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“it’s a…”

baby carmine 2.0 gender reveal

last week was the world series of ultrasounds.

((i get them every 3-4 weeks)) 

last week was the ultrasound that revealed the sex of baby 2.0. 

because we made such a fuss about finding out the gender during our first pregnancy, it was important to us to do the same for our second child. this meant that once again, we would have the results sealed and wait to find out what we were having with our family. 

we were already planning on heading to our aunt and uncle’s beach house in bethany beach, DE for memorial day weekend, so andy and i planned to do the big reveal there. 

we only had to wait a week, but it felt like FOR.EV.ER. 

since the cake idea had already been done and we’re pretty sure it costs too much to hire one of those sky-writing planes, andy came up with a really fun idea that would involve the kids… a pinata!

which is how i found myself in our local candy shop the next day with a donkey pinata in hand, handing our sealed manilla envelope over to the cute college girl behind the counter and making one very simple request- if the results inside say we’re having a boy, fill the pinata with individually wrapped blue candy. if we’re having a(nother) girl, fill it with pink candy. i could tell she was instantly excited about her new assignment… girlfriend kicked me out of the store and said she’d call me when the task was completed!

1 hour and $15 dollars later, our plan was in motion. 

fast forward 6 days…

a boy! an itty, bitty little andy!!! just what we wanted <3 

you will now hear us happily refer to our newest bundle as “charlie”, short for charles alexander carmine… mr. charlie carmine. 

charlie will be named after his great grandfather charles (andy’s dad’s dad) and my brother zan (robert alexander). he will be the first male ferris born in over 32 years and will proudly carry on the carmine name- he’s the only one that can do so!

there aren’t enough words to describe how we’re feeling at this moment, our hearts are overflowing with love for this sweet little boy. last night, on the way home from the beach, i heard andy refer to him as “our son” for the first time and this calmness washed over me, as if all was right in the world. life- for me, at least- feels more complete than ever before. 

charlie, we can.not wait to meet you!

xo,

lindsay