Two. words. GENDER. REVEAL.
Never in my life did I ever think I would be hosting my very own gender reveal party.. And definitely not in the circumstances I did it in too!
But finding out our baby’s gender wasn’t exactly easy.. It was a stubborn little thing I will tell you that. All balled up, knees in, legs crossed. Haha… Seeing what this baby was.. Well, it wasn’t in the books for this last appointment. Instead we had other things come up that were a bit more concerning.. My high risk OB found cyst in the baby’s brain.. Which wasn’t concerning according to him. It was what the symptom could possibly lead to that was concerning. Which was Trisomy 18; a chromosome defect similar to Down Syndrome. Where there is an extra chromosome. Except with Trisomy 18.. The child doesn’t usually live much past birth. And for a first time mom hearing those words.. I’ve never been more heartbroken and scared in my entire life than I was in that moment. So our doctor gave us the option to have blood work done to find out if Trisomy 18 was a ”true” concern or not. ALONG with finding out the gender of our little baby.
So it wasn’t exactly how I had imagined that appointment going.. But, we got the blood work done. And we waited, and waited… AND waited. Okay, so maybe we waited about a week for results… But it was the LONGEST week of my life. And PRAISE GOD, our little baby is perfectly healthy. Negative results on all things we wanted to see negative. Again, THANK YOU JESUS!!
And of course… The sun always shines after a storm. And our sun.. Was this gender reveal party!! That we already had to post-pone once due to the stubbornness of this baby. Haha I refused to do it again… And why? Well, the week and a half before the party I was out of town… In that week and a half I was gone, I managed to sleep in my own bed for a total of maybe 5 hours?! Haha I left for one trip, came home and left for the next one the next morning. So I was trying to plan this party across the country. But thank God for my AMAZING mom who planned the whole thing for me while I was gone. We just put it together the morning of and that was it!
Obviously all the credit for this party goes out to my mom!! I seriously couldn’t have done it without her help!! And didn’t it turn out amazing!?! Oh my gosh… My mom knows how to throw a party! Haha
But as great as the food and decorations were… Well, we still had one minor detail… THE GENDER REVEAL PART OF COURSE!!! And this was the hardest part for me and my husband. Haha For one, we couldn’t keep our mouths shut. And then up till the day of, we couldn’t decide how we wanted to do our reveal. But I think after our minor setback.. We had decided what we were going to do. And what would a party be without a minor setback!? So, we had finally made our minds up on how we were going to do this reveal. The basic… POP A BALLOON!! I know, creative right? Haha Believe me, I tried to be creative… Between being cross country and not able to agree with my husband on what to do… It was probably best we just popped a balloon.. 🙂
So… What IS Baby B?!
WE ARE HAVING A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!
And I cannot be more ecstatic!!!! Between you and me… And maybe the rest of the world. I REALLY wanted to have a girl. Despite the whole being a girl… Mood swings, serious attitudes, drama, etc. I really wanted the bond of a mother and a daughter. Similar to what me and my mom share. Honesty, trust, transparency with one another, a friend in your mom. I love having that with my mom. So I really wanted to share that bond with my daughter! And as excited as I am… Poor Daniel. Haha I feel so bad. He wanted to have a boy so badly. Someone to hunt and fish with. But, the more she grows, and the more I fall in love with her. Daniel does the same. I can’t believe how much he already loves her. Almost comparable to me! 😉
The last month has been a bumpy and even a tough month for us. With having no answers, waiting around, planning a party cross country, praying it all goes smoothly.. I think you get the point. It was a rough one. But I could not be more blessed and happy and thankful than I am right this moment. Me and my little girl are both healthy. Everyone knows the BIG SECRET! Mommy and Daddy are happy and so are the rest of our friends and family. My heart is just so full with love right now. Between my love for my baby girl. And the love being poured out onto me and Daniel. I don’t deserve all this love. But, I am truly grateful for every bit of it.
A HUGE thank you to everyone who made this party and time of our lives so special. I love every single one of you.
XOXO,  Whitney