face. He must think I'm insane...So then we tell him, your baby is going to have a cousin, in June.

Wait for it, but Kyle, your baby is going to have TWO cousins in June. Kyle picks up Adam, they steamroller all over the couch and I think Uncle Kyle is probably still smiling as we speak!!! The he reminds Adam of all THE PERFECT times we could have told him, but didn't. I told you we could have very easily let this secret out MUCH earlier, but Adam wanted to tell his mom first.

JAKE A ROO :)

Now keep in mind, Adam wanted to tell both brothers in person, yet we told Kyle and then we had to WAIT for Jake to get off work. We decide to put the bassinette together and put it right out in the living room so when Jake came over he saw a baby bed in the room first thing...Yes we are an odd family. So Kyle text Jake to make sure he was coming over after work and you could see the proud uncle BEAMING and wanting to tell his brother the good news, but knowing Adam and I would strangle him if he did :)

Jake walks in and I was listening in the back bedroom. I can imagine how this plays out, I'm guessing Jake is wondering why we would put together a gift for Kyle to take to Florida when it would have been a million times easier to just ship it in the box...

That's when Adam said, "It;s my bassinette, not Kyle's." Immediately Jake knows exactly what's going on and he's taking it all in when I sneak in and tell him the kicker. "jake, we actually need TWO bassinettes, TWO cribs and TWO of everything else, we're having TWINS!!! Jake is the kid whisperer, just ask my sister, I'm sure he is more excited about the walking, learning, laughing times of toddlers than the pooping and eating times of newborns, but he will be GREAT. I know it, I've seen him in action.
Oh and one other thing, I have been calling Jake Uncle Jake for as long as I can remember, even to his siblings, sorry Sabrina, I know he's your brother, I just can't help it and Ash I know he's your daddy and not your uncle, but at least with my kids I will get it right :)

JAY or JUSTIN JAMES HOLLAND NORTHRUP

I told my third brother on the phone, I couldn't help it, see poor Adam and his quest to grant me patience. My brother, the brilliant man that he is said, "well every family has one bad apple and since you are having twins, you are guaranteed to like at least one of them." He cracks me up I tell you. I can't wait to see him at Christmas this year, it's been WAY too long.