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Ken and Nikki Waananen share kisses with daughter, Sydney.

"We gathered the family around
the kitchen, including my sister on
Facetime, and Jeremy and I each
took a bite from a cupcake reveal-
ing the pink frosting:' Wendy said.
"Before we did the reveal, the only
two people who knew the gender
were our doctor and our baker."
Some expectant parents choose
to share the gender of their baby
through Facebook announcements,
with the inclusion of older children
or with group text messages. Katey
and Mitch Wagner, who live in
Berkley, did all three, months before
their daughter, Aviva, now 21/2, was
born.
"Our immediate family got the
news in a group text, but the rest
of the family and world found out
via our Facebook video," Katey said.
"We had Aviva hold the ultrasound
picture and announce that she was
having a baby sister. We got over
200 likes: It was really crazy, but so
meaningful to us that there are so
many people out there so happy for
us. Aviva can't wait to have her baby
sister. She talks to my belly on a
daily basis," said Wagner, who is due
July 15, just days after her cousin
Sydney's third birthday.

Pink And Blue Decor

With gender reveal celebrations
becoming more commonplace,
invitations and decorations are now
readily available. Walmart offers
half-pink, half-blue paper goods
with a giant question mark down
the center. Zazzle.com has partnered
with the U.S. Postal Service in the
creation of a postage stamp with the
words, "blue or pink" in correspond-
ing colors, and Duncan Hines even
markets both "pink velvet" and "blue
velvet" cake mixes.
"Some of my favorite details to

add to a baby reveal are a signature
drink, colored and named to the
gender," said Lauren Waterstone-
Bradley, event designer and coordi-
nator at A June Event, a full-service
planning and coordinating event
company in West Bloomfield.
"Also, edible seating favors in the
same color, cake pops, chocolate-
covered anything and sugar cookies.
Giving a nail polish in gender-
matching colors is always a fun favor.
One of our favorite reveals is when
the older sibling gets to bite into a
cupcake revealing the gender. It's a
great way to include the older sibling
and make them feel a part of the
excitement."
Colleen and Lowell Weiss of
West Bloomfield created some fun
inclusions of their own at gen-
der reveal celebrations for their
children Benjamin, now 21/2, and
Rebecca, 1.
The couple learned the genders of
their children along with friends and
family — some of whom participated
via Facetime — at festivities they
designated "Pirate or Princess par-
ties:'
"We wanted the joy of the reveal
to be a group experience among our
closest friends and family," Lowell
said.
A friend's mom baked a cake,
showcasing the appropriate batter
color learned from a card sealed in
an envelope by Colleen's doctor.
"Everyone was asked to guess
the gender and was given a pink or
blue sticker to wear," Colleen said.
"We cut into the cake together, like
a wedding cake, and then showed
everyone. Those who guessed cor-
rectly received Smarties candy.
Those who got it wrong received

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Pam Marcovitz, M.D.
Director of Ministrelli
Women's Heart Center
Beaumont Hospital

Rhonda Walker
Event Moderator
WDIV Morning
News Anchor

Shalini Modi, M.D.
Chief of Cardiology
Henry Ford
West Bloomfield Hospital

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