All I can say is, what a GREAT weekend! We had our gender reveal party this past 4th of July weekend and it was such a blast. We had some of our closest friends and family together to celebrate with us. TJ and I were SO curious if Baby Speer was a BOY or GIRL. We had to wait for 2 weeks from our last ultrasound to find out the news… so we were dying to know! We decided to reveal “the surprise” together with everyone. It made it more special and intimate.
One of the most fun parts about having the gender reveal party, was coming up with cute decor ideas. There is so much you can do when it comes to decorating and I love to get creative. But of course because of Pinterest, everything is a lot easier nowadays! We made a pink and blue lemonade and had mini milk jugs to serve them in with blue/pink straws. I displayed the ultrasound progression pics of Baby Speer along the table in from of the drinks, and when guests arrived, we had them ‘wear their guess’- which was just a clothes pin dipped in blue/pink paint.
All of the Old Wives Tales pointed to us having a girl, however all along TJ and I had a feeling that the baby was a boy. I never had that ‘motherly instinct’ that some moms get where they “just know”, but I was almost convinced that the baby was a boy because so many people had being telling me “it’s a boy, for sure.” If you look at one of the 3D ultrasound pictures taken of the baby, he looks just like his daddy (especially his cute button nose).
My best friend, Christina, was the only one to know the gender of our baby. When we “found out” we had the Ultrasound technician write down the gender in an envelope and we gave it to her later that night. She was in charge of ordering the balloon with the gender confetti in it and picking up some blue and pink balloons to put in the front of the house. Christina also baked some delicious cupcakes and decorated the cutest (and yummiest) baby sugar cookies for us! She is so talented and they tasted ahhmazing =)
When it came time to find out the gender, TJ and I went onto the grass and had our friends countdown from 5 to 1. One the count of one, TJ popped the big black balloon and lots of BLUE confetti came souring over my head. I felt consumed in blue. It was so much fun. Such a wonderful surprise and it felt so amazing to be able to finally know what I had inside of me all along. After knowing, I finally feel like I can connect on a deeper level with Baby Speer. We already have his name picked out, but it is will be a SURPRISE! Sorry…. ;-P Overall, the day was great and we had a blast celebrating our new baby BOY!!!!!
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