Thursday, October 14, 2010

Boy or Girl? THAT is the question!

With my first child, Lucy, my husband and I were so happy to be pregnant (and finally stay pregnant!) that we really didn't care if we were having a boy or a girl. So we didn't find out despite having many opportunities. Now, of course, I can't imagine my life without her.

This time around, I still did not want to know. I am again, just happy to be able to keep and have a healthy pregnancy. However, my husband wanted to know and so did Lucy. I agreed to find out, mostly in an effort to be able to prepare Lucy in the event that the baby is a boy (she REALLY wants a girl!). But, being a sentimental, crafty scrapper, I wanted it to be special. My hospital doesn't allow cameras or video cameras in the ultrasound room. It was really important to me that we got the news as a family, not in a cold, dark, sterile hospital room.

So, I stayed up late the night before making these scrap page headers:
BoyGirl2
[Like I said, it was really late, and dark house = dark photos, sorry!]
I used SCAL to make the pea pod, bow and letters (love that font!). The babie's faces are also made using SCAL, but could easily be done using the PDDU cricut cartridge.

They both went in this envelope, also designed and cut using SCAL. I decorated with the same font and used a black marker to make "stitches" around the letters and question marks. Though most of me didn't want to know, I was excited to see which of these page headers I would eventually use on a scrapbook page for my little one.
BoyGirl1
I attached adhesive squares to the envelope flap and kindly asked the ultrasound technician to turn and remove the card of the sex of the baby that wasn't what we had. She loved them, commenting how cute they were. I told her that she could give away the other card to another expecting mom that was having a baby of that sex.

So what was left in the envelope?!?!? We waited until that evening when we were all home together and could get Lucy's reaction on video. We were on pins and needles!!! Then, she opened it...
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She managed to muster a smile, but I could tell she was disappointed and it broke my heart a little. I take comfort knowing that once he's here, she'll love him all the same.

2 comments:

Jeanie Callaghan said...

You know she'll love her baby brother when he is here!

elizabeth said...

BARB I LOVE YOUR IDEA. GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEW ONE WHEN IT GETS HERE. MISS YOU, MARY, JOYCE, ETC