Gender Reveal #3

Tj and I cheated this time around. Our impatience got to us and we opted for the blood test to determine the gender of the baby several weeks early. As soon as we returned from Hawaii and had our 12 week appointment we went for it. I had a lot of mixed feelings about doing a gender reveal this time around. We had such big gender reveal parties for the girls in Orlando and this time around we'd be staying in Denver and it just wouldn't be the same without all of our family and friends. But I was not ok with just checking our email for the results. Even it wasn't as big, it's still a big deal and I wanted to make sure we made it special. 

Gender Reveal #2

Two and a half weeks!!! That's how long we had to wait after our anatomy appointment to find out what we were having. We knew we had a trip home coming up and couldn't think of a better way to find out the gender then doing it with our friends and family. I struggled with the idea of doing another one but after talking to my friend Joanne who was doing her second one, she convinced me to go for it again and I am over the moon happy that we went through with it. 

It was wrenching my brain, I was having dreams almost nightly about the gender. And to make it so bad, I had the ultrasound in my possession the whole time. Knowing exactly where I placed it. We didn't give the results to a friend this time, instead we had our doctor's office contact the gender reveal company directly. Our theme was 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and because of my hectic weekend in Orlando, I only had the day of to prepare. 

GENDER REVEAL!!!!!!

I am so happy that Tj and I decided to have this party! My friends will tell you, I was completely against it before getting pregnant. I thought they were over the top and totally unnecessary, "who cares what I'm having" was a direct quote. It was one of the most exciting, shocking, nerve racking days of mine and I'm sure Tj's life. It was worth every moment that we reached the brink of insanity waiting to find out with everyone!!!

My friend and co-worker Erica was the chosen one to keep this secret for a whole 8 days!!!!!! Do you understand how long that is, especially when we work together AND because I told EVERYONE at work that she knew!!! LOL! She was interrogated to no avail......Bwwahahaha (evil laugh)!!!! But she did not crack under the pressure and she really came through. She gave me NOTHING, I had no idea what the baby was!!

My nails for the party!