Gender Reveal......IT'S A ??????

GIRL!!!!!

We revealed the gender of our baby over the Christmas holiday.  It was a very exciting time and we revealed it different ways for each side of our families.  For Shawns side of the family we did a reveal cake (see pics below).  I had Harris Teeter create a special "Christmas Cake" that had pink icing in between each of the 3 layers.  The ladies at the bakery were so excited and said that they had never done anything like this before.  I told them to "Christmas up" the outside, so no one would be the wiser.  It came out beautifully and I would not have changed a thing about it.  The only person on in Shawn's family who thought something was up with it was his sister.  She had a feeling that the inside was going to reveal whether we were having a boy or girl.

For my side of the family we decided to get three "It's a Girl" balloons and stuff them in a big bag and then when the bag was untied the balloons would come popping out.  Well, the balloons would not fit in the bag that we bought, so we had to improvise with a suitcase but it actually turned out much better this way because the balloons really "popped out."  We were able to face time on my sisters iPad with family that was not near us and it was really cool to have everyone in on the action.