It’s been two weeks of knowing what our little miracle is and it’s finally time to reveal whether we are having a bouncing beautiful boy or giggly gorgeous girl. Looking at all your guesses on my Instagram picture, I’d say that girl was the most popular guess, so let me quickly put your mind at rest. We are having a gorgeous baby…
BOY!!!!
We are BEYOND excited for Hugo to have a little baby brother! We don’t actually have any close-in-age brothers on either side of our families so this will be a first. It’s quite bizarre; considering how I have felt SO different with this pregnancy (which you can read more about in my previous post here), my gut instinct was telling me we were having a little girl so it just goes to show, pregnancies can be like chalk and cheese and still have the same outcome! Don’t get me wrong – I would love a little girl at some point but I feel so super blessed just being able to have children and the main thing to me is to have a healthy strong baby. Ayman doesn’t have a brother having grown up surrounded by sisters so he is really over-the-moon to be able to enjoy this brotherhood dynamic through our own children. Who knows in the future I may compete with one of my lovely friends Faye who is currently expecting twin boys to add to the three boys she and her husband already have! Or in Ayman’s words, the perfect ‘five-a-side football team’. Typical men hey!
As you may know with Hugo we waited until he was born to find out if it was a girl or boy but it’s been such a different kind of excitement finding out this time. I’m loving being able to plan in my mind (and soon our new home) for our little one to arrive in Spring. I feel like the nesting bug has already started to kick in but because we’re moving in the next week I’ve been non-stop researching furniture and the like online instead. Not long to wait now though; so glad we’ll be in before Christmas which was the dream all along.
The reason why it’s taken soooo long to reveal the gender is because I’ve been working at the weekends and the weather has been raining on all my days off – blooming typical! So Sunday (yesterday) was the day to get it all done with the intention of putting it live last night but here we are and it’s now Monday and I’ve just finished editing and uploading our little 2 minute video on YouTube so I do hope you have time to give it a little watch below.
In the meantime you should definitely check out her Instagram page here because honestly when you start looking closely into her artwork you become mesmerised by the stories they tell, it’s no wonder her page is absolutely booming at the moment. Isn’t it incredible how someone can turn a blank empty canvas or in my case a blank belly into a beautiful piece of art using just their imagination and talents. Here’s her Etsy page which showcases some of her fabulous creations too.
It wasn’t long before Hugo wanted in on a piece of the action… you can see more on the video above – he’s so darn cute!! Goodness knows the cuteness overload I’m going to have with two of them!
Adding the finer details…
And here we have it, the finished article. How magical does it look? I love all the sprinkles of snow to give that beautiful Christmassy feel too.
We experimented with blue smoke grenades too to really make an impact but you see the full beauty of this in the video as well as my hubby Ayman and Hugo in it too.
Here’s a few shots from the woodland mini trip anyhow…
So there we have it, I’m going to be surrounded by three gorgeous boys and I really can’t complain. I think we’ll have to watch ‘Three Men and a Little Lady’ to get in the mood!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this ‘revealing the gender’ post and the video. We had so much fun creating it and I’m glad I didn’t give up on what was going on in my mind and persevered to capture these beautiful memories forever.
Thanks for stopping by, it’s so lovely to share this special journey with you! Have a fabulous week you beautiful bunch!
Much love
Sally x
Oh Sally!
Join the club – two boys are great!
SUCH a fun video, love it xxx
So beautiful and doooo happy for you ! Loved the video and the creative belly paint ! Cutest thing ever mama !
Cannot tell you much I adore every single thing about this post! What an incredible way to do your big reveal, I feel so emotional! And your blog gave me the biggest lump in my throat. And finally – you are blooming and look amazing! Love you xxxx
Best gender reveal, EVER!!!! So, so happy for you all xxx
Ahh stop it this was too gorgeous! I’m so excited for you; a baby brother for Hugo to team up with, the bond between brothers is just beautiful! I’m also pretty darned excited as a fellow boy mama! Such wonderful news and how talented is your sister in law!?
Much love to you all beauty x
Whoooop whoooop!!! Boys rock!!! So happy for you all and this is just the most beautiful announcement! The reverse bit at the end is so magical!! Xxx love you guys! Xxx
Ah yay… the two boys club! I’m thrilled to be joining you!! hehe Thanks so much for your comment xxx
Thank you my beauty, it was so much fun creating it!! Lots of love xxx
Awwww Jules, thank you so much, you’re THE sweetest! Love you lots!!! xxxx
Ahhh thanks so much my beautiful xxx
I know, her artwork is amazing isn’t is, such a talented one! Thanks so much my lovely and I keep hearing so many wonderful things about being a mama to boys xxx
Thanks my lovely, yeh I like the reverse bit too hehe! Can you believe that we’re little in tandem with our pregnancies and now expecting another two beautiful boys… so excited sharing this experience with you! xxx much love