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Gender Reveal Party

Against my better judgment, I agreed that it would be pretty fun to have a gender reveal party.  As our 21 week ultrasound approached, the planning began.  Our friends Nick and Kelly Robbins offered to host the party, and our friends Aaron and Adria (mostly Adria) agreed to take care of the gender reveal cupcakes.  Invitations were sent, and read something to the effect of:

Come and be the first to see if Baby Mederich is a he or she.
Wear pink or blue to cast your vote; winners earn the right to gloat.

Here are a few pics from our little bash.
After playing a candy guessing game and a wives tale trivia game, taking pictures in Jordan's photo booth, and eating food themed after things I have eaten a lot of during my pregnancy, the votes were in and it was time to dig into the cupcakes.
As you can see, the votes were overwhelmingly "beau." Thanks to technology, Larry and Kelli, Aunt Jasmine, and my mom and dad were able to join us via a Google+ video hangout.
Everyone was ready and it was time to find out Baby Mederich's gender.  At this point Justin and I both freaked out a little bit.  We were looking at the cupcakes knowing that we were going to absolutely love either a boy or a girl and for some reason it took us a second to gather the courage and take a bite.
Pink!  Beautiful pink!  We are going to name our little girl Sylvia Lynne.  Sylvia is Justin's grandmother's name.  She is a sweet woman and we are honored that our daughter will share her name.  For short I have been calling this little one, "Via."  We chose the middle name after both of our moms.  Kelli's middle name is Lyn and my mom's middle name is Lynn.  We added an "e" to the end of our little girls name.  Everyday we become more and more excited to meet Sylvia "Via" Lynne.

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