A couple gave their beloved parents the ultimate surprise when they opened pizza and cookie boxes to discover their kids were set to welcome a rainbow baby. Courtney and Lucas Evett, from Dallas, Texas, experienced loss in December 2022, when Courtney went through an ectopic pregnancy, where a fertilized egg cannot survive outside the uterus. Having overcome this difficult period, the couple started trying for a baby again, and on July 17 they captured the moment Courtney discovered she was pregnant with their rainbow baby. The couple decided they wanted to surprise their parents with the good news, and so they came up with the idea of hiding the announcement in some of their favorite foods. Each week, Lucas, 30, and Courtney, 29, head to Courntey's parents – Kristi and Michael O'Roark – for dinner, and so they thought this would provide the perfect cover. Rather than turn up with a gift, which would raise suspicion, the couple suggested pizza for dinner on August 12, hiding their announcement inside a Papa John's box. Then, for Lucas's mom, Ellen Copley, who lives in Wisconsin, the couple prepared a surprise for when they flew in to visit her on August 25, hiding the announcement inside a box of Crumble Cookies.
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00:00 - Cut!
00:00 - Cut!
00:01 - Cut!
00:02 - Cut!
00:03 - Cut!
00:04 - Courtney and Lucas found out they were expecting
00:06 shortly after their wedding, but then...
00:10 - Within a month, we found out we were having
00:11 a topic pregnancy, and that just is something
00:14 that you can't prepare for.
00:16 It's such a dark time in your life
00:18 that you feel pretty isolated,
00:19 even if you have an amazing partner like I did.
00:22 I had to have surgery, and my life was,
00:25 depending on the surgery, and in that moment,
00:27 we also found out we weren't gonna have a baby.
00:29 - But after six months of trying again...
00:33 - What?
00:36 - They found out they'd be parents after all.
00:43 - It's such a miracle, and now I truly understand
00:48 that word when you say you have a miracle of a child.
00:52 To have one really is a miracle.
00:54 There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
00:56 It can take as short as six months, like it did for us,
00:59 or it could take years, but there is always a light.
01:02 - And they, of course, had to share the news
01:04 of their rainbow baby with their parents.
01:07 - They all experienced that loss of the first child,
01:10 grandchild, with us, so we knew we really wanted
01:13 to do something and make it special for them as well.
01:15 - Courtney's parents were up first.
01:18 - No way!
01:19 Are you guys serious?
01:23 - Yeah.
01:24 - It's for, like, we waited.
01:26 - Dad told her so.
01:28 - Oh, yay, they're pregnant.
01:30 (laughing)
01:38 - Then it was time to surprise Lucas's side of the family.
01:42 - We had to fly up north to Wisconsin to surprise his mom,
01:45 and that was already gonna be a surprise,
01:47 so we knew that it had to be right off the bat,
01:50 so we brought her cookies, which are her favorite.
01:53 - Guys!
01:54 - Guys, I knew it!
01:56 I knew it!
01:57 - And now, they're looking forward most to...
02:02 - Just watching my belly grow.
02:06 Obviously meeting our baby girl, we're so excited.
02:09 Growing as parents, growing together,
02:11 and doing this as a team, we're just, like,
02:13 really excited to experience this chapter in our life.
02:16 (gentle music)
02:18 (music fades)