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Last week, we finally had our anatomy scan for Baby #2! It seems like it took forever to get to 20 weeks with this little one. Probably because this pregnancy has been more difficult than my first, plus we’ve been very anxious to find out the gender! Now that we know, I don’t want to wait another minute to share our second baby gender reveal with Big Sibling!
It’s a girl!
My husband and I were shocked. He thought all along that Baby was a boy. I went back and forth quite a few times, but I thought boy more often than not. With Colton, I felt like I knew 99% that he was a boy. I never wavered during that pregnancy and felt like the gender announcement at his anatomy scan was more of a confirmation than “finding out.” This little girl has kept me guessing, though!
Baby was very stubborn during her ultrasound. I actually thought we weren’t going to get an answer! She was in a frank breech position, meaning bottom down and feet up by her head. This made it challenging for the ultrasound technician to get the necessary angles. First, she took all of Baby’s measurements. Everything looked great and Baby is measuring perfectly for her age. This was, of course, great news… but Hubby and I were both thinking, get to the gender already! The tech did gender right away for Colton’s ultrasound, so that’s what we thought was the norm.
After taking Baby Girl’s measurements, the tech tried a few tricks to try to get her to move around. I tried rolling from side to side, nudging my belly, lots of things! Nothing was working! Right as the tech was about to give up, Baby moved just enough to give us a good angle. We have a confirmed Baby Girl! I was so excited to have a final answer so I could put together our second baby gender reveal with Big Sibling.
Did we have a gender preference?
A lot of people have asked if we had a preference on gender. We did not. We agreed that it would be fun to have one of each gender and experience parenting both. We also thought it would be fun to have two little boys who would be close in age running around together. Either way would’ve had its benefits! Now that we know Baby is a girl, we spend a lot of time talking about how it will (and won’t) be different raising a little girl. I’m so excited to meet her and get to know her little personality! I’m also excited to see what she looks like. Colton looks just like my husband, so I wonder if our daughter will look more like me.
Colton’s Outfit Details: Pants
Second Baby Gender Reveal with Big Sibling
I knew all along that I wanted us to do a second baby gender reveal with Big Sibling. It’s so important to us to include Colton in the pregnancy as much as possible. He’s just over 2 and understands quite a lot. Like, a lot more than I thought he would at this age. He points to my bump and says “Baby.” He also points to his own tummy and says “Food” (as in “food baby”). It’s the cutest thing!
After the ultrasound, we told Colton that he is getting a baby sister! He went with me to Dollar Tree to pick out some pink balloons and we went to a local park to take a few photos for the second baby gender reveal with Big Sibling. It was super windy that day and the balloons were blowing everywhere. Colton could barely hold onto them!
How did we tell our families?
We revealed the gender to our families by printing off the photos of Colton with pink balloons and putting them in an envelope. Yay for finally having a good photo printer
Now if July would just hurry up and get here!
If you missed it, see how the big brother to be helped us announce our second pregnancy! Or check out my maternity fashion and workout gear favorites.
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How did or will you announce the gender of your little ones?
79 Comments
Aww! Congratulations! How sweet. I bet he’s so excited to be a big brother! He’s adorable.
Thank you so much, Michelle! He’s very excited to be a big brother!
Congrats on your baby girl! We welcomed a baby girl 10 months ago (and have an older boy too). Big Brother is so in love with his baby sister! Girls are great but boys are great too! Haha!
Congratulations, Vanesssa! I’m excited to have one of each! It will be interesting to see the ways they are alike and different.
Congratulations on your new baby girl, I am sure big brother Colton will have a lot to share with her and teach her after she’s born! Visiting from Blogging with Heart today, God bless you and your sweet family!
Thank you very much, Jennifer! I’m excited to see Colton step into the big brother role.
These pictures are soo cute. It amazing how much they understand at 2. My daughter is 1 1/2 and I am also pregnant with baby number two.
Congratulations, Jasmine! That is super exciting!
These pictures are adorable. Its amazing how much they understand at two years old.
Thank you very much! It really is amazing how much they can comprehend so young.
Aww, so sweet! Girls are a lot of fun to raise. Then again, I suspect the same can be said of boys, too. 🙂 Congratulations!
Thank you, Lauren! I’m excited to have one of each!
Congrats! So fun that big brother was part of this!
Thank you, Stacy! I’m trying to involve him in as much of the pregnancy as he is interested in. I don’t want him to feel left out!
This is adorable! Congratulations on your new baby girl…What an exciting time for your family!
Thank you, Kayla! We are all very excited!
Congratulations!! So happy for you!!
Thank you, Emily! I appreciate it! 🙂
I was crazy about having a girl baby and ended up having twin boys. Now am even more crazy with these naughty little kittens. It will be so good for u to have a big brother and a little princess. Congratulations to your family!!
Thank you, Janani! I’m excited to have one of each and see how they interact!
Aww-congrats! How fun that you will have a little boy and now a little girl 🙂
Thank you so much, Holly! I’m thrilled that we’ll have one of each!
