The Cupcake Reveal

Last Friday we had another doctor appointment, but this one was more exciting as it let us know if we are going to be raising a boy or a girl.  The ultra sound lasted about 35 minutes so it was awesome to be able to sit there and just watch our baby be very active.  Since our family lives far away we were not going to be able to have a gender reveal party and I have always liked the idea of revealing the gender of your baby in a unique way.  We called the future grandparents Friday evening to inform them and then on Saturday we had a get together with our friends to watch the NCAA tournament.  I thought this would be fun to have a mini reveal with our closest friends and what better way to do that than with cupcakes.

I had the cupcakes made and had the baker fill the middle with the color of frosting designated for the sex so that when our friends ate the cupcake they would find out what we are having. 

I am proud to announce we are having a baby boy!  This was very shocking news as we went in thinking it was a girl...almost 100%.  Besides the strong gut feelings we were both having about it being a girl we were also told that it was a strong possibility of it being a girl at the 12 week ultra sound.  I was never on board with what the ultra sound tech said that day as she didn't make me feel very secure about her "educated guess."  Even though we got a random educated guess from the ultra sound tech we both still thought it was a girl for various reasons.   We even went in that day saying "Well, let's go get it confirmed so we can start planning and shopping."  When the "third leg" popped up on the screen we were both SHOCKED to learn we are not having a girl, but it's a boy.  I was so shocked that I got teary eyed.  We both really just wanted a healthy baby, but if we had to choose, we would have selected a boy over a girl. 

Andy and I with the cupcake!

As of Friday morning I had two girl names picked out and was already planning the nursery in my head.  Now it's time to start over.  I did not have any boy names at all because I strongly believed it was not a boy.  Now the fun begins with the planning and duking it out with Andy for our baby's name.