Gender Reveal Party

On December 30th we invited our families and some friends over for a "gender reveal party". We really wanted to include everyone when we announced that we were having a boy.  It was hard for us to keep the secret, but it was worth it to see everyone's reaction. We had so much fun decorating everything with pink and blue! 

Everyone came wearing pink or blue to show what their prediction was, the blue team was quite a bit bigger!

Mia supporting team pink waiting for the guests to arrive

Team Blue!



Team Pink!


We kept the way we were going to do the big "reveal" hidden away at our sweet neigbors house.  They brought the cupcakes with the blue filling over when it was finally the time everyone had been waiting for.   Everyone grabbed a cupcake and took a bite at the same time.


The secret is inside the cupcakes!

Everyone grab a cupcake!



Think Grandma Debbie was a litte excited??



Happy Grandmas "to be"!



Brian and I feel so blessed  to be starting our family and to have such great family and friends to share the excitement with!  All of Brayden's grandparents and even some of his great grandparents came over to celebrate with us. It won't be long till we'll be celebrating his arrival!!!


Our family of  3 is getting ready to expand!






It's a Boy!!!

On December 28 we went to the doctors appointment we had been anxiously waiting for.  Everytime we go to the doctor we get super excited because it is so much fun to see and hear our sweet baby. But this particular appointment we got to find out the sex of the baby!  We both said we didn't care either way-boy or girl, but it was no secret that Brian was hoping for a boy!

Brian and I right before we found out

The moment that our doctor put the ultrasound camera on my stomach, it was very clear that we are having a baby boy.  We are both thrilled beyond words and can't wait to see what he will be like!  Based on all of our ultrasounds, Brayden appears to be growing healthy and normally and is in the 54th percentile in height and weight.  He is only about a pound right now but it is amazing how much he is moving around and kicking in there!  He put on quite a show for us this day kicking his feet up, sucking his thumb, and even turning completely over!

Here is the picture revealing Braydens "boy parts"!

Here are a couple more of our sweet baby boy: