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Monday, November 2, 2009
The big day!
So November 20th is the day that we get to have our ultrasound! I am so excited. Kellan and I are up in the air as to whether or not we want to find out the sex of the baby so I thought that I would take a poll and see what others have done and what your thoughts are. I am also looking for a cute way to let our families know if we do decide on finding out. So some input into the situation would be nice. I know that ultimately the choice is up to Kellan and I but it is still fun to bounce ideas off of each other. Let me know what you think!
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We wanted to find out at least on our first. Because your first you are going to have a bunch of showers and you will pretty much get everything yellow if they don't know what you are going to have. Thats what we thought anyway. There are so many really really cute boy and girl clothes but very very few uni-sex ones. Plus then you know how you want to fix up your nursery and everything. You will be very overwhelmed with such the big change in your life I didn't want to have to worry about going out after the baby was born and getting stuff I needed or wanted cause I waited to find out what it was.
ReplyDeleteAs for how we told our parents we got together and told them we wanted to get them a gift for all the things they do for us. A "just because gift". We got the "grandma's to be" a statue of a grandma holding a little baby. The one made by willow tree. You can get them at deseret book or the christmas shop at gardner village (they have a ton of them). When they first saw the statue they were a little confused then in the box was a copy of the sonogram. They freaked out! it was way fun. We got it on tape and everything. lol
Sorry I rambled on way too much. Good luck deciding what to do.
Matt and I have always (well, twice now) and will always find out. It's a personal choice. I think it would be fun to wait, after all there are so few true surprises that you can have in life and this is one of them.
ReplyDeleteWhen Matt and I had our first one of the big reasons we wanted to find out is because, as the previous commenter mentioned, we have generous friends and family. It's so much fun to get boy or girl gifts. On a personal note, it enabled Matt and me to feel closer to the baby before she was born. We were able to pick out a name and call her by it before we met her. By the time Leah was born she was so OURS. We felt we knew her and her spirit immediately because we'd had the time to get to know her so personally while she was baking.
Not to say that you can't have that feeling without knowing the sex, I'm sure you can. I just feel that it makes it easier to have the relationship knowing the sex of the baby.
Ideas: Bring in bunches of blue/pink balloons. Make a dessert for a family dinner and make it pink/blue, you could even them the whole thing with the appropriate color cups, forks, plates, and napkins. You and your husband could both wear pink/blue shirts.
I've always wanted to be able to wait to find out what it is until I'm in labor, but I just can't do it. I have to know! I have to plan!
You've already heard my idea, of having the ultra sound tech write it down and seal it in an envelope and then putting it under the Christmas tree. That's the only thing I could think of, for having it be a surprise element. But I am the type of person who really likes to know, because I like to call the baby by their name when they are in my belly. And for me, when they come out, I feel like I've known them for forever! I think you should find out, but of course, that's my opinion. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI think you should find out! That way you can shop for the baby and like Jana said give the baby a name and get used to that before they are born. It really is a personal decision and tons of people don't find out... But I think you should! Its so exciting either way.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jana and Amy. We found out and it was much easier to get clothes and things knowing that he was a boy. We also chose the name and called him that from the belly. I also have to find things out. I can't ever wait! I'm the kind that has to know everything!
ReplyDeleteMark and I didn't want to know, we wanted to find out the old fashioned way on the day by hearing "it's a..." It was so beautiful to hear the rings of "it's a boy" when James arrived even if it was from Mark and not the Dr.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the only yellow comment, we had some lovely clothes of various colours given to us and baby blue looks good on a girl or a boy. Who would want an all pink or blue layette anyway?
If you do find out I love the idea of sealing the secret in an envelope and puting it under the Christmas tree.
I am so excited for you both and can't wait to meet the little Doommeister
I've told you before, but I suggest finding out. It is so true, you get to call the baby by name, you really grow close to the baby and the baby's spirit because you know what it is, what it's name will be, etc. It can be a really spiritual expierence even if you find out what it is. And plus, if you don't find out, you'll get Yellow or Green everything! And if it's a girl, you'll want all the frilly dresses and headbands and shoes!! And if it's a boy, you'll get tons of cute football or truck things. Otherwise everything will be plain...And you'll want to milk the showers for all they are worth because babies are expensive!! :)
ReplyDeleteHopefully you get some good ideas on how to tell people. I just told people I would wear the color of the baby, but I already knew it was a boy, so I wore blue to the ultrasound, so when I showed up at work, everyone knew it was a boy by what I was wearing.
I personally like to know. It gives Joel and I a chance to agree on a name and I am one who HAS to have everything in order before anything big happens so I like to know what to plan on. As for ideas, I like Jana's idea of the ultrasound under the tree. You could also do something like bake a cake with the color of the gender inside (Blue or pink...I didn't mean that genders are actually colors...GOSH!)
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