Gender Reveal Party!

Our 20 week anatomy ultrasound was Friday 02/21 and we planned our gender reveal party for Sunday 02/23.  We took a little bit of a risk as there is no guarantee that the baby will cooperate but thankfully Baby G cooperated.  The invitations went out about 3 weeks prior and I love how they turned out, please excuse Donald Duck...I had to block out the address.



 

When our appointment started, the ultrasound tech asked us if we wanted to know the gender, we told her yes but we wanted it either in an envelope or if possible an email sent to the cake maker.
Our ultrasound tech was so sweet and due to the snowstorm she emailed our cake maker so we didn't have to drive anywhere to deliver it.  She really went above and beyond for us, at our next appointment we are going to bring her a little thank you gift. 

During the appointment she took a peak at the gender without us even knowing and she didn't say a word, I was so surprised when I got a text from the cake maker saying she received the email.

The person who made the cake is a friend of mine, A has been my friend for 30 years and we were bridesmaids in each others weddings.  It meant so much to me to have her be the first person to know and to make the cake.  I sent her some pictures via pinterest, I really wanted a cake with white frosting and pink & blue polka dots...it turned out perfectly!



A was able to keep the secret for 2 days, both my mom and younger sister harassed her a little for the goods and she didn't even flinch! 

The party was to start at 3pm so we served light snacks and refreshments, it was much easer on me.  I ordered most of the decorations from birthdaydirect.com and the prices were extremely reasonable and I loved that they had a gender reveal section.  We had adorable pink & blue plates, napkins and cups along with a pink and blue table cloth. 
On Saturday afternoon Mr. G and I ordered balloons for the party, we chose a pink "it's a girl" giraffe and a blue "it's a boy" giraffe.  They were adorable, we spent too much on balloons but oh well...it's our first baby:) 

I put together a poster board with some of the gender predicting "Old Wives Tales" and here are the predictions I included:

Heartbeat above 140 bpm = Girl
Morning Sickness (no) = Boy
Chinese Gender Predictor = Girl
More Headaches (yes) = Boy
Parent.com Gender Predictor = Girl
Dry Skin = Boy
Acne (yes) = Girl
Clumsy (yes) = Boy



We served vegetables & pretzels with hummus, a cheese & meat plate, guacamole & salsa with chips and a fresh fruit tray. 



For drinks we served baby blue punch and baby pink punch (Non-alcoholic) as well as rose champagne (pink) and brut champagne with a little blue curacao to make it blue.  Sorry about the quality of this picture, our buffet was hard to photograph because of the sun.



All of our family and friends arrived by 3:20pm (yes we had some stragglers, which was frustrating).  We had all of them choose their guess of Baby G's gender by wearing a blue or pink ribbon pin.

 

By 3:30pm Mr. G and I could not wait a minute longer.  We had both gone back and forth thinking it was a boy and then a girl and then a boy...so we really had no idea nor any "gut instincts".

We gathered everyone around the table and cut into the cake!!!

So without further ado...Baby G is a...



 

 

GIRL!!!!!!



 

As you can see by the first reaction picture, it was an emotional and surprising moment.  I cried...okay okay I sobbed and Mr. G was very excited!  We are thrilled that our baby girl is growing on schedule and is looking healthy!  Both families are very excited to be adding a little lady to the fam.

We could not have asked for a better day, celebrating with our families and special friends was incredible.  I am so thankful to have our families close.

20 week bumpdate will be posted soon....so much to post this week!


With love,

Mrs. G