Our Gender Reveal Party! Milk N Cookies Style

We decided to have a Gender Reveal party with our family and close friends, to celebrate our little one! Normally I don't consider myself a trendy person, but I really like this idea. Not to mention, my mom is one heck of a party decorator! Our big sonogram appointment was on Tuesday and we planned the party for that Saturday.

I had seen so many cute ideas for parties and decided to go with a black and white themed "Milk n Cookies" party. That way, once we cut the cake, the color (pink or blue) would really pop! 

My awesome mom, and our awesome neighbor Sjaan, made this late August, backyard party totally come to life!

My mom made mini bow ties and tutus for people to clip on as they arrived.



I also printed out copies of our sonogram for family to take home, if they wanted.

Our little one! In her first official photo shoot!


I put together an "Old Wives Tales" gender prediction board to help people make a good guess.

My mom also had this very cute maternity dress made for me. (She even stuffed her dress form with a pregnant belly!) So cute!
Dress made by:
Maria Saenz, Fashion and Costume Design
562)429-8637
Long Beach, CA

Mom used black and white wrapping paper as table runners. Then just had small wire baskets with white flowers as centerpieces.

The party was mainly dessert! (yum!) Cookies, black and white candies, wine and, of course, CAKE!

(She also used old antique milk bottles for the milk. But, being that the temperature still felt like 90 at about 7pm that night, we kept them in the fridge until we cut the cake. Sadly, I don't think we got a good picture of their cuteness.)

 The black and white really came together with this backdrop too! I LOVE the homemade banner and the pinwheels are accented with antique buttons!
http://greenweddingshoes.com/diy-pinwheel-table-runner/ (This has the best DIY for the pinwheels)

My awesome husband and I had a chance to look around before everyone arrived.

Gabe wrote a whimsy and beautiful sonnet for our little one. This was one of the most special things about our little party. We had the sonnet also written in frosting around the cake!









You can read the sonnet here.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/530125260378456/doc/566707373386911/

Our Black and White Gender Reveal Cake! 

The cake turned out better then expected! I truly LOVE how every part of it worked with the theme of the night. We went through our favorite bakery in Los Alamitos, CA Great Dane Baking Co. They are very personal and have beautiful cakes!  http://www.greatdanebakingcompany.com/

The moment came and it was time to slice into our future! With about 30 of our closest family and friends looking on, we cut the cake and found out we are having a ....

GIRL!!!! 

Side note:

The options I gave the baker were Red Velvet cake for a girl, or Blue Velvet cake for a boy. Gabe was thinking "pink or blue" cake, so when he saw the dark maroon color of the red velvet cake he didn't know WHAT to think! He cheered with me and then leaned over and whispered "that means 'girl' right?" I felt bad for not filling him in before hand, but we had a good laugh about the whole thing. Oops!  :) 

The night turned out perfect and I am so thankful for all our friends and family that made this night possible. Having everyone there, to experience this moment with us, is truly a once in a life time thing. Gabe and I feel blessed by everyone in our lives! We know our little girl is going to be joining a colorful community of people who love her so much! Here's to the future and here's to our little girl!

(And as of today, we will call her Rosemary!)