Photos: Dad-to-be reacts to surprise pregnancy reveal

Brandon Dow got the surprise of a lifetime when a recent photo shoot with his wife Bri ended with some very big news.

When the Wisconsin couple booked a session with local photographer Samantha Boos, Brandon thought it was because they’d won a free photo shoot. He had no idea that it was actually part of his wife’s very elaborate, very creative pregnancy reveal!

Part way through the session, Samantha gave both Bri and Brandon a chalkboard and asked them each to write down three words that describe the other.

Brandon wrote “love, cute, sweet.”

Bri wrote, “You’re going to be a Daddy.”

That’s more than three words, but I think we’ll forgive her.

Flip through the photos to see the dad-to-be’s emotional reaction…

(Samantha Boos Photography)

Bri explains that the idea to surprise her husband with the baby news was sparked back when they got engaged: “Brandon proposed to me while we both were wakeboarding and had his sister record that special moment,” she told ABC News. “I always knew that I wanted to surprise him somehow just as he surprised me with the unique proposal.”

His response was everything she’d hoped for, and more.

“As soon as he was reading my board I just kept looking at his eyes and could tell he was so shocked and excited. After he read my board he looked into my eyes and said ‘Really?!’ and I said ‘Yes!’ He hugged me instantly and cried with joy. It was the perfect moment and feeling I will never forget.”

We’ve seen a couple of similar pregnancy announcements in the past, I just love them. I only have a vague recollection of my husband’s reaction when I broke the news to him all those years ago. It’s such a big moment, the first step of a wonderful journey together. It would be pretty cool to have it frozen in photos.

Thanks to Samantha Boos for sharing these great pictures with us. Be sure to visit her web site and follow her on Facebook to see more of her photography.

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