Am I on the correct blog???

huh

I created facebook acct's for them using the names Romulus and Remus, uploaded the ultrasound pic and tagged them in it.

Well, it doesn't fit with AT, but it's better writing than some of the posts, don't you think?

Congratulations!
I was born in New Orleans and after living in other states for 13 years I still miss Mardi Gras and all it brings. And don't get me started on how much I miss authentic New Orleans cooking and king cakes.

That's cute! As for whether it's appropriate, home is a part of life and life is a part of home...so, it makes sense to me.

I'm not one for big reveals, either. I took my mom and my twin brother to breakfast, ordered decaf coffee, and explained to them that I couldn't have caffeine because I was pregnant. My mom was one for big reveals, though...she stood up and told the whole restaurant! I was mortified! Twin Bro was much nicer. He congratulated me, asked if he could tell all his friends because he was just so excited, and told me he'd do whatever he could to make my life easier. <3

On that note, Roni, congratulations, and hang in there! Twins are twice the work at first, twice the fun as life goes on, and a wonderful gift to each other.

random...but i can dig it.

I thought I stumbled on the wrong blog, too, but this is super cute!

Add a king cake recipe and this would fit in just fine in theKitchn. Otherwise, it barely even fits within Ohdeeoh's scope of posts.

Anyhoo, it was a cute idea. My sister announced her pregnancy by giving my dad a picture of her ultrasound as a present for his 60th birthday; he had wanted grandkids so badly that he was in tears.

true SuzeH, but that's not saying much....

Wow, some people are so snippy lately. Ohdeedoh features information about kids' parties and showers, and that can obviously include pieces like this about announcing a new baby. It's a cute story, and a nice way to work the announcement into a meaningful tradition for you.

We found out we were having twins at the 18 week sonogram, when we just thought we were finding out if it was a boy or girl. The doctor was surprised too, and said there are two babies here, let me go check and see how much time we have allotted to this appointment. (It was a little more crazy than that) but the point is he left us in the room alone. I called my mom, told her and hung up when the doctor came back into the room, and by the time we found out any more information, everyone in the whole world knew. Oh, I guess just everyone in my world knew. My mom called everybody. It was too crazy for words. http://checkyourselfbeforeyou.blogspot.com/

This is the problem with combining Ohdeedoh and regular AT- I like this post- but I don't like people's snarky attitudes towards it. Why oh why did you combine them AT???

I had no idea this tradition is still in use in New Orleans. I live in France where it's very popular. This january on workdays, I didn't have a single breakfast at home cause there was at least one (if not two) "galette des rois" (kings cake) available each day. And then it was Candlemas and its crêpes. So yummy.

It's true. I miss Ohdeedoh. I know I can still click over to the "Family" page, but it's just not the same. And I think this is a great post, which would have gone perfectly on Ohdeedoh where nobody would have been commenting on the inappropriateness of it being on AT.

I think this was a cute and clever way of announcing twins. I found out I was pregnant with my second just before Christmas one year, shortly after my sister-in-law announced that she was pregnant. We gave my in-laws an early Christmas gift, which was three Christmasy picture frames (they were big on decorating for the holidays). They were a little confused as to why we'd had them open such a mundane gift early, and then why there were three the same. We told them there was one for each grandchild, and it didn't take them long to figure it out.

I agree about the snippy comments...I have always loved Oohdeedoh and don't remember all this attitude over there and that is unfortunate. Maybe Apt Therapy needs to put up a post about the combination.
Our twin reveal came about almost the same way as JO4VT's except we were in the ER for what we thought was a 2nd trimester miscarriage and surprise ('Everything is fine..you know there are two in there right?') it was twins. Same thing, quick phone call home and everyone knew by the time we were released.
This King's cake idea is great though, I would have loved to do something cute like that had I not been so shocked :)

I'm with everyone else - I don't understand why you had to combine Ohdeedoh with AT. I used to find reading the comments on Ohdeedoh enjoyable. Now, it's just painful.

well why don't they put a warning "FAMILY STUFF AHOY" in front of it? sheesh. it's a little post.

as for big reveals I WANTED to do something for my husband but both times I wasa too excited to be elaborate. same goes with telling my family. we did throw a "I am the big brother aka the boss" tshirt on our 1st when we went to visit my inlaws. they didn't appreciate it though.

The poor tech posts get a lot of grief, too, not just the ohdeedoh. Ah well...

Just wanted to put in another vote for the old Ohdeedoh! It feels like the 'family' posts are few and far between these days and they are all watered down to appeal to the AT readers and as a result Ohdeedoh just doesn't exist anymore. Poor form AT. I loved reading AT and Ohdeedoh, but not together. What a shame, the comments used to be really useful and helpful to other parents. I have gone from checking the site many times a day to just browsing once in the evening if I remember.

This post makes me want to Mardi Gras Mambo! What I wouldn't give for a Gambino's King Cake right now... Laissez les bons temps rouler!

FWIW, I have been ignoring the change, and just typing Ohdeedoh into my browser--it redirects here and shows all the family posts, and I get to pretend it's still the good ol' days. Then I click over to the main page and am a little annoyed to have to scroll past all the family posts I already looked at, but you can't have everything....

I do as Hyzen also. And another vote here for not liking the new format. Boo!

Up until recently I thought King Cake was only a Mexican tradition. I keep meaning to look up the history and forget. Cute idea on how to announce.

As for how we announced, first pregnancy I sent out small baby bottles with a message inside of them to our family members (they live abroad). For our second pregnancy, we just called everyone.

Hooray Babies! Now you can buy more stuff to put in your house!