Today was a special Mother's Day. Our family celebrated together with the Nelsons along with Ian's mom (while his dad was busy in the field). Not only was today Mother's Day but Megan and Jeff celebrated their 1-year anniversary today and found out a couple weeks ago the gender of their baby but wanted to wait until we were together today to make the big announcement.
We met at Bluff Lake for lunch. Afterwards, we came back to our house for the big reveal. Megan ordered cupcakes with colored filling that would indicate the gender. As a side note, once these gender reveal parties started becoming popular, I honestly thought it was a little bit of a crazy idea to throw a party to make the announcement, but of course with the advent of Pinterest and ideas galore, it was hard not to get into it somewhat, especially when I had the entire weekend to myself to do a little planning (since my mom wanted to take Eli home with her on Friday and bring him back on Sunday with them). It was still a low-key gender reveal party intermixed with the celebration of Mother's Day, and it was fun!
Tallies were made as for guesses on whether the baby would be a boy or girl. I found out earlier in the day that when Megan was at my mom and dad's this weekend she let it slip by using the pronouns "he" and "him." They also told me Megan told Eli the gender (which wasn't exactly the case), so I asked him what Megan was having, of course, and he replied, "Boy." Afterwards, I realized Eli, on his own accord, pointed to Megan's ultrasound pictures and said, "That's Megan's baby. It's a boy." We were all 110% sure it was going to be a boy; so much for the surprise...or so we thought.
Then, it was time for cupcakes. Matt was the first to announce, "It's a boy!", although maybe he was trying to throw everyone off when he realized there was actually pink filling inside. My dad said, "Pink!" I love the reaction on my mom's face!
Of course, there's me - always the oblivious one trying to figure out what is going on since we were certain it was a boy. It was a true surprise for everyone!! Megan truly had her heart set on having a little girl and even had a girl's name picked out for as long as I can remember; Emma.
Baby Nelson is a girl after all! They are naming her Emma Ann. The middle name comes from both my mom's middle name and our Grandma Winter.
Not even knowing ahead of time whether the baby would be a boy or girl, my mom had already ordered a personalized onesie with Emma's name! She just couldn't resist when she came across the idea.
I
love the excitement on Eli's face here as Jeff's dad is reading him a
book; he always loves when other people, especially those much more
animated than myself will read to him.
I am so excited to now be joining in the journey of motherhood with my sister while also at the same time looking forward to Jamie's upcoming wedding and the bridal showers and baby shower in the works!
Now I can see what all the hype is about with these gender reveal parties, although this one was a true surprise! It was a fun day and such a sentimental way to spend Mother's Day. Motherhood is such a precious gift, responsibility, honor, and privilege, which also gives way to a new-found appreciation for my own mother and generations before her who have passed on the same types of family values and traditions.
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