Outtakes

Giving myself and Carl a set of scrabble blocks and instructions to caption a photo of baby shoes doesn't always end with necessarily mature results.

As an example:

My big brother thinks this photo will haunt all three of us. I refuse to believe that. He's hermaphroditist. (Like sexist, but only toward hermaphrodites.)

Then there was Carl's contribution:

When I showed the same brother these gender-neutral brown shoes, he accused me of being "progressive," complete with quote marks that I'm not quite sure how to interpret. 

That resulted in: 

And to a degree that's true. I've always planned to have a dinosaurs and spaceships themed nursery regardless of the gender of the occupant. 

But if you think I'm not going to stick my girly in a froofy dress, you are dead wrong. 

So, these are the gender reveal photos that didn't make the cut. 

I hope you enjoyed them. 

Twin Gender Reveal!!!!

You know, Pinterest is an amazing resource for creativity. I've been all over that site, looking for an idea for a gender reveal photo for my twins.

There's just one problem. 

When it's Pinterest's idea, it's suddenly not creative anymore, and every idea I've thought about using from that site has made me feel like a poser, a total copycat. 

In addition to that, the cute little pink and blue balloons, or pink shoes by scrabble pieces that say, "It's a girl!" are adorable and all, but you have to admit... they're a little cheesy. And I have a really hard time accepting cheesy into my life. A very hard time. 

Maybe that's why it's taken me until 22 weeks into this pregnancy to announce the genders of my twins, despite having found out at 16 weeks. 

Anyway, I finally decided I'm well past that 20 week mark, and I couldn't hold back any longer. I have made my official gender reveal photo. So Pinterest, thank you for the inspiration! 

Tada!!!!!!!!

Boy AND girl!!!!!!

Names to be announced and/or decided on at a later date... possibly not until after they pop out of my uterus.