That is a quote from the incomparable Winnie the Pooh. He loved balloons! Come to think of it, I’ve had a few dogs that
love balloons, too. And all my kids seem
to go crazy over them. I distinctly
remember Emma playing with her first balloon at about 10 months old. Lara had one, too, but for some reason Emma’s
reactions stick out in my mind. But I
digress. All of that has nothing to do
with my post today. I got off on a tangent!
Time to reign it back in…
This past weekend, Britt, Jake, Finn and I got to be a part
of a very memorable time in some dear friends’ of ours lives. (Emma and Lara were with their other dad at
the time.) Jenny and Brian are pregnant
with their first child, and this weekend they had a little get together to see
if “Baby B” as they were calling it would in fact be a boy or a girl. You may recall that Britt and I had a similar gathering, and we cut a cake to reveal the batter color indicating if Shocker would
be a girl or a boy. Our friends too it
to the next level – using BALLOONS filled with helium in a big cardboard
box. It was SO FUN to watch. But first, I have to tell about the games we
were subjected too. She had a 3 stage “Daddy
Olympics” of sorts that my fabulous husband got to participate in – and he
survived the first 2 rounds! Round one
had 8 dads from the audience chugging water form a baby bottle (the first 6 finished
moved on):
Notice Britt was the only man on team Pink. Or at least the only one man enough to don a pink
shirt!
Then, they had to CORRECTLY diaper and put a onsite on a
baby doll. There was some cheating going
on here! I knew Britt would excel at
this one – he was the only dad with an infant on the panel! He even cuddled and burped his baby when he
was done! The 4 fastest moved on…
Round 3 was a pacifier spitting contest. (Think watermelon seeds…) This was pretty
funny. All 4 daddies had very different techniques,
and I have to give my hubby props because he came in second! And there are not any pictures of this event
as my camera freaked out about this time, and really, what can possible be more
attractive that the ones above from the bottle chugging… ;)
With our friend Darci (who was also on team PINK with me), I got to help MC a game of “Old Wives Tales” where Jenny was
asked 15 questions related to old wives tales that “predicted” the gender of
the baby. As you can see from the board
at the end of the game, it was VERY heavy on the “boy” side…
After everyone had voted pink or blue, cast a lot for the corresponding
name they thought the parents had picked, consumed fun foods based on her
cravings, cute blue and pink treats, and LOTS of bottled water to stave off the
heat, and the games were all done, the time had FINALLY come. A friend of Jenny’s had the dubious job of acquiring
the balloons in the correct color and sealing them in the box. The guests all gathered around Jenny’s mom’s
side yard to watch the happy couple open the box. Here is the video I took revealing the gender
of Baby B:
It’s a BOY! The look
on Jenny’s face is priceless! She has
lots of little boys in her family, so I know she will get lots of good advice. And of course, she can always ask me,
too. We are so excited for them and look
forward to welcoming Braxton Wayne in November!
And lastly, I have to mention the HEAT (previously alluded
to in the party wrap-up)! While it is
oppressive, this week is the first week we’ve hit triple digits, and by this
time last year, we had been in the thick of it for almost a month. And, it still looks like this summer will be
better than last summer. I am trying to
not complain about the heat, because NOTHING can compare to the misery I was in
last summer with the record breaking heat, my complicated pregnancy, and an old
home and air conditioner that simple could not keep up. I am a million times better off this summer,
and for that I HAVE to be grateful!
Thank you Lord, for providing!
we LOVE you!!! Thank you for spending the afternoon with us celebrating with us! Your gender reveal was the first time I have ever heard or seen of such a thing, and I'm so grateful you did it- because it gave us the inspiration for ours- this was one of the most memorable days ever for us! Thanks for sharing it on your blog- I think I have read it and watched the video about a million times now :)
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