I loved this! Its so important to share this process with older sublings. Because they’re children they dont always understand what this all means.
My oldest was 5 going on 6 when we had our second child. He wanted a brother..he got a sister instead. He was upset at first and eventually, (even before the new baby was born) got over it. Thanks for sharing your gender reveal! ❤
Thanks for sharing your story, Maria. My son isn’t old enough to have a preference (or at least to express it!), but I hope he loves his little sister. I’m glad your son came around!
Aw hooray! Congratulations to your family!
Thanks so much, Morgan! We’re very excited!
This is the sweetest thing. My sister just found out she’s pregnant again and I’m dying to throw her a gender reveal party and really want to include their son in it somehow. We have so many boys in the family that we’re really hoping for a girl 🙂
Thank you very much, Krysta! Good luck to your sister with her pregnancy. What an exciting time!
So sweet! Love the pictures of your son and the balloons! He will be an awesome big brother. We just did our 2nd gender reveal a couple weeks ago by doing the cake thing…also having a girl! 🙂
That’s awesome, Kaycee! Congrats on your pregnancy! We did a cake reveal for our first pregnancy!
One of each how fun! Girls are so fun. It my boys are my sweeties lol
Little boys are total sweethearts! My son melts my heart 🙂
Congratulations!!
Thank you very much, Elizabeth! 🙂
AWWW CONGRATS!!! I hope you enjoy the rest of your pregnancy and getting ready for your baby girl!!!
Thanks so much, Kristin! We are so excited to meet our little lady!
Aww, congrats! Our order was the same. First boy, then girl, then another girl. Such a blessing. Very happy for you.
Thanks so much, Candy! I appreciate your kind words!
Congratulations!! How exciting! We have a son and then a daughter and it’s SO FUN!!
I’m so glad to hear that, Rachel! I’m excited for our family to grow!
Congratulations! A wonderful way to involve siblings!
Thank you, Jasmine! I’m glad we were able to involve the big brother to be!
What an adorable way to announce your baby girl!! It’s so important to include the other children in these events. Your son looks super excited to be a big brother!
Thank you, Heather! We are all excited to see Colton step into his new role as Big Brother!
Congratulations, how exciting! 🙂
Thanks so much, Jennifer!
Congrats! So exciting
Thanks, Ryan! We’re very excited!
Congrats! This is such a sweet idea for a reveal! I was anxious to know gender with both my girls!
Thank you, Maggie! We were very anxious to find out both times, too. My mother’s intuition told me my first was a boy and I was right… but then I thought this one was a boy too, and obviously not! So I guess I’m not as good at knowing as I thought I was. 😉
I decided to find out gender with my second because I desperately wanted a girl (I already had a boy) and I didn’t want to be holding my new baby and feel disappointed. At the scan it as revealed I was having another boy and I cried! All was good within an hour and I never looked back.
That feeling is very common, Lisa. I bet your family is absolutely perfect and I’m sure your boys love having each other. They’re built-in best friends!
Congratulations! He looks like her is going to be a fantastic big brother! Girls are fun!
Thanks so much, Jacqui! I’m so excited to see him as a big brother!
OMG this is so fun!! Congrats love!! So exciting!!
We are so excited! Thanks so much, Ruthie!
Awww this is too cute! Congratulations on the new family member to come 🙂 xoxo, sharon
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Thanks for the kind words, Sharon! We are very excited to meet our little lady!
So cute! My daughter was so excited to announce the gender of our 3rd baby!
That’s so fun, Katie! I’m sure she did a great job with her announcement! 🙂
Congrats!! The photos are so cute and its such a great idea. I totally agree with you, its great and vital that you’re including Colton in this because he is part of it. You don’t want him to be left out and here he is the center of the party haha. I’ll be anxiously awaiting with you for July, I love babies haha.
That’s so sweet, Luz! Thank you! I’m getting very anxious for July!!
Aww this is a really sweet idea. Congratulations!
Glad you think so! Thank you, Sarah!
Congratulations!! These pictures are so sweet! I love that your son participated in the gender reveal!
Thank you, Stephanie! We definitely want to include him in as much of the pregnancy as we can. 🙂
Too sweet!! And Congratulations! 🙂
Thank you, Jessica! 🙂
Congratulations to you and your family on the impending arrival of your little girl. This post is a great reminder of including the big brother (or sister) in the events surrounding the addition of another child. I think the more you include them, the more they will be excited and involved. Thank you for adding this link to the #allformamas link party. I will pin and google+ this post
I totally agree, Stephenie. I’m so glad Colton is excited to become a big brother! Thank you for sharing my post!
Aww this is lovely, such precious photos. Congratulations on your girl! It’ll be wonderful. Thanks for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday
That is so sweet, Lisa! Thank you! We are very excited to meet her!
That is the sweetest post. Love your take and of course your sweet little son. congrats on your baby girl. Thanks for sharing at DI&DI.
Thank you so much, Linda! 🙂