Okay first let me say that my brother had our camera for this event. Please forgive him for the blurry pictures. This was his first time using our Cannon and he did his best. π Thankfully not all of them turned out blurry...those were the ones we took LOL!!! π Love you bro!
Anyhoo, okay you all know we are expecting our FIFTH child and my sister-in-law decided to throw us a gender reveal party. I created an anxious rant post talking about the torture of waiting. This was our first time waiting so long to find out the gender of our baby. So as you should know none of my guesses from that post were correct. The gender was revealed in such a special way we will never forget it and will cherish forever.
So before things got started and before my makeup ran down my face I decided to take some selfies. What? I mean I am 5 months preggo with these raging hormones and a heap of emotions...I was bound to cry that night! π
Hereβs how I really felt! Not sure if I was getting my second girl and preparing for 4 boys just in case!
Okay now onto the party! Hey donβt you dare scroll down and look ahead thatβs cheating! Please read the post in full and view the pictures in order LOL!
There were pink and blue decorations set up and pink and blue balloons everywhere to throw us off. My sister did a good job not leaking any information or letting us see anything that would reveal the gender before it was time. I mean she did so good being secretive it drove me nuts, I was waiting for a slip up so I could find out early!! π€·π½ββοΈ
Everyone got a chance to grab a pink or blue slip of paper to show which gender they thought it was. Once everyone picked their color they were sectioned off in teams according to what color they had to play a game. We played a game called βName That 90βs TV Showβ. We had to listen to the theme song of a TV show and name which show it was. The pink team ended up winning! Yay! We were off to a great start!
After the game everyone was told there was a special message inside one of the balloons that were laying around. All of a sudden you hear POP, POP, POP everywhere! Everyone was rushing to find that special message.
Once all 30 or so balloons were popped (yes my sister had them working but oh it was funny to watch lol) everyone started saying,
Hey thereβs no message anywhere! None of the balloons held a message. Whatβs going on?
So my sister comes down from upstairs laughing and says,
Oh really? My bad I thought I put the message in one of those! π€π
Then she goes around the corner and grabs this red ballon filled with confetti. She tells my husband and I to come with her where everyone could see us. So she gives my husband the balloon and says,
Okay now I remember. There is something in this balloon that will reveal the secret! Pop this and let us know what you find...
So he goes to work so we can finally find out the gender...I hate balloon popping as you can see Ha!!! Guess what we found inside...NOTHING...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! She was really playing with our emotions and leading us on to prolong the suspense! π«
I began to notice none of my children were downstairs with us. Then all of a sudden we look up the stairway and saw our oldest son wearing a different shirt that said βMom & Dad.β Then right after him came our middle son whoβs shirt said βItβsβ. Then right after him came our youngest son and his shirt said βAβ!! Everyone had their cameras rolling and photos were being snapped. I grabbed my husband because I knew my daughter was coming next with the Biggest Reveal! It was so exciting knowing we were about to find out the gender of our baby. I wanted to show you a picture of all of the kids coming down the stairs but they turned out too blurry...
We all started celebrating and jumping up and down in full excitement!! The Lord is blessing us with another baby girl and we are thrilled!!! You can see in the above picture my boys arenβt thrilled with noise lol!! The expression on my daughterβs face was priceless. That mixed with all of the excitement and being overjoyed made me very emotional...
Here is a picture of all of the kids wearing their shirts. My oldest son is not sad about his baby sister, he just got into a toy argument with his cousin. π€¦π½ββοΈπ
Here are a few happy belly shots with my family...
So there ya have it!!! The Reveal is complete and now we can prepare for our baby girl to arrive this June!! We are so excited to have 3 boys and 2 girls!! Whooooo Hooooo!!!
Thanks for tuning in friends! I hope you enjoyed the Big Reveal!!!
Oh Whoa! Congrats !
You do have a lovely family.
Enjoy this precious moment now and forever.
Thank you so much!! We surely will enjoy! βΊοΈ
Congratulations!
Thank you Linda!!!! π
Yea Yea Yea!!! I'm super excited for you (and super jealous). Ha! :) What a great way to find out the gender. I love that your kids got to be a part of it. And your daughter is SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!!! :) I can't wait to see pictures of this newborn baby. You're looking great, by the way! What a cute bump you have!! :) Congrats!!
Yay!!!! Thank you so much! I appreciate you still being my friend even though Iβm not having a boy! π πππ½
It was really special seeing the kids come down to give us the message! My daughter is so tickled pink she doesnβt know what to do lol!!!
Thank you so much for the compliment! Iβm feeling pretty good! βΊοΈ
Glad you are feeling well! :) Yea!!! You can tell she is so excited. She will definitely want to be the first to hold her sister!!
