Uncle Robert volunteered to throw our gender reveal and he did such a great job! He really went all out and I felt so celebrated and loved. I especially loved the cake which he had custom made for us, the notes he collected from family and friends to encourage and celebrate with us, and the way he involved all the kids. It's always been fun to find out what were we're having but this was a whole new level of excitement and anticipation!
The theme was "Two Peas in a Pod!"
When people arrived Sadie made sure that they recorded their boy or girl guess. At this point we knew that the twins were identical so it was either going to be 2 boys or 2 girls. I was guessing boys because when they did the gender part of the ultrasound they were pretty quick to say they knew what they were. In the past I always felt like they double checked a little more when it was girl versus a boy. I also thought boy just because our last 2, Hazel and Evie, were girls. I guess it just felt like time for a boy. Brandon was hoping for boys too, just to even the score a bit, but he also kept saying that because of how sick I'd been he thought that they could be girls. I am always way sicker with girls, but this time I just chalked that part up to being pregnant with twins.
Gender was revealed through a game. Robert and Grammy made 3 poster boards with numbered pea pods on them. Then they blew up a balloon for each pea and inside was a rolled up piece of paper which said either boy or girl and a corresponding number. So the kids took turns popping balloons with a Nerf gun and then reading the clue. So for example if the clue said #3 girl, they would put a pink face over the #3 pea. Once an entire pod was filled with either 3 girls or 3 boys we would know what we were having. It ended up taking a LONG time to find our answer as pod after pod filled up with a combination of girl and boy faces. You can probably image the anticipation in the room as we got down to the last few balloons.......
Sadie ended up popping the balloon that finally announced that it was GIRLS!!!! I was so shocked! I would have truly been happy with either as it had been awhile since we'd had a boy but I love love love my girls too! Sadie as you can see from the video was super excited and my poor boys were a little heart broken which was sad. They will no doubt warm up but as the game progressed it got pretty lively between the cousins chanting Girl, Girl, Girl, Boy, Boy, Boy!!!! I think they were truly disappointed that they weren't getting a brother and also sad because they felt like they had somehow lost the competition. Wyatt just crumpled over with a noooo! and Cooper walked away. Poor boys were already outnumbered and this definitely isn't fix that.
This may have sat on my kitchen counter for a month. It was just too cute to throw away and it made me happy whenever I saw it!
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