Usually we spend Christmas with Martin's family in Clinton, TN. However, this year we packed up the car and headed to Atlanta. Martin's sister, Josie, and her husband, Bobby, are expecting a baby in May. I am so happy that Emory will have a little cousin around the same age! Josie and Bobby found out the sex of the baby the week before Christmas and wanted to get both families together for the big gender reveal, and the most obvious time to do it was Christmas. So we drove to Atlanta on Sunday and couldn't wait for the big reveal on Christmas eve.
Like I said, Josie and Bobby found out a week earlier....well, they didn't really find out. They had the ultrasound and made the doctor write the gender down and place it in a sealed envelope, so neither one of them knew the sex. Josie then took the envelope to Publix and had the bakery make some cupcakes. They made some delicious cupcakes and filled only one of them with either pink or blue frosting. So the idea here was for everyone to find out together....everyone would grab a cupcake and bite into it at the same time, and one lucky person would find the pink or blue icing and the mystery would be solved.
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| The mystery cupcakes...only one is filled! |
So on Christmas eve all of the Hahn family (minus Dustin and Mindy who spent the holiday with her family), all of the Reynolds family (minus Bobby's mom who was sick and Bobby's brother), and some of Josie and Bobby's friends gathered at Josie's house for the big reveal. We chowed down on some awesome BBQ that Martin's dad made and then it was time for the cupcakes. Everyone grabbed a cupcake and on the count of 3 we all bit into it.
1.....2......3...... IT'S A BOY!
Josie's friend Anna had the blue cupcake and yelled, "It's blue!" Of course everyone was so excited. So it looks like Emory's very first cousin will be a boy. I grew up with all boy cousins for the most part. I only had one girl cousin, and I had a blast with all the boys. I know Emory will love growing up with him.
Gender reveal parties are so much fun. I love the fact that everyone finds out together. Nobody knows who is going to get that one special cupcake, so it makes it fun for all of the friends and family too.
We did a gender reveal party when we found out that Emory was a girl. We did the exact same thing as Josie and Bobby. Martin and I went to the doctor that morning, had them write the sex down and place it in an envelope then we took it to the Publix bakery. My parents, Martin's entire family, and some of our close friends came over for the big reveal. My dad was the lucky one who bit into the pink filled cupcake....IT WAS A GIRL~ I knew all along it was going to be a girl. Martin thought boy. He says that I am always wrong, so since I thought it was a girl it had to be a boy....that's Martin for ya. Well I was right.
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| 20 weeks pregnant |
We are so thrilled for Josie and Bobby and can't wait to meet baby boy Reynolds. Now the fun of decorating and registering begins! Thanks for letting us be a part of that fun day.
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