An Easter Surprise!

We had a delightful time celebrating Easter this year and two things in particular made it extra special:

Hosting our families, and surprising everyone with a gender reveal!

Since Spring isn't a busy season for us, I found it really relaxing and enjoyable. We had baskets waiting for the kids when they woke up, made it to church early in our Sunday best, and had lots of time to prepare for family coming in the afternoon.

We decided a while ago that finding out the gender of this baby would be fun to do in front of all our family. And since we knew we wanted to start the traditional of hosting Easter, it was the perfect time to share this news.

As some of you may remember, we're notorious for Easter surprises :)

So I talked to the baker at our local QFC who took the sealed envelope we'd received from our doctor to made gender reveal cupcakes for us! The idea is that you bite into the cupcake, and on the inside is a huge dollop of pink or blue frosting.

I think they missed the "huge dollop" memo because this is what happened...

It was such a confusing moment!

Here I was, anxious as ever, and as I (and everyone else!) go to bite into our cupcakes, we see nothing.

Nada

Well except a small blue spot which most of us believed was a sprinkle lost in the frosting.

This is the best picture we have :)

So Kevin ran to get the envelope, and low and behold.... "It's a BOY!" was written on the inside!

I was SO sure I was having girl, so the adjustment these past few days has been weird, but I'm so on board for another boy and beyond excited for our family!

So that's that :)

We're about 95% sure he will be named Benjamin. This was our boy name for Abigail (and what we called her for the first 20 weeks when we were just sure she was a boy), so it seems only natural, and totally full circle, that we end up with our little Benny Baby Boy after all!

Anyway, here are some pictures from Easter this year!