With so many pregnancy announcements going viral, it seems like the race is on to come up with the most original way of breaking the news.
When videographer Jon Murray and his wife, Danielle, found out they were expecting their fourth child, they knew straight away that they wanted to make a parody announcement. But when Jon’s brother revealed his wife was also pregnant, the two couples decided to make a video together, using Walk the Moon’s song, ‘Shut Up and Dance’.
Posting the video to YouTube, Danielle said they wanted the video to be “upbeat, positive and really fun.”
She wrote, “There’s a weird stigma attached to having more than two children these days, especially when you have multiple of the same gender. I’ve had our child’s pediatrician ask me if I wanted information on birth control options during a well baby check (without ever implying that we were done having kids), and when I told the optometrist that I was pregnant with baby number four he actually replied, “I’m sorry”. It caught me off guard for a minute before I responded with “we aren’t!” So I think for us especially, it was important to portray that babies are a joy and your first, second, or fourth… they are each worth singing and dancing about!”
She added, “We all really hope it inspires people to share joy and to see large families in a positive light.”
