"Believe It or Not" (Season 3 Episode 8)

As the end of the first trimester approached we realized it we time to spread the word about the pregnancy. We had held in our excitement for 8 weeks and were able to skate by with only telling a few people

The first trimester can be very difficult. There are any number of things that can go wrong to hinder the pregnancy and a high likelihood of a miscarriage. But as the first few months drew to a close we were bursting at the seams to tell EVERYONE the good news.

As fate would have it we were given the perfect opportunity to tell most of the Sprague family all at one time. While in Wildwood for Mummer’s Weekend we took part in a pub crawl. Sadly a few key people were not there with us but we had to proceed as planned. We waited for the perfect bar, ordered a round of shots (which some people needed to be persuaded to drink), and enlisted the help of our friend Jim. Once Michelle and Stacie returned from the bathroom, the toast went something like this:

Jim: “SHOTS IN THE AIR! SHOTS IN THE AIR! SHOTS IN THE AIR!”

Tony: “To Spraggle! The Newest addition to the family”

There were more then a few confused looks until Michelle stood on the bench and lifted her shirt like this:



After a few more seconds of silence the building ERUPTED! People cheered, exchanged hugs, some fell down in shock, Israel declared peace, BP plugged the oil leak, and there were even a few tears.

We made our rounds showing everyone the shirt and allowing a few to touch the belly and take pictures.







Apparently we were nominated for an Emmy award for the way we hid the pregnancy and Michelle still acted like she was drinking.

Over the next week we tried to visit other members of the Sprague Family and a few members of the Frick family. Father's day along with our niece's birthday afforded us the opportunity to tell many Fricks at the same time.

This time we went much more subtle approach; with Michelle just simply wearing the Razy Baby shirt to the party. As each person arrived at the party we left it to them to realize what was on the shirt and internally question what it all meant. In most cases it was met with remarks like "Is that for real?" or "Does that mean what I think it means?" It was quite humorous and a very enjoyable way to spread the word to the whole group yet each person individually.

All in all it’s good to not have to hide it anymore and even Better to be able to finally talk about it openly. Thank you all for being a part of our lives. You helped shape us into who we are today and we hope you will help us do the same with Spraggle,