Joel and I knew that we were going to find out the gender of our child. Joel said that our pregnancy was surprise enough so we were definitely going to find out as early as we could. However, I didn't want to hear the news while the anatomy scan was happening so Joel and I concocted another plan. I have seen so many creative ways to announce the gender of a baby but we kept ours simple.
I went in for my sonogram with a card and envelope. I repeatedly told the ultrasound technician NOT to tell us the sex of our baby but instead to write it down on the card I had. She took a million photos and gave them to us, none of which gave any indication in either direction. She handed us back our card and we sealed it up in the envelope.
We also took this photo for posterity.
I can't believe we were able to make the 3 hour drive to see our families without attempting to sneak a peak at what was written. I think it was harder for my mother in law to hold off until everyone arrived for the party. I was convinced she was going to MacGuyver her way into my special Gender Revealing envelope. Our families were soon all gathered- we even skyped with my sister in law who wasn't able to be there in person- and we cracked open our fate. My awesome nephew took this video for us.
I love love love that my nephew zoomed in on Joel's face during the end of the video. You can see his nervousness that this was all indeed real, but so much excitement for a boy. A boy we always knew we would name Jonah.
The photo mentioned and the reason I was laughing like a maniac:
I loved every aspect of finding out this way but I am curious, when we have another baby, to see if I could make it to birth day without finding out the gender.
I love my son for bringing this much joy to our lives even before he was even born.
