When Kelsie Taylor, 30, discovered she was pregnant, she simply couldn’t wait to share the news. Top of her list of people to tell was her sister Kendall Wright, 26, who works as a sonographer and ultrasound technician.
So Kelsie hatched a plan to surprise her younger sibling when she was at work at the local imaging clinic on May 28, 2022. With the help of a colleague, the mum-to-be snuck in for a scan without her sister’s knowledge.
The colleague helped her lie down on a bed and displayed the unborn baby on the screen, before calling Kendall in to “lend a quick hand with something”. Upon entering, Kendall then realised it was her sister, along with husband Justin Taylor, who were expecting the baby.
"I was a nervous wreck but I'm so glad it worked out the way it did,” Kelsie said. "I knew it would be a huge shock and extremely emotional, because we're so close.
"We decided to tell all of our friends and family - but I was most excited to tell Kendall of everyone. It was my favourite moment of all."
Kelsie, an event sales manager, and Justin, a 31-year-old mechanical engineer, began trying for a baby when she turned 30 on May 8, with the positive pregnancy test following just a matter of days later.
The jubilant couple started telling friends and family one-by-one to get their individual, natural reactions, with Kendall’s reaction especially anticipated. Kelsie added: "She (the assisting colleague) told me the best day and time to come and then Justin and I waited in the parking lot for the green light.
"The whole office were in on it - keeping Kendall occupied so they could sneak me in. I was in the room with my ultrasound on the screen when she was called into the room by her colleague to 'lend a hand'.
"The first people she saw were my husband and I - and as soon as I saw her face, it was the perfect moment." As expected by Kelsie, the two siblings shed some tears during this personal moment.
"I had no idea she was pregnant. I knew she was trying but I wasn't expecting it to be that soon,” Kendall said. "When I walked into the room and saw my sister, I was thrown off guard - I expected it to be another patient.
"I was shocked and trying to piece it all together. I was extremely happy, and I still am, there were a lot of emotions. I was crying with excitement.
"I'm still at a loss of words now - it couldn't have been more perfect. Only a few months now until I become an auntie."
Kelsie and Justin, from Orlando, Florida, USA, are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of their daughter in late January 2023. Since telling Kendall, she has been the only one to perform several of their ultrasound scans to show them updates of their little girl.
"This is going to be her first niece and it's been lovely that she has been able to show us the baby,” Kelsie continued. "I was most excited to tell Kendall of all the people we told.
"It was the perfect moment."
