The Shower Part II - Genders and Names

It's a good thing we announced when we did. In my foggy pregnancy brain I almost slipped and gave the surprise away more than once, and did completely give it away once (sorry Jess). On a side rant, pregnancy brain is real, people! I have tried to start watching three different TV series on Netflix, only to discover that the plots, even in the first episode, were too complexly woven for my pea brain to follow. I will admit that I have since reverted to reruns of Seinfeld, and the ever popular teen drama Gossip Girl. Apparently these are now more my speed. Also, I have on three separate occasions sleep walked my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night and bashed myself into a wall.

But back to the shower. We debated about whether to reveal names or if we should just stick with genders. Several people warned us against revealing names, since not everyone had a mother who schooled them in the lost art of "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." In the end though, we decided to reveal the names for a few reasons. First, we love the names. We are confident in the names, and we felt we could handle a less than supportive comment or two. Second, you guys are praying for these tiny kiddos, and we want you to be able to lift them up to the LORD by name. Last, everyone at the shower was someone who is very special to us, and we wanted to share the joy of the big reveal with these wonderful people.

I am not big on shower games, so we decided to do just one very simple game. On a piece of paper, people were told to write A. B. C. D. in a column, with "boy" or "girl" beside each letter. I had made up award show-esque envelopes (very dramatic effect!) for the reveal, and we placed each envelope behind it's corresponding letter on the stage.

Once everyone had filled out their guesses, we began to call family up to reveal each gender and name. It was so fun for everyone in the crowd, and so special for us and the readers, since everyone who read was chosen because the baby name would have significance for them.

Only one person, my uncle Dave, guessed everyone right. You can see him here proudly gloating his victory with the Culver's gift card.

So what was revealed? Our darlings quaddos are BBBG. Andy says that this is the best possible baby combination since anyone who tries to date or bully our little princess will have to get through three big brothers first! 

My dad announced Baby A, mom Baby B, Andy's Aunt Cathy Baby C and Andy's mom Baby D. We thought it was a giant success, but I'll let you be the judge.

And here is what each of them saw when they opened their envelope.

There was a lot of suspense hanging in the air as everyone wondered whether Baby D would be yet another boy!

What a day! Big thanks to my parents and stepparents for all their hard work with the shower, as well as my mother in law, who stayed an entire week to help with roughly five thousand house projects, and my sister (photo below) who designed our beautiful invites.

Quick question before I go. Is it still considered a "bump" once it reaches the size of the yoga balls some people sit on for posture?

Bye for now. Love and blessings from the Mielers!