I am sitting here nibbling on left over cake and staring at the cutest little Hip Baby gift bag from two of the sweetest clients I have ever met, Elaine and Chris. I just had the most amazing meeting with them and after last night they were the icing on the cake. Pardon the pun 😉
So if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you may know, Darren and decided to do something a bit different to find out the sex of our baby. Last week we had the gender determination ultrasound, but instead of having the ultrasound tech tell us what we were having, we had him write it down on one of the ultrasound pics and seal it in an envelope. From there I took it to my fantastic local bakery, Lighthouse Cake Company, and asked them to bake us a cake with blue or pink icing as the layers inside depending on what it said in the envelope. So when we cut the cake with some of our closest friends, and even my mom and Don skyping in from Argentina and Darren’s dad and Val from Mexico and a phone call from his mom Lorna from China, we all found out at the same time what we were having. I can’t take credit for this adorable idea. I stumbled across it on a blog I love to follow, The Shultzes.
So I want to share with you a couple images from one of the most amazing moments and memories in my life.
IT’S A ……………….
BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !! BOY !!
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Hey, that was really a cool idea!! And, even though it’s several days afterwards, I want to wish you two all the best with the little boy who is on his way. Congratulations, Kim! ;))
Oh that cake is gorgeous! I hope you had a great time with family and friends celebrating your little baby boy! Congratulations you two! I am so excited for you guys!
AHHHHHH! CONGRATS!!!!! That is SUCH a cool idea! :):):)
Congratulations to you both.
Aww!! Congratulations 🙂 I saw this on someone’s blog last year and have said that I want to do this as well! First I’ve got to find someone to make babies with though. 😛
What an amazing idea!
that is SO FUN! haha! i LOVE that you guys did that!
congrats to you, kim! can’t wait to see him!
Oh Kim I’m SO HAPPY for you!!!! I Love the cake idea! 🙂 Hope you’re doing well. Miss ya!
This is super clever. I love it. 🙂
(PS. I’m another local photographer friend of Karen McNeil’s and found you through her, love your work). I’m also pregnant but I think I’m about 6-8 weeks behind you. 😉
I hadn’t heard from your Mom yet so I thought I would check your blog just in case….YEAH! Congrats….little boys are just so precious and they always love their Mommies….. xoxoxo
Congratulations!
Love your message delivery system. All good news should come wrapped in chocolate!
Awww! Wow that is the most original idea and super fun too! Congrats! 🙂
Congratulations to you both!! A boy, that is awesome…
I LOVE this! So much fun and so much anticipation, what a unique idea ~ and congrats on the boy! And I just read a comment about dressing up boys (because I was hoping for a girl, cute clothes and such) ~ it’s true, boy clothes can be fun!
Wow! What a fantastic way to find out. How special for you all! Congratulations! Boys are so much fun 🙂
Congrats Kim!!!!!!! Sean and I are so happy for you both!
I’m so thrilled! Congratulations! that made MY day for sure! ( I hedged my bets by wearing both pink and blue because any grandbaby is a good grandbaby!)The cake looks YUMMY too. Counting the days until I get back from China!
BTW I sent an email to your hotmail accounts, which I hope you’ll read. Love,
OMG! Eeeeek. That is the best idea ever Kimmy, you are so creative. A little boy, how wonderful. I’m so happy for you. We find out the sex next month and can’t wait! Lots of love. xo
That is so exciting!! Congratulations, and I love how you all found out at the same time! Boys are so much fun!!
An amazing way to find out, very exciting!! Congrats you two:)
Kim, what an amazing idea. I can only imagine the anticipation of the event and to findout the sex with everyone you love so dearly is just amazing.
Congratulations!
Can’t wait to meet the little man when he arrives.
Wow! What a fabulous idea! I just got all tingly waiting to see what colour it was! Congratulations Kim! : D
Congrats Kim!! That is so wonderful and the BEST way to find out ever : ) Boys are the cutest and don’t worry…there are TONS of cute clothes to dress them up in!!!
Awesome idea Kim, I love it. Congratulations! I’m sure you’ll raise him right, we need more guys that aren’t afraid of being creative!
Congratulations! You guys will be such great parents and we are so happy for you!
BOY OH BOY! In our culture, we congratulate the whole family on such occassions, so many, many heartfelt congrats to you and Darren and your families as well 🙂
Thank you SO SO much everyone! Glad you liked the idea as much as we did 🙂 We are just so thrilled to meet this little man 🙂
Kim…I just about cried when I read that. This is an incredibly wonderful way to find out the gender of your child in advance of his birth. So sweet. So perfect.
This is too clever! Congrats. Congrats. Congrats. Now you get to have your baby and eat your cake. Oh wait, that’s not how that goes is it?
I’m tearing up….so happy for the both of you!! What a wonderful way to find out and share with your family!
Big. Happy. Blue. Hugs!!
Congrats Kim 🙂 Boys are so much fun!! xoxo
I am so happy for you!!!!!! 🙂
I’ve had my eye on the blog all day lol
Kim, what a special and fantastic way to find out. Congratulations…so many fun ‘blue’ times to come! What an amazing and exciting time for you both!
How perfectly wondeful!