It seems like it was yesterday when I found out I was expecting my first child. Those 9 months were akin to a fairy tale. We were so ecstatic when he finally arrived and we loved every bit of that 6 lbs. and 11 oz. baby. That’s why it’s hard for me to believe that he’s now in the 5th grade. 6 years later, I brought my other pride and joy, my daughter, home from the hospital. It goes to show how fleeting time is since that bundle of joy will be turning 5 years old this summer. She is a bundle of energy that keeps me on my toes!
My ever so curious and exuberant explorer is always flitting from one destination to the next. I quickly learned to relish in every moment and cherish it, even the most mundane, especially since children grow up in a blink of an eye! I know that many parents envision a close age gap between their children, but the age gap between my children doesn’t deter them from being the best of friends! They have their fair share of disagreements. I understand that this is always expected of many siblings despite how close or far the age gap is between them. That’s why I don’t have an inkling of a doubt that they’ll quickly warm up to the third addition that’s on the way.
Whether you’re expecting your first or fourth, pregnancy is filled with excitement, hope, and anticipation. One of the most exciting things for moms-to-be is announcing to close friends and family that they’re expecting! Revealing the gender of the baby or babies (if you’re expecting more than one) is the next step up. There are myriad of ways to reveal your baby’s gender, whether you want to keep everyone in suspense by hosting a gender reveal party or keep it sweet and simple with a clever picture. All in all, this remarkable moment will always be memorable however you decide to do it!
My Baby Reveal
I agree, baby reveal is one of the most exciting things you are excited to prepare for when you’re pregnant. I love your idea.
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With my first, I made a picture frame for the grandparents with a note inside that said “reserved for baby – coming in August” or something like that. With my second, he was wearing a big brother t-shirt until someone noticed.
I packed some pink baby socks in a little box, and the grandparents figured it out pretty fast! I miss being pregnant! All those exciting moments. Congrats 🙂
That is so cool! I have to be honest, our baby unveiling was super boring. It was basically just, “I’M PREGNANT! AAAAHHHH!”
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I didn’t really need to spill the beans because we had to go through fertility treatments, but I would like to think that I would’ve been really creative with it if I could’ve been. My sister-in-law was so creative with her announcements.
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What a cute idea for a baby gender reveal all. I had no idea people still even a used Evite. I remember back in the day when it was the hot thing to use to invite your friends to a party for event.
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Baby reveals are so exciting! I absolutely love the quote on that outfit, it’s one of my favorites! That whole idea is just adorable!
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This is such a great idea! Expecting a baby is one of the most wonderful moment in your life and I can only imagine how a baby reveal is such an exciting experience for most. We didn’t do such a thing as I grew up in a country that doesn’t really do this.
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This is so cute!! I never did a gender reveal, though I wanted a girl both times and got two boys haha.
Oh how cute! I love your baby reveal! We didn’t have anything like this for my kids. We just told people we were having a baby and that was it.
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I don’t have kids, but baby gender reveals are getting more and more creative these days! Its amazing to me to see all the unique ways people share their fab news!
I wish I would have come up with something clever, but honestly, I didn’t know that gender reveals where so big! Perhaps, they still weren’t 5 and a half years ago!
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That gender reveal is so cute! I really liked that it wasn’t balloons, or confetti. It was simplistic.
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I love all the cute ways people are announcing they are pregnant. I like the cake ideas for the gender reveal. It would be amazing to win $500 from IKEA and custom digital birth announcements from Evite.
It’s always exciting when someone in the family is expecting and I think the gender reveal and baby announcements are getting more and more fun as the years pass. People are very creative these days!
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We spilled the beans by having both of our Families over for cupcakes and refreshements.We first all went outside and told them my husband was going to shoot a gun with just gun powder coming out and then if the powder was blue or pink,that was the gender.He shot the gun & out came pink gun powerder 🙂 It was so amazing!!!! Then we all went inside to eat our cupcakes that had pink filling in the middle 🙂 IT was a day I will never forget.!!! #MyBabyReveal
I love baby announcements and I feel like I have seen a lot recently on Facebook! I will have to let my friends know about this sweepstakes!!
If you’re having a party, gather everyone together and lift your shirt. You can decorate your bump with a ribbon or bow, or even with some makeup or body paint. This is so fun!
I love your reveal. It’s very subtle and not too over the top. Not that is anything wrong with going all out, but I much prefer a simple baby gender reveal.
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Loved reading this – it’s beautiful to see how much you love your babies! What a fun competition too, can’t take part but happy to spread the word! x
It is amazing to think that although it feels like yesterday your babies are growing up. I do love a good baby reveal, I don’t have a child of my own but I would like to think I would be creative about it when the time comes.
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This sounds like a great sweepstakes for any mother or mother to be. When I was expecting I never know the sex. I didn’t get an ultrasound at all for either of my boys. Thanks for sharing this awesome sweepstakes.
What a great sweepstakes for parents-to-be! It’s so fun revealing your pregnancy to the world! And I would love an IKEA gift card!
It’s cool how many people think to do a big gender reveal these days. I completely failed in that area. After my husband and I found out we just moved on with our lives as normal, I don’t even remember telling anyone. lol
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That’s a cute way to do a reveal. I think we just ended up waiting a few months to make sure everything was going ok and then we told my parents and her parents. We just didn’t want to jump the gun on anything and say something in case things went badly.
We uploaded a profile ultrasound photo of my youngest and posted it on Facebook. It was a tease to share that we were expecting. However, we didn’t reveal what we were having for a few hours. Our family was getting antsy because we wouldn’t tell. We eventually told our immediate family, then announce it to friends.
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I’m having my fourth baby in 2 weeks, and this is the first time I’ve really seen all the gender reveal things. With my other three, it was never a big deal. We had a little balloon confetti to announce ours this time with the kids doing the reveal.
That outfit is so perfect! I don’t have any kids yet but I’m curious about what I’m actually going to do. I want to have a great reveal but also have an intimate one too.
Awwwww I love that baby reveals are a big thing now! Back when I was preggo with my daughter they weren’t as common.
I cannot remember how I revealed we were having our first baby. Of course he is now 21 so it was many moons ago, way before social media. It is so much fun seeing all these baby reveals now. It almost makes me want another baby!
Wow such a cute way to reveal that you’re pregnant! Congrats! I love Ikea! I’ll definitely be entering this!
Aw, congrats mama! What a cute little outfit your little one has already!
We didn’t do anything special per se, we announced on facebook with our scan photo! I also wrote a blog post about my favorite reveals to let all of my followers know 🙂
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We spilled the beans by having a huge surprise party!
We didn’t do anything special. We just told people. We had a lot of miscarriages and it takes the fun out of telling.
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Wow thank you for sharing a glimpse of your baby reveal. My pregnancy journey through IVF is really a long process before I finally get pregnant and we are actually the one who chose the gender of our baby.
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I love baby announcements, they are so fun! Yours is especially cute, I love!
What a cute baby reveal! These have gotten so clever lately. I’ve never been pregnant, but I’ve got about 400 ideas on deck if the day should ever come 🙂
Such a cute idea for baby gender reveal! Cuteness overload ahhhhh love this blog post
I spilled the beans with a gender reveal party. All of the pics are on my blog! My husband and I already knew the sex but we were the only ones. I made DIY confetti poppers and videoed guests popping them not he count of 3 to reveal a cloud of PINK confetti.
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