It's a BOY!!!

The cake is cut and the game is ova! It was a perfect afternoon to find out about the perfect little BOY in my tummy ♥ I thought when I made the first cut I'd pull out the knife and see the frosting on it. Wrong. Then by the second cut I thought I'd be able to see the side of the slice. Wrong. So I had to wait until the slice was pulled out?! Wrong! When Gentry pulled the slice out I couldn't really tell what color the frosting was!!! The angle I was standing at gave me a perfect shadow...that with the light blue combination made me so confused! LOL. But that was all in like a split second. I could tell by the cheers and Gentry's smile that it was BLUE :)

Getting Ready! Such a cute cake

Thinking I was going to be able to see the frosting

Still thinking I'm about to see the frosting

Doesn't that look white to you too?!!??!

It's a BOY!!!

I can't take credit for this idea at all. I've had a couple girl friends do the "gender cake" and at the time I wasn't pregnant...so I KNEW as soon as the next one was on his or her way this was how we were going to find out :) Usually, on a normal 2d Ultrasound, you can't tell the baby's sex until at least week 18 or so. We went to a 3d ultrasound office when I was exactly 15 weeks and she was able to find out the sex. She said she was 99.9% sure what it was. We had her write down the results on a card that we then put it in a seal envelope. The next day my Mom's assistant faxed the letter to the bakery so they could know what color to make the frosting. 

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Who's Idea was THIS?!

So I thought I was going to find out the sex of baby #2 at my last doc appointment, but she told me she wouldn't be able to tell me for 4 more weeks. Um, Doc, I gotta party this Saturday, like in 5 days, I'm gonna need to know the sex! Thank god for 3D ultrasounds. I googled it and found a place close by that can do a "Gender Determination" ultrasound and guarantees they can tell you the sex as soon as 14 weeks. By this point I was exactly 15 weeks, so I scheduled my appointment for Tuesday. The ultrasound was great. The girl that did it was super sweet. She spent about 20 minutes with me and I was able to watch the baby move and shake and wave their little hands and kick their little feet. Sweet little 2 ounce baby :) I was watching her facial expressions on and off to try and see if I could tell when she was looking at "the goods" But she was good. Probably a poker player at night. When it was all over Gentry and I had a brief 30 seconds when we were like "Should we have her tell us now, I can't wait." Lucky for us this Poker playing Ultrasound techy was also a tough one! Hahahah! She just walked outta the room like "Too late guys, I'm gone and I'm sealing the information." So we wait for her to print off all the ultrasound pictures and Gentry goes "I feel like I saw girl parts" And I'm like "What!? Cause I totally thought I saw a little penis." I'm pretty sure what I saw was the umbilical cord because, lets me honest, could a 2 ounce baby really have enough of a penis that I, who's not an ultrasound tech and only knows what I'm looking at every one in awhile, really be able to clearly identify that? This is where Gentry would add his comment about "Well I mean his Daddy IS Black." Anyways, we took all our goodies from the session and headed to the park to let Raya RUN.
Now the plan is to pass the sealed envelope to my mom who will take it to the bakery and get our very own "Gender Cake" made. The only people that will know the results will be the baker(s). On Saturday, at my Brother's Going Away Bar-B-Q, we'll cut the cake and the middle layer of frosting will either be pink or blue!!! Exciting right?! Yah I thought so at first. Now I'm just annoyed. Who's idea was it to get an ultrasound on Tuesday for a party on Saturday?!! UH. Yah, it was totally my idea. But still. Now I think its a stupid idea :)