it's a.......

seriously these look weird and not even good....

but they are still my VERY first ultrasound pictures!

 front view of the face! oval head shape? i think so!

back view of the body. good looking' spine there baby!

so  i had all my provo best friends together for a little reveal.

team blue:

team pink:

i made 11 cupcakes. 

there was either a red or a green sour patch kid in each cupcake

{get it..."kid"? I'm clever :)}

red for girl, green for boy.

so they had to eat all the cupcakes to figure out the gender...

once there was 6 of one color, they knew what gender it was!

aaaaaand its a....

i put the ring pops in this box, and that was the prize that the winners got :)

 and the drinks are....PINK!

becca was trying to look pregnant, 

quite convincing, i must say!

everyone wishes they were pregnant like me....

so. there was my little gender reveal party.

but can you believe it?!

i am seriously so surprised.

SHOCKED, that would be a better word.

i reallllly thought it was a boy,

now, my baby is currently breech

so they did say that they couldn't be 100% sure of its sex

but they are 90% sure its a girl.

and i was a witness, i saw the gap between the legs and trust me-

there was NOTHING there. 

even better news is that my baby looked completely healthy!

honestly, that's all i really cared about,

and now i can finally breathe and relax about it.

such a blessing!

it made me so sad because the parents who were in right before us

went to get an ultrasound and their baby was non- viable.

man, my heart broke for them.

and it made me so much more grateful for a healthy baby.

i could never ask for anything more.

im so excited to meet my baby GIRL! :)

20 more weeks....

by the way, i have found my new biggest weakness...

 i put it next to jeff's shoe on purpose to show how cute and tiny it is!

 i was grocery shopping

and well, i just couldn't resist...

**cupcake recipe**

disregard the ingredients on the back of the box, and use these instead

box of devil's food cake mix

1 C milk

3 eggs

1/3 C softened unsalted butter

1 package of pudding mix

and 1 C of heath bar chips

^^thats how your spruce up a boxed cake mix!

tip to make them fluffy: cook at 375, and after 15 minutes lower temp to 350, 

then cook for 10 more minutes.

for the pink ones, i topped with a raspberry

and for the other ones, sprinkle heath bar on top!

buttercream frosting:

4 C powdered sugar

3 T whipping cream

1 C butter

for the pink frosting, i added raspberries to make it fruity and colorful

people told me they tasted like cocoa bean cupcakes- major compliment!