Fun Way to Tell My Father I'm Pregnant :)

Get a onsie that says something like "my grandpas the best" or whatever and than give it to grandpa wrapped up. I did something similar to my hubby, gave him a gift with a card that said "you are going to need these" and inside was a onsie that said "worlds best dad" and a baby bottle. He about fainted!

I found a T-Shirt with a "port hole" and a baby in it...that's how i told my parents I was pregnant again....it took my mom a minute to register...but everyone thought it was cute!! I wore it on the airplane so I when they saw us get off the plane (this was before 9/11 and you could meet people at the gate)...dad was estatic - again - took my mom a minute or two to realize what I was wearing..

Get a photo frame and in it put a photo with you and your hubby and child. put in a note that says frame $1 new shirts $5 the fact that there are 4 people in the photo not 3 priceless ..........

We gave our parents bibs that said "I love my Grandma/Grandpa"....my FIL thought they were for our dog until my MIL started crying!! We'd been trying for almost 2 years.

With our second one we made a "guess who's going to be a big sister" shirt, but it took people *forever* to notice it! I finally had to ask "so, what do you think of C's shirt?"

With our third we just told everyone....it was old news by then ;o) hahaha

If your daughter is going to be there put a I'm going to be a big sister t shirt on her and let her do the announcing.

I was several weeks less than 11 weeks when I visited my father and he knew the second I hugged him! When my brother asked him later how he knew for sure, he said "she had boobs!" At 11 weeks, he would've known the second he SAW me!

Your daughter could wear a "big sister" shirt. Or, you could wear something like this:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62721921/mom-and-dad-to-be-gi...

Congratulations!

Here are a few fun ways:

*Have your daughter wear a shirt saying "Big Sister"
*Frame a copy of the ultrasound and hand it to him. In my experience, this is most effective when recipients are wearing any necessary eyeglasses, LOL.
*When we announced our last baby, we took a picture with our older daughter (then 21 months) holding a poster that read, "Guess who's going to be a big sister!" And another picture of her handing that poster to her brother (then 16 years). Since you'll be face to face, you could have your daughter carry a sign.

I'm sure you'll get even more creative answers, but those are a few things we've done.

buy a infant t-shirt that says 'greatest grandpa' or something like that. or buy baby socks or a rattler, etc.and leave them around the house.

Bring him a tshirt that says "I love my grandCHILDREN" on it.
Write "Hi Gramps" on your tummy and lift your shirt when appropriate.
Buy a card that says "Congratualtions on your new grandchild" and write what you want to say in it.

I like the ideas you have gotten here already. Defintiely come right out and say it and don't leave things around the house as you want him to know that you want him to know and are not trying to keep him in the dark. If you don't have any ultrasound pictures yet give him a frame with two openings and the blank one can say to be filled (due date)

One of the cutest ways I've seen to let family know you're going to have a baby, I actually read about on this site! Get the whole family together for a photo when you arrive at your dad's. Have your husband take the picture, and instead of having him say "Everyone say 'cheese'" have him say "Okay, everybody say 'M. is pregnant!'" And then have him snap the picture. Ah, a priceless memory captured forever. Congratulations!

One thing would be a poem I read once:

Just thought I should tell you,
Just thought you should know,
That you'll be a Grandpa
in 7 months or so.

You could give him an early Father's Day card or something with that in it.
Everyone has really cute ideas here. And btw, congratulations! :D

When we were pregnant with our first, I knitted a pair of baby booties and gave them to my father on Father's Day. When he unwrapped the small package, at first he thought they were covers for his new putters (he's a golf nut) or doggie shoes for their dog, but then his eyes opened wide and he said "Really?!" It was a fun way to break it to him.

My daughter wore a shirt that said "I have a Secret" on the front and on the back it read, "I 'm going to be a Big Sister." This is how we told my parents and it was a HIT :)

I found the shirt online. There may be t-shirt iron on kids where you can make your own too.

Congrats!! What a fun time for you!

Try your best to set up a camera and record it! We have video of telling our parents (and when I told my husband) and that video is so special! We framed a pic of the sonogram and told them to open it! Took them a bit to tell what it was, but it was neat to see them realize it on their own. Good luck and congrats!!

The way we announced our first baby was at Christmas... we had found a small stork "cake topper" and wrapped it up.

When my parents opened it up, my M. "got it" immediately... my dad was a bit more confused! He looked at it, looked again, and said "That's nice" ,.... in the tone of "Ok, thanks for the gift, but I don't know what I'll use it for" ......

Finally my M. said... "what is it?" he said..."A bird...." my M. said.. "what kind of bird?" my dad said "A stork?????" And finally understood!

That was a priceless memory, even 28 years later!

I bought a stuffed animal that held a giftcard. I made a copy of my pregnancy test and put it in the holder. I purchased one for my MIL, my parents and my sister and we all went to dinner and I gave it to them then.

We gave the grandparents a gift bag with bibs that said "I love grandma" and I love grandpa" when we were expecting our daughter (I already had a 15 year old son). My MIL started crying!