The Finding out Party

I cannot believe it has been four weeks since we had our 'finding out party'.

What is a 'finding out party' you ask?

First...what rock are you living under???  Apparently it is all the craze these days.  So as to maintain the trendy status that J and I have (in our dreams!) we decided to jump on board.

A finding out party is a party where the parents-to-be find out the sex of the baby at the same time as their guests.  Typically, the parents take a sealed envelope from their ultrasound to a cake shop where they request a cake be made with either pink or blue icing, depending on the contents of the envelop (which may only be opened after the couple has left the shop).  At the party, the cake is cut and the sex revealed.

J and I put a tiny twist on the plans by making the cake an ice cream cake (in true Tess and J fashion), so...since we couldn't bare to have an ice cream cake made that didn't have our favorite ice creams simply to satisfy a needed color scheme, we decided that the sex indicator would be the flavor of the cake layer, not the ice cream filling.  So, vanilla = girl and chocolate = boy.

Let me tell you...it was a blast!!  I had high hopes going in, mostly out of anticipation of finding out, but this party blew me away.  Jeremy and I found ourselves surrounded by 50+ friends and family and 10+ children.  I literally cannot express the feeling it gave me to look around and see everyone's face...to feel the support for J and our growing family...and most of all the love.  Not only the love they give Ayden, but the love they already give the growing little boy inside me.  As if those who were present weren't more than enough, we had family from all corners of the country dialed in on a video chat!

[I have to insert here that we were not successful in getting my dad on the line, though it wasn't for a lack of trying, but just knowing that he was at his computer thinking of us made the moment that much better.  Why would the thousands of dollars in technology actually work when you want it to?!?!]

Without further adieu, here are some videos from the revealing.

Finding Out Party - Video

As you might have guessed the large majority of the group believed it was going to be a girl....weren't we all SURPRISED to see the chocolate cake!

Having not found out the sex with Ayden, I feel I have earned the right to say that finding out was WAY MORE FUN***!!!

[*** I must caveat this statement by explaining that my experience having a C-section (ug!) stripped all the fun out of having the baby.  I felt so drugged, then so sick from all the drugs, that I was barely aware of the moment.  I have no doubt this plays into my feelings on finding out.]

If/when J and I take this plunge again we will most certainly be holding another 'finding out party'.