Well baby avocado, we made it to 16 weeks! I haven’t felt you move yet but we did find out what you are…
A BOY!
Daddy and I knew it all along.
We are so excited to meet you in about 4-5 months!
Now, start kicking so Mommy can stop freaking out and feel you already!
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Helllllloooooooooo second trimester! Amen and Hallelujah for feeling better. I still don’t have that extra burst of energy, but my morning sickness has subsided significantly. This week, we got to find out what we were having and it was so exciting!
I had spoken to Alex about 1) If we even wanted to find out and 2) how we wanted to tell everyone. He had seen some of the “Gender Reveal” parties I had done for some friends and wanted us to have “one of those parties”. So, my bestie Amy and I set out to plan it. I drove her crazy because I practically had no opinion about decorations or anything. They say planning a party for a party planner is a stressful job… whelp, not this planner! I was exactly the same way about my wedding.
“Oh, they don’t have those flowers? Eh that’s okay, we’ll just do these ones.”
Originally, Alex and I already had an appointment on Thursday to see the babe and we asked if the doctor could write the gender in a sealed envelope so I could give it to Amy. He agreed and he looked and looked and poked and pushed and after a while he said, “Okay, I think I got it, but the placenta is in the way so I can only give you an 80-90% accuracy on the gender.”
80-90%?! That’s a B. My baby is not going to be a B baby… we want A+s people! So needless to say, I scheduled another appointment to confirm the gender.
Amy and I celebrated her birthday on Saturday morning with Starbucks and pedicures, then it was off to the Baby’s First Photos in Riverside before hitting a movie. I was surprisingly calm and the techs were great.
We got confirmation that the gender was 100% accurate, but I told Amy I didn’t want to know if the doctor’s and this tech’s prediction were the same or different because it would freak me out.
She agreed but then I couldn’t take it and kept asking — she wouldn’t tell me.
What a good friend.
Anywho, Sunday came and all our family and close friends arrived wearing either pink or blue based on their guess of the baby’s gender!
TEAM BOY (The Winners!)
TEAM GIRL
We mingled and ate and then we walked over to the giant box that would be filled with both pink and blue balloons. Amy told us that she had secured two balloons with strings to the bottom of the box and that after all the other balloons flew out the two would remain in the color of the baby’s gender! So exciting.
We opened up the flap and….
BLUE BALLOONS! WE KNEW IT!!
Alex and I also made a fun little video of our gender reveal, check it out!
I can’t believe that in 4-5 short months, we will finally have our sweet little guy. I keep imagining what he will look like and imagining his first bath in the sink, waking up in the middle of the night just to check and make sure he’s still breathing, and all his squishy faces and plump extremities. Ugh, I can’t wait. Can it be May already, please?!?!
Cheers to BOYS and besties who are pretty much amazing!
The party was so fun and we are so excited for you both ! Everything is going to be fine and boys are super, take it from one who had 4 …. Now enjoy each week and remember all the fun that awaits you Any time you need help just let me know. I know you have a mom and mother in law, but I am letting you know in case they can’t be there when needed, I will come.
Love ya lots. G & G