Gender reveal for a second child?  Is a big party appropriate for a second child?  Do you make your friends feel left out if you don’t have something big and inclusive?  The size and guest list of your gender reveal is something that you never expect to ever be conflicted over.  But there I found myself, completely conflicted.

We were both born and raised in the city that we live.  We went to college here and have since lived here since graduation.  Our friend base is fairly substantial (seriously, not bragging here!).  We also have a lot of family members that live here.  Anytime we host anything that includes everyone, our guest list can quickly grown to 50+ numbers.  Really it is a great problem to have and we consider ourselves lucky. But when planning anything, it is something that we HAVE to take into consideration.

Ultimately we, okay really just me because hubby doesn’t care, decided to do something with just our family.  Since our last gender reveal party we have had baby showers, baby daddy showers and first birthday parties that all of our friends have given up their own time to be a part of.  My decision was based both on two things. 1. The desire to not have to plan a party for a large group, and 2. The fact that I didn’t want to create yet another occasion that our friends would feel obligated to come and celebrate our lives.

We invited our family over for a simple dinner on friday night. At the end of dinner we popped confetti poppers that were PINK!! The rest of our friends and out-of-town family go the news shortly after – thank you social media.  I am so happy that we choose the stress free option of having a quaint dinner with our family rather than going all out on a stressful, expensive party.

Also, with all that money we didn’t spend on a party, we decided to do a mini-shoot to celebrate our gender reveal happiness!!

What did you do to reveal the gender of your baby?

 

 

Photo cred: Vika Photography