Gender Reveal with Paint!

Another post in our series about getting back on track! 

When I got pregnant, I immediately started to think about revealing the gender in a fun way. I wish I was the type to not know the gender until their birth day, but I am just not that patient. I do, however, find great pleasure in finding out the gender and making others wait to find out ;). Obviously, I got my inspiration from Pinterest. I saw a picture where they included their first born and the mom painted the child's hand and the child pressed their hand against her white shirt and left the appropriate colored hand print. I loved how it was a series of photos and the first few were black and white, and the very last was in color, at last revealing the gender to others. 

I immediately started to be concerned, after I had already booked the photo session and bought the appropriate materials and purchased 4 three picture photo frames, that maybe Kinnley was too young (13 months) to be able to put a hand print on my shirt. I told my weary mind that it would all work out, stop worrying, and just let things be. And they did! I was right about her not wanting to flatten her hand out for a hand print. BUT, we handed her the paint brush loaded with the appropriate colored paint and let her paint the color onto my shirt. The photos turned out great, Kinnley did an awesome job (and looked cute while doing it :) ), and we got our reveal photos!

After we got them printed we decided on three of the shots, two black and white and one color, to use in the frames to give to family members. When we presented them, we had the last photo covered. Every one loved them :) 

Please check out Andee Rettele Photography! She is great!

So now that its official on my blog, I can start using SHE instead of "Baby #2" :) !!!

The other big secret we choose to keep is the name! We did the same with Kinnley. Friends and family learn the name on the big day :) just another fun thing we like to do!

This little lady was due on February 8, 2015 and arrived on February 8, 2015 at 9:48 a.m.! My girls like to be on time, both were born on their due dates!

Her birth story is only a few more "catch up" posts away! But next up will be our Christmas post with what we got Kinnley and a few traditions and of course pictures!