So if you missed the post about why I was MIA for about 4 months on any blogging, email newsletters, and just overall missing in action. You can read it here. This blog post will make much more sense once you do!:)
So last week we had our 19 week ultrasound where we got to see our sweet baby. Baby Stadelman was curled up in a tiny ball with feet over head..and would not move! To say it was a long ultrasound would be an understatement. But finally baby decided to move and we were able to see all of the fingers/toes, and baby profile. Baby looked good.
I knew long before our ultrasound that I wanted to find out the baby's gender. I had found out with our son too. Any pregnant person(or heck non pregnant person for that matter) will tell you his or her stance on if you should find out or not. People have their reasons for not finding out, and others have their's for knowing. It really shouldn't matter to any one except the family who is actually having the baby. To me it's a surprise either way. My surprise just comes a little earlier than those who wait, and for me under much less stressful circumstances. I had some complications after my son was born, so it was difficult for me to enjoy just being with him in the first place. So the choice was an easy one for my husband and I to find out now.
But what I did know this time around, was that I didn't want to find out right there on the table with the goo all over my belly. Very anti-climatic. If you know me, then you know I like a little flair added to the things I do. I wanted to do something fun and exciting. I wanted to make finding out special. So I did what has been very popular these days, and had a Reveal Party.
If you haven't heard about these yet, you soon will. Basically what happens is someone gets a cake, balloons, or some other way to conceal the gender of their child, until it's time to be revealed. I was going to go with a cake, but alas could not find someone to make one for me this last weekend. So I went with the balloon idea. What happened was I ordered black balloons to have confetti on the inside of them. You use black so you can't see if it's pink or blue confetti. We did not know what the gender was, instead I had the ultrasound tech right it on a card, and my husband took that into the balloon place to have them made.
I was very excited and nervous when I picked up the balloons. I knew inside those black balloons would tell me if we were having a baby girl or a baby boy. It was actually very cool to have them just floating there, waiting until I would pop it to find out.
We had just a few family members and friends join us for the celebration. We had a few games too, like, Name Suggestions, A Birth Date Pool, and pink and blue colored clothes pins to wear what your guess was. It was all very festive.
Then it finally came time to pop the balloons. I had ordered 15 black balloons because I knew there would be small children there who would enjoy popping balloons with us. I knew going into this it would be messy. So everyone gathered around.
And
Then
POP!
Everyone popped their balloons and out came the color...
PINK!
It is a girl and we are so very thrilled.
However, I will make a small disclaimer. If you decide to do the balloon thing for a reveal party, or know someone who is. Make sure the people putting your balloons together use paper confetti(like at New Years) and not fine glitter. I am pretty sure we will be having glitter in the carpet until Baby Girl Stadelman arrives...or longer!
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