So, last Wednesday we had our first ultrasound- and yes faithful reader, we did find out the sex of our child- but you'll have to watch the videos to figure that out! In any case, we didn't tell our parents. They were all coming down on Saturday for Elisabeth's graduation. (BTW, I'm super proud of my wife!)
Elisabeth had read about a clever way to share the sex of a child with its grandparents. First, you bake a cake, then you ice the inside with either blue or pink icing. When it's time to let the grandparents know if it's a boy or girl, just let them cut the cake. So, that's what we did. Check out the video below.
Now I'll pass this off to Elisabeth so she can fill in more of the details!
- Russ

Hi y'all! So let me just start off by saying it was super hard to keep the sex of JBM top secret. Mainly I didn't want someone to accidentally say something on FB and spill the beans to our parental units. So on Saturday, I did my 'thang' and got my diploma...after which we went to The Olive Garden for lunch. My mom, Sister, Mimi, Nana, Pop, Cindy, Uncle Tony, Aunt Jane, and William were in for a big surprise, but I waited until lunch was finished to announce...

I thanked everyone for driving down on my special day and explained that we had a special treat for them (enter my super hard of hearing but beautiful Mimi who began talking-I guess she could not hear me, ha). I told them that we had been fibbing since Wednesday and we really knew the sex of Baby M. Needless to say, everyone was in total shock! Russ and I invited everyone back to the house for cake, explaining that the sex could only be revealed by cutting into the cake and looking at the icing inside. Would it be pink or blue??? I did calm some fears, telling all that he/she was very healthy...enter my mom sobbing at the table. haha