Oh yes she will!! π€π
Wowza! Congrats, @crosheille! Happy to hear that you all are happy. :)
Lol!! Thank you so much @rigaronib! I appreciate you stopping by and checkout my reveal post :D
Congrats to your and your family. Beautiful and happy family, its all written and seen. May God keep you and your household. Keep enjoying God's goodness. We expecting "our" steemit baby! Lol... God bless you @crosheille
Thank you so much! I appreciate those nice words! Congratulations to you all as well!!!! π
Congrats! π π π
Thank you so much!! π
Wow, congratulations! So happy for you since you so wanted another girl! And congratulations to your sister for the party - I didn't cheat although I did want to scroll down and see!
And don't worry about the pictures - these particular ones are far more important than Steemit... for you and your family they're priceless, blurry or not...
Thank you so much! Yes we are getting our second girl and we are so thrilled!!! Ha, I knew a few would want to skip ahead and get to the reveal!!! Lol!!! π Iβm so glad you waited and went through the suspense.
Yes I totally agree! These pictures are priceless and now we can cherish this day forever!! π
Okay, this is how I know I'm only 12 weeks post-partum...I was crying too and I already have three girls!!!
Congratulations and congratulations!! It's so good to see all the smiling faces and how special for your girl to finally get her little sister! I have five sisters and they are at the top of my most-precious-people-in-my-life list.
Awww youβre so sweet!!! Thank you so much!! It really was a wonderful and happy evening for our whole family! Iβm so excited for my daughter. We want to raise all of our children to be so close. I want her to feel that way about her sister too~ π
Aw that sounds like it was a super fun party - with some really creative ideas for games to boot! Though the reveal is definitely the sweetest part. Your kids are gorgeous - congrats and wishes of good health to both of you!
It really was super fun!!! Thank you for that compliment...they are my litter stinkers!! π Thanks so much for reading and commenting :D
Well, you knew I'd have to come read this!! I had a feeling all along it was going to be a girl. (That would have been my pick at your party.) How wonderful for all of you!
Thank you so much for stopping in and finding out the Reveal!!! You sure would have been right! We are ecstatic weβre getting our second baby girl!! πππ
Congratulations, that's lovely - what a great way to celebrate. Your little family looks gorgeous.
Thank you so much!! It was a really fun celebration! I appreciate the compliment :)
Great party...and post! So happy for you all...especially Big Sissy! β€οΈ
Thank you so much Anise!! Iβm glad you enjoyed the post :D
Congratulations!! I was so excited looking at your photos!! Love those big brothers an sister faces!! I bet that balloon π popping was a fun site!!! So much excitement!!! I am happy happy for you all!!
Thank you so much!!! Iβm glad you had fun viewing the photos!! π Oh yes it was definitely a fun site to see lol! Thanks for stopping in :)
The Girls squad wins!. Congratulations !!!!!!!
Yay we sure did!!! Thank you so much!!!!!
Surprise party for surprise coming...that a wonder ful moment for sure.. π and it was plannned perfectlg your sis in law must b a good in plaanning party...greatstuff..π
Thank you @steemflow! Yes it was definitely a wonderful moment! My sister in law plans events for a career so yes she is very good at it :)
So much hapiness in here! It made me smile too. :)
Awww thank you! Iβm glad my happy post made you smile :)
Woohoo a girl π
And I love you you strung out the suspense for us as we read this post
Yes!!! Whoooo Hoooo!!! Iβm glad you liked the suspense. I wanted you all to feel as if you were there...waiting like we had to!! ππ
They did it so well must have been such fun for everyone
Yes they did! It truly was!!!
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Yay - that is such a great reveal!! Now itβs time to crochet lots of girlie stuff! π BIG congratulations to you all!!
Thank you so much!!!! Oh you know it! Mondayβs will be full of baby girl craft posts from me!! πππ
wow nice family...
Thank you!
What a great way to build suspense! Loved the story!
Thank you! Iβm so glad you enjoyed! π
That was such a neat way to find out! Getting your kids involved was much better than popping balloons. Congrats on the pending arrival!!!
Thank you! Yes I agree!! I absolutely loved the way it was revealed to us. It made it even more special to have our kids be involved with it! I appreciate you stopping by :)
Congrats! All photos are so joyful and alive!!! I wish you happiness!!!
Thank you so much!!! Iβm glad you enjoyed the photos!! π
Looks like a really happy day, and what a great idea to have a gender reveal party! You have a lovely family. :)
Thank you so much!! I appreciate your kind words! It was truly a happy day! π
What a fabulous day! Congratulations on the baby girl!!! I know you can't wait to hold her!
Thank you very much!!! Oh I definitely look forward to holding our new baby girl!!! π
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Congratulations!!!
So happy for your daughter, sheβs gonna love being a big sis to a sis β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Thank you!! π Oh yes she can hardly wait!!! πβ€οΈ
I'm so excited for you!!' What a fun reveal party!
Thank you so much!!! We had a Blast!!!