Monday, April 2, 2012

A Very Revealing Celebration

The girls did their part to help with making the cupcakes.
These were our Gluten, Dairy, Egg Free ingredients. 
 We absolutely loved the idea of the gender reveal cupcakes that are totally trending right now. What a great way to break the news to the family.
We debated as to whether we wanted to find out with everyone else while eating the cupcakes or at the Ultrasound.
We opted to find out at the Ultrasound and kept it a surprise for all our loved ones. (Which was good because the minute our Ultrasound Tech put the wand on my belly...there was the boy bottom!)

Our party plans did not quite pan out as planned (Our family was busy or traveling the week we wanted to do the party.) but through lots of trial and error we were able to put together a very special and memorable celebration. We decided it would be absolutely wonderful to share our little party with just our family of four. Then we took our cupcakes on the road and shared them with our grandparents who live near by, and a special Aunt who is also local. 
Johanna inserted the colored frosting directly into the cupcake with a frosting tool. She did not cut out the middle. 
The rest of the family got either a phone call or a party in a card. We had one international call from London to share the news with my sister and her husband while on their backpacking trip through Europe.

My friend Johanna graciously came over and made and decorated the cupcakes for me. She did a fantastic job...even with all the diet substitutions. Such fluffy frosting!

This was so special and so much fun! What a great memory! 


The beautiful gender neutral result.

We sent cards to Great Grandparents and the Aunties and Grandparents that could not join in the celebration.

CJ discovering the hidden color. It's Blue!!! She knew it! 

A little party in an envelope!

Toasting baby brother with Sparkling Cider.

Can't wait to meet our little man!

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