It's a...

Gender Reveal PaRtY!!!

Instead of finding out the gender of our baby at the doctor, we decided that we wanted to share the suspense and excitement with our families.  We told the doctor not to tell us the gender of our baby, but instead, to write it on a piece of paper that we then put in an envelope.  As you can imagine, that paper burned in our hands as we left the hospital, and was VERY tempting to open.  Luckily, we only had to wait a few days and knew that it would be worth the wait if we got to share the gender reveal with our families.  We then took the envelope to a baker and had them bake us a cake with a pink or blue inside depending on the gender of our baby.

With Lad or Lassie cake, bow and mustache sugar cookies, and the most wonderful family members in the world as our guests, we couldn't have hoped for a better party!

 

Everyone cast their votes of what they thoughts we were having.

We voted for either, so at least one of us would be right.

And now for the big reveal...

It's a...

Baby...

BOY!!!

We are both thrilled to be having a boy!  

I always thought, "what would I ever do with a little girl," because I grew up with three brothers and was an absolute tomboy.  So, I fell pretty prepared to be having a little baby boy.

One of our favorite parts of the party was seeing all the adorable kids in our families and dreaming of what our little boy will look like!  I must say, I think we have a pretty good chance of having a cutie with all these good looking babes!

So many wonderful people helped put this party together and we are so grateful to all of them.  Thank you mom for letting us use your beautiful house.  All the delicious food and adorable cookies could not have come together without all the help of McKay's siblings.  They are the best!  Thank you!  And my incredible cousin took all these wonderful photos of the event.  She is amazing and an absolute angel!  Thank you Clara!  If anyone is interested in using her as a photographer (which I would highly recommend) I can give you her information.  

Oh, we already love our little boy so much!

800 Degrees

800 Degrees, our now favorite pizza joint, was introduced to us by McKay's Uncle Dave when we went with his family to the NCAA Mens Volleyball Finals with BYU vs. UC Irvine.

Here's McKay and little Aaron in their BYU garb.  McKay LOVES to wear his silly blue velvet shirt that he found at DI almost as much as I like to stroke it when he wears it.  Grrr baby!  

800 Degree's pizzas are the closest thing you can get to a real Italian pizza in the US.  Uncle Dave served as a missionary in Italy for 2 years and he stands by his 800 Degrees pizzas - 100% authentic Italian.  All the ingredients are straight from the garden fresh, the crust is perfectly thin, and the pizzas are cooked in a 800 degree brick oven to perfection!  Now that'sa pizza! Muah! 

Aaron may look small, but his stomach most certainly is not!  McKay and I think that it must take up most of his abdomen.  Aaron holds nothing back when finishing his/everyone's food.  Human garbage disposal I tell you!

 

The whole gang at UCLA sports center.

McKay and Uncle Dave

We were all so pumped for BYU to be in the finals and they started off super strong, but, unfortunately UC Irvine found their weakness and crushed them in the end.  It was pretty sad to see, but we still love you BYU and it was fun to see McKay supporting my team.

The Apple Pan, our now favorite burger joint, was also introduced to us but Uncle Dave.  What can I say, Uncle Dave's got good taste! (Pun #1, YES!)

The Apple Pan is a super cute diner from the 50's that has been frozen in time.  Nothing has changed, except for the crazy busy flow of customers now.  It truly is a gem of a restaurant in L.A.

There are only about 25 seats around a bar and that's it for seating.  We ordered our cheeseburgers to go and ate across the street on the curb.  It was quite perfect and the children couldn't have been happier!  Look at all those cheesy smiles! (Pun #2, double YES!)

As is customary with Uncle Dave's family, here is the passing of the dessert.

 And...once again here is Aaron finishing everything to the last lick!