Jeremy and Wendy Stoller bite into cupcakes to
find pink frosting inside.
Jenn, Sophia and Benji Gene with a sign made for family and
friends at Thanksgiving dinner.
Pink
Mother's Day brings
memories of thrilling
reveals of baby genders.
Shelli Liebman Dorfman I Contributing Writer
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May 7 • 2015
Aviva Wagner, holding the ultrasound image
of her baby sister, announced the news in a
video posted on Facebook.
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The Bockneks' private, family moment
was made possible by a friend who used
information sealed in an envelope by
an ultrasound technician to fill the box
with the correct color balloons.
Finding out a child's gender during
pregnancy has almost become the norm.
But contemporary celebrations expand
on the discovery, with visual trimmings
like appropriately colored balloons or
clothing or cupcakes, either in group
festivities or a more private setting.
This Sunday, Mother's Day, as moms
celebrate how their sons and daughters
touch their lives, some also reflect on
the moment they first discovered or
shared the news of "It's a girl" or "It's a
boy."
"With our first child, we waited to be
surprised at delivery," Erika said. "And
it was a fun surprise." This time they
wanted to be able to include Ethan.
"We thought it would be fun to know
ahead of time if it was a boy or a girl
and be able to talk with him even more
about what having a baby brother or
sister would be like. We thought the bal-
loon gender reveal would be an extra
special way to find out as a family, and it
certainly was! It was a cold but fun day!"
Before posting photos on Facebook,
the couple texted family and close
friends a picture of Ethan holding a pink
balloon.
"I am so lucky I get to celebrate
Mother's Day this year with not one
special little person, but two?' Erika
said. "Lielle's Hebrew name is Derorah
Tamah; we chose Tamah because it
means both 'wonder, surprise' and
`whole, complete: Having a little girl is
an amazing surprise, and she truly com-
pletes our family."
Katey Wagner learned she would be
getting a new niece by eyeing the bright
pink batter of a fancy, homemade cake
at a "gender reveal" party hosted by
Nikki and Ken Waananen to spread the
word they were expecting a baby girl.
"To think that this will be my third
Mother's Day is amazing," Nikki said.
"Sydney, who was born in July 2012, has
changed my life in so many ways and
given me the best job on the planet:'
The Waananens divulged their "pink"
news the day they learned it during an
ultrasound, going straight from the doc-
tor's office to shop for supplies to bake
and decorate a cake for the party in their
Farmington Hills home for immediate
family members.
"My husband had to pick the perfect
pink to dye the cake?' Nikki said. "We
used pink sprinkles and blue sugar
pearls to decorate it.
"Boys were very prevalent in my hus-
band's family, so everyone assumed we
would also be having a boy. We loved
seeing all of our relatives faces when we
cut the cake. The screams and celebra-
tion ensued:'
Wagner, who was at the party with her
husband, Mitch, who is Nikki's brother,
experienced the surprise. "[Nikki's
mom] Marcy [Wagner of Novi], my
mother-in-law, thought it was a girl the
whole time so she was super excited, as
was everyone else in the room. I think
people on [nearby] Orchard Lake Road
heard Marcy shriek?'
Pink Frosting Says It
When Wendy and Jeremy Stoller hosted
a recent family party in their Bloomfield
Hills home, the discovery of the gender
of their first child — due the end of
September — was a surprise, not only
for their guests, but for the couple as
well.
During a barbecue, guests were served
pink and blue frosted cupcakes, each
filled with pink frosting, created from
information provided in a sealed enve-
lope by Wendy's physician.