I am so excited about this baby! From the beginning I knew I wanted to do something big to "reveal" the gender and I started seeing/hearing about these "Gender Reveal Parties"! My friend Susan so graciously offered to throw us one and it was amazing! I am so grateful for all our friends that made it out and for the memories that we made last night! Here is the run-down of how it all happened!
Aaron and I had my 20 week appointment Tuesday morning. We told them we did NOT want to know during the appointment. The doctor handed us a sealed envelope before we left with the gender written on the inside.
From there, I picked up my mom from the airport and we headed to Susan's house to hand over that envelope! She had already been planning for this party all week, buying fun decorations and making cute signs! She said she wasn't going to open it, but later I found out she opened it the minute we left her house!! (Her excuse, she had to call the baker to tell her what color to put on the inside!)
Then, Friday night, we all headed to Susan's for the party. She had ordered bows & mustaches for everyone to choose what they thought it would be, had a place where people could write down name suggestions (I can't wait to really read those!) and a spot to predict the gender. She made ah-mazing food and right in the middle were the cupcakes that would reveal pink or blue filling once we bit into it! I had to keep moving myself away from the cupcakes, it was making me so anxious!
Finally, the time came when we took pictures of all the "bow" people and then the "mustache" people, and as a group! Then it was time to bit into our cupcake!!!
Though everyone had their own cupcake, they waited and let Aaron and I find out first! We were both shocked! We both had been thinking girl up until that point, but it didn't matter! We are thrilled to know we are having a boy!!! It was mustaches all around for the rest of the night!!
Here are the pics! And a video at the end!
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| These boys are both so happy it is a BOY! |
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| The Mustache Group |
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| The Bow Group (Thanks Isaac for choosing bow!) |
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| EVERYONE! |
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| Right when we found out, sharing with everyone watching! |
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| YAY! BOY! |
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| My Annex Bible Study girls....all the way down from Boulder, I was so happy to have them there! |
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| Susan and Joy, thank you SO much for everything! |
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| Susan & Chuck, the wonderful hosts! |
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| Susan, Me and MoMo!! |
Annnnd here is a video of when we found it! (Thanks Andrew!)
Congratulations Katie and Aaron! What an awesome way to find out and share your joy. Many blessings as the weeks of your pregnancy continue.
ReplyDeleteI love it! I like how Aaron just wanted to keep eating the cupcake. Congratulations!!!!!!
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