Gender Reveal Party

Have you ever heard of a gender reveal party? I certainly hadn't, until one of my friends was tagged in a photo album on Facebook. I was intrigued, so I Googled it. It turns out that gender reveal parties are very popular right now. The expectant couple invites friends and family over to share in the joy of finding out the gender of their baby, typically by dyed cake batter or icing. None of my friends or family had heard of one, so we decided to go for it.

We went to our scheduled sonogram, and told our sonographer of our plan. We wanted her to write the gender of our baby on a slip of paper and then seal it in an envelope without telling us the results. She knew all about the concept of a gender reveal party, and gladly played along.

We had our employee at our aquarium shop call in the results to a local bakery, and they made preparations for the cake. Alex and I had to wait a long three days to find out with the rest of the party! On the party day, our friends and family started showing up with diapers! Little did we know, my Mom had emailed the guest list and wrote a cute poem asking guests to bring a package of diapers. We ended up with a great head start to our diaper supply!
Once everyone arrived, it was time to cut the cake. Texas Star Bakery made our cake, and it turned out great! Inspired by this cake on CakeCentral.com

And now...the big reveal...Alex and I are having...

A BOY!!!

We had such a great time with our friends and family and couldn't be more excited about having a baby boy!