how we revealed the sex (LIP)

Mama Jan · February 2009

Story in my bio of how we told my parents it's another boy!

https://nestbio.mamajan.googlepages.com/it%27sanotherboy%21

lbittma80 · February 2009

That's SO adorable.

UrbanHippieMama · February 2009

Awesome! What a great idea. I wish we lived close to our parents so we could do something fun like that!

firemansflame · February 2009

Very cute idea!

KatB12 · February 2009

I love both ways you revealed the sex. If we were going to find out, I would have used either idea. Very creative. Congrats on another boy.

thatgirlang · February 2009

That is great. Really cool story and pics. So much fun!

mistresscox · February 2009

That's a really cute (and involved) idea!

My parents live out of state, so I sent them an email with a picture of a mounds bar and an ultrasound picture in it. Dad got it right away, Mom had to struggle with it for a bit. It was pretty funny to try and talk her through it.

Best responses from that: From my dad: "How big is this baby?" (appearantly the mounds picture I found was an 18 lb bar and he thought that had something to do with it); From my mom: "Oh, I thought DH was making fun of your huge belly already!" A family friend: "Is the baby black? Because mounds are dark chocolate, and almond joys are light..."

So the new family theme song for the moment is "Almond joy's got nuts, baby Cox don't!" Big Smile

Neudorfer · February 2009

super cute!!!! i hope you saved one of the inserts for the baby book!

Mike&Care · February 2009

How cute! Congrats again. I want some boys! We are going to get started on boys soon after this baby.

Mama Jan · February 2009

Neudorfer:
super cute!!!! i hope you saved one of the inserts for the baby book!

I did! Smile

Mama Jan · February 2009

Mike&Care:
How cute! Congrats again. I want some boys! We are going to get started on boys soon after this baby.

I'm a little biased, but I highly recommend baby boys. LOL

thatgirlang · February 2009

Mama Jan:

Mike&Care:
How cute! Congrats again. I want some boys! We are going to get started on boys soon after this baby.

I'm a little biased, but I highly recommend baby boys. LOL

LOL. I recommend them, too!

I am curious- since both of your reveals have been so cute. Do you have a list of creative ideas like this that you made and selected from? We are doing the cake for ourselves. I need a reveal idea for DH's family as well as mine. Help a girl out! Trying to get as many ideas as possible and seeing what would work best for us/them.

MrsJoey · February 2009

What a cute idea!

lcarlson0131 · February 2009

You're so creative, I love it! And congrats on another boy!!

Mama Jan · February 2009

thatgirlang:

I am curious- since both of your reveals have been so cute. Do you have a list of creative ideas like this that you made and selected from? We are doing the cake for ourselves. I need a reveal idea for DH's family as well as mine. Help a girl out! Trying to get as many ideas as possible and seeing what would work best for us/them.

*sigh* I wish I was so creative I could have a list... all of "my" ideas come from other girls on the Nest! LOL I've even tried googling ideas and there is nothing out there like the brains of these girls.

These were the only 2 ideas that were 'uber creative' in my mind. I haven't seen many other ones that I like. We plan to have more babies and I think for #3 we will do what you are doing (the cake, but having someone else make it to surprise us as well). #4 is screwed... haha.

One cute idea I saw last pregnancy was a girl who revealed it at her baby shower. They blew up dozens of balloons and made the guests go around stomping on them. One balloon had a note inside that said "It's a girl!" - and that person won a prize. Not sure that would work for your families though... Maybe we should post to 0-6, 6-12 and 12-24 asking them to tell everyone how they did it.