![]() On Easter Sunday we drove over to my parents' house and gave them an Easter basket and told them there was a treat at the bottom. I was an older, first-time latina mother (in my late 30s) and my parents had probably already given up hope. ![]() On Good Friday, my husband and I went to get our ultrasound done and decided it would be so incredible if we could share the news on Easter Sunday. He went into surgery in January and I found out I was pregnant soon afterwards. "My father was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer on Christmas Eve 2011. My mother in disbelief that she got an ultrasound of our new puppy and couldn't believe my brother (who never cries) was crying over a dog! Finally, she realized, the photo was actually a baby ultrasound and immediately started crying and talking to my belly, 'Hello grandbaby, I am so glad you are not a furbaby!'" -Beth Taylor My brother who received the 'Dogfather' card started crying. The funny part: We gave each person a different pup-Dalmatian, Rottweiler, French Poodle, etc.-while we gave the 'soon to be' grandparents a photo of the baby ultrasound. Little did they know we were announcing our baby! We gave each person a folded card-the front side had a collage of all our family pups with a question mark next to a blank photo space and directions to open the card to reveal the new pup. So we decided to make a big deal about the announcement of our new puppy. "My mom would do anything to have a grandbaby-not so much another grandpuppy-and my siblings had strong opinions on what type of pup joined the pack.
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