Gender Reveal Parties

Ryan's sister is pregnant, and a few days ago, she told me they were going to have a gender reveal party. I realized (unless I'm totally spacing a day in my past) I'd never been to one before! How is this possible? I know a million babies! How have I never been to a gender reveal party?

Ryan didn't even know what a gender reveal party was until I filled him in. (He doesn't have Pinterest, so it's okay that he didn't know.)

I really didn't know much about this particular party until we arrived. I know sometimes the parents know the gender, and they're revealing it to everyone else. I know sometimes the parents don't know, and they're finding out at the same time. I wasn't sure which way it was for Andrew and Bre, nor did I have any idea how they planned to do the reveal. Balloons? Silly string? Cupcakes?

Well, I discovered when I arrived that they did know already, and so did Ryan's mom and his other sister, and maybe a few more, I'm not sure. They didn't ask for guests to cast a vote (which I know is also common at these parties) and I was kinda glad because I had no leaning at all on this. Normally I have at least a guess, but I had no clue on this one!

Proof that I was at the party:

Our friend Shawn was there too. (He's the good friend who went skiing with Ryan in January so I could sit in the lodge and gather germs.)

This ended up being the reveal method. They had these little scratch off cards! I hadn't seen them before. Pretty cute!

I was trying to get a picture of Ryan and Shawn scratching off, but the stinkin' light from the door was killing the focus on my phone, so it's a little fuzzy. But I think you can catch Ryan's reaction! This is right before he yelled, "IT'S A GIRL!"

And I believed him.

But it's not.

Bre pulled out the ultrasound pictures. They'd gotten one of the fancy ones - 3D, 4D, some kinda D. The ones where you can see actual baby features, not just circles that may or may not be the head. (I'm so ultrasound-reading challenged.)

Ryan and Shawn trying to read the ultrasound. I wasn't sure why it was requiring such intense study until I found out they were looking for boy proof. LOL!! Turns out that section wasn't featured on this strip of pictures.

We ate lunch together and Ryan talked to his family for about two hours. LOL! For some reason, I was crazy tired that day and could NOT keep my eyes open. When we got home, I collapsed on the couch and slept HARD.

So we are excited for Andrew and Bre. The baby is due in July, so we have a few months yet, but we're happy for them! :)