christmas gender reveal
My little brother and his family were visiting for Christmas, and they are expecting their third child. As we opened up our gifts Christmas morning, he pulled one special gift from the pile and called the family to attention.
My sister-in-law had had an ultrasound earlier that week, and they didn't know what they were having. They asked the ultrasound technician to write on a piece of paper if it was a boy or a girl, and then they went to a clothing store and picked out a boy outfit and a girl outfit. They gave the note from the ultrasound visit to the clerk at the store and said they wanted to buy either the blue boy outfit or the pink girl outfit depending on what the note said. The clerk wrapped it in a box so they couldn't see which outfit they had purchased.
They wrapped the box and opened it with us on Christmas morning, so we could all find out at the same time that they are having.. a little girl!
It was so fun to see the reactions of my brother and his wife, my parents, my kids, and my niece and nephew as they all found out. By far the most exciting gift we opened Christmas morning and one of the most creative gender reveals I've seen.
01.17.2011
Reader Comments (54)
cute idea!
I'll keep that in mind (though we're going to have this first baby keep it's gender as a surprise).
Very happy to have done it. It was so nice to involve the whole family. Sometimes I feel that because it's not your first baby, the excitement fades. It was a fun way to be reminded of how special it really is to be expecting another child. Now we just need a name...
so cute!
LOVE this story! It reminds me of this one:http://weroquemore.com/2010/07/14/the-whole-ultrasound-story/. Gotta love creative parents!
What a wonderful idea! This put a big smile on my face reading it. I love it!
What a beautiful memory to cherish!
What a great idea. I love that. I bet the shop assistant wishes she could have been a fly on the wall at your house on Christmas Day.
I must be demented because I can only think how tempted I'd be to wrap the wrong thing if I were that clerk. Bad, dark sense of humor, bad!
that is so awesome!!! what a sweet and exciting idea! huge congrats to them :)
So nice idea!!!
cute idea! i saw something similar with a cake but this is much more special since the family could all be there.
That is the cutest and most clever gender reveal I have ever heard!
aww, this is awesome! i've heard of just opening the envelope over dinner, but never waiting to open a gift. Oh, the suspense!
freaking awesome idea!
Oh wow that is so freaking cute!
what a precious thought. i love this so much. what an exciting family christmas.
SO sweet!! A friend of mine did something similar. She didn't want to find out the baby's gender, but her husband did. So the technician told her husband and he kept it a secret. Then, every time there was something to pick out (bedding, clothes, etc.), my friend would select both boy and girl versions and her husband would order the correct one. The boxes of bedding and clothing started arriving before the baby was born, and my friend and her husband just stacked them up in the nursery so that she wouldn't see the pink or blue inside. One day a package arrived and my friend opened it, not thinking it had anything to do with the baby. Inside was a pile of pink! Her husband happened to be standing right next to her so he got to see her reaction when she found out, just weeks before her due date, that she was having a girl. I thought it was the cutest story ever, and almost sweeter than if she had found out in the delivery room. Anyway, just thought I'd share...congratulations on your soon-to-be niece! If I ever go for a third, perhaps we'll follow your brother's lead...this is such a fun idea!
Gorgeous! Such a lovely way to share the reaction with family
I do believe that is the kind of idea that can start a trend!
Sales Clerks around the world attention..
I'll laugh if the store clerk is a prankster. That nursery will need repainting, etc.