This isn't really new news, but I wanted to make sure I put photographs up from the Gender Reveal Party my sweet friend Erin put together.
Back in January, David and I were blessed with the news that a little
baby Phillips would be joining our family come September! Honestly,
there's a longer story behind trying to start a family and all that, but
that's another post all together. We called our parents and our
closest friends to share the great news. My mother of course bawled her
eyes out and is so excited to be called Oma come September. David's
parents guessed why we were calling because they literally were just in
Yuma visiting and we found out the day after they left.
I waited a while to tell my middle school students just because I really didn't want them telling me that I should name my baby after them. (Yes, that happened... a lot.) In the beginning of March, there were two girls in one of my classes who guessed it before I said anything. One class period, they were giggling and I decided to ask what on earth was going on (usually I ignore giggling during work time, but they wouldn't stop staring at me!). One of the girls said they couldn't tell me and they had a question to ask me but it had to wait until April. I guess to them, it would be obvious that I was pregnant or not by the time April came around. Eventually, I told only one of my class periods - because I know how quick news travels in a middle school.
I asked one of the girls how on earth they knew I was pregnant and she said "You were moody."
Oh lovely middle schoolers. They tell you how it is.
Then at the beginning of May, my good friend Erin (she's been on this crazy military ride with me since Virginia) put together a little reveal party for us. We just had a few families over, ate food, had fellowship, and made a
huge mess to find out if we were having a little girl or boy.
When we went to get the anatomy ultrasound done, I gave the technician a card and had her circle the gender and seal it in the envelope. Right after the appointment, I dropped the envelope off at Erin's house so I wasn't tempted to peek.
Here's the
tutorial Erin used to make the Poppers! You could easily make these for any event.
Here's how the madness went down!
After we found out a little girl would be joining our family, the hubster (David) said that he had to call my dad and ask him how he did it. Sidebar - I'm one of four girls... my poor dad.
One of my students gave me the sweetest gift of clothes for little Baby Phillips and although I won't be teaching next year, I can't wait to visit the middle school and show my previous students our little bundle of joy!
