The "Big" Reveal!

Around 22 weeks into your pregnancy (for those that are unfamiliar) you are sent to get what's called an 'anatomy scan/ultrasound'.  It's the ultrasound where (if you so choose) you can find out the gender of the baby :)

Everyone always asks: "Do you want a boy or a girl?!" and to be completely, 100% honest both Kevin and I had absolutely no preference what so ever.  For whatever reason, we both thought the baby was a boy but it was purely a hunch.  I didn't care if we found out during the ultrasound the sex of the baby or if we were surprised during the birth.  Kevin was adamant about finding out.  Kev is a very relaxed, go-with-the-flow person so to see him so sure of wanting to find out, I had no problem with it.

So we went to the ultrasound and got to see our baby.  It's always mesmerizing to me when you get to see this little baby up on the screen who IS INSIDE OF YOU!?  It's a surreal experience, truly.  Watching Kev's face during it was also a highlight for me.  He was completely captivated watching every movement of our baby.  Nothing sexier than a man and his baby, fo sho.  We found out the sex of the baby and planned on how to tell our families later that night after having them over for dinner.  I know people have done the food coloring in the cake/cupcake thing but honestly, I'm not a baker & that seemed like way too much effort!  So we (I) decided to get a bunch of balloons (helium filled) and put a black trashbag over top of them.  Then everyone got to pull a balloon out and see the color (pink for a girl, blue for a boy) as the reveal!

After a yummy dinner of grilled pork tenderloin (so good) and delicious side dishes, we moved everyone into the living room for the reason we were all getting together :)

Getting Ready to pull the balloons out!

It's a GIRL!!!!!!

Rudy always enthusiastic!

A girl! A baby girl that I get to put in cute outfits and she can be my best friend and I'm so excited!  Our little girl.  It truly doesn't get better than that!  Our families were all thrilled and loved that they got to keep their balloons as their 'parting gift' :)

I'm sure there was a more crafty way to do the balloon reveal but I thought this way suited us perfectly. Something special but not too much over-thinking that it becomes more about the reveal than anything else.

I can't wait to meet our baby girl!

Next post I'll share my blog inspired photo project.  I'm having so much fun doing it.

Happy Friday & Happy Weekend!