We had our gender reveal party yesterday since my Mom was in town for her consulting job. I don't expect to get a baby shower but I did want to celebrate in some small way that I could organize, so gender reveal it was! I provided all food and onesies and fabric paint to decorate, the same as I'd done for my friend Cheryl's baby shower a year ago. Plus, for this baby we have family and friends who care about kids, unlike last time, lol, so it was nice to have a party. It was a small get together, my mom, mother in law and her husband (step father in law), sister in law and her husband and our friends with their two kids.
My awesome cake that I ordered from a local bakery. It was only $20 and was absolutely delicious!!
Strawberry flavor for the pink! Everyone's reaction when I lifted the slice out was just perfect!
Decorating onesies!
Drying and 'curing'
And now individual photos of each, some have a front/back. It's such a great activity and you get some really personal touches from friends and family!
My supplies included a spray fabric paint, thick fabric markers and narrow point fabric markers and various stencils. I had a plastic lined tablecloth to protect my table and cardboard to slide between the shirts so the paint wouldn't bleed through.
One of mine, done with the spray type paint and a stencil
Top is front, bottom is back. Made by my mom friend that I met through a reddit group when we were both pregnant with our first kids at the same time. The paper airplane is the group's logo.
Another I made that I'm not happy with. I should have verified a good flesh tone....
Made by my friend's three year old. I love it!
Top is front, bottom is back. Husband made this one. He was aiming for geekier but couldn't condense the message, lol
My final one. It says WILD at the top
Sister in law made this one. She did an excellent job with the stenciling!
I think Kaylee made this one with help from Nana
This I know that Kaylee made with assistance from me and Nana to work the spray. She chose the colors and the stencil.
Step father in law made this one.
Top is front, bottom is back. My mom (Nana) made this one. She knows kids. LOLOLOLOL. We will forever do double takes when Babydos wears this onesie because of diaper blowouts. She nailed the color.
Sister in law's husband did this, but I did the lettering at his request.
Mother in law (Grandma) made this one. She runs. I like the idea she used with the starfish!
Top is front, bottom is back
Sister in law also did this one. She's a big MSU fan and alumna
I loved how we were able to introduce Babydos, Hazel Ophelia, to our family this way. It was a low key, low stress, no obligation kind of party for a second kid. I stressed that no one needed to bring anything in the invitation.
We had polled family at Thanksgiving to get their prediction and Boy was the majority winner for guesses (from myself and Eric too!) Our clothing choices for the party were under intense scrutiny, and the fact that even my hair elastics were both blue and pink was a cause of great distress, much to my amusement.
We had polled family at Thanksgiving to get their prediction and Boy was the majority winner for guesses (from myself and Eric too!) Our clothing choices for the party were under intense scrutiny, and the fact that even my hair elastics were both blue and pink was a cause of great distress, much to my amusement.
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