Ryan and Traci Perschon: November 2012

On October 26, 2012, we had our 16 week ultra sound where we can find out the gender of our babies. Ryan really did not want to find out the sex of the babies and I was on the fence. I really wanted to know, but I was okay with not finding out. Our doctor said early on that depending on the sex of the babies we might see "something" during an ultra sound, because we will be having a ton during my pregnancy. I told Ryan I didn't want to find out on accident and have no surprises and I am not one that cannot, not look the ultra sounds either. We finally agreed on finding out what we were having, but did not want to find out at the doctors office. Someone recommended to us having the ultra sound tech put the gender of each baby in an envelope and open it at dinner. So, that is exactly what we did!

"Baby A" had no problem showing off during the ultra sound appointment, but "Baby B" was being very modest and stubborn. The tech could not get the baby to uncross its legs. After an hour of trying to get the sex of "Baby B" the ultra sound tech sent us to see our doctor for the check up and had me drink a Capri Sun in the mean time so hopefully with a little sugar and me walking around the baby would uncross its legs! Finally, the baby cooperated with us and the tech was able to get the gender of both babies!

We had two envelops with the gender of our babies sitting on the side of our fridge until our 3rd wedding anniversary on November 7th. They were labeled "Baby A" and "Baby B." We went to dinner in Park City at a restaurant called Prime Steakhouse and Piano Bar. Oh my goodness, the food was delicious! (We HIGHLY recommend it) After dinner our server brought out ice cream for us with pink and blue candles. We had her record us opening up the envelops, Ryan opened the "Baby A" envelope and I opened "Baby B." (Results listed below!) After dinner we stopped at the Oshkosh store in the Tanger Outlet Mall to bought each baby an outfit and PJ's, gender specific!

On the night of November 8th we had a little gender reveal party with our parents and siblings. Thank goodness for Skype/Facetime, Travis, Amanda, Terrance and Amber could be with us, even though they live out of state! To tell our family the sex of the babies we had two boxes labeled "Baby A Boy or Girl?" and "Baby B Boy or Girl?" We filled the boxes with balloons and whatever color of balloons is in the box represents the sex of the baby. We had a great time decorating the boxes and filling them with the balloons. Afterwards, we had ice cream for everyone to enjoy while visiting with one another.

We want to thank our friends and family again for the unconditional love and support you have shown us. We are so blessed and could not be more excited to have the opportunity to be parents of twin babies! It's going to be quite the journey, but we would not change it for the world!