the cake we bought

The first question people ask after they hear about Baby Rain Dragon, is "Is it a boy or a girl?" Well, we wanted to tell our families the answer in a more fun way than usual so (borrowing the idea from my friend Elaine--who just got her first picturebook contract, by the way!)when we got our ultrasound we had the technician write the sex of the baby down on a card and place it in a sealed envelope.

This sealed envelope we brought to a bakery. We asked the baker to make the cake chocolate if it was boy and vanilla if it was a girl and to ice the whole thing in white. This cake we planned to take to the Sasquatch's family for Christmas to cut Christmas morning--all of us finding out the sex of the baby at the same time as our holiday gift!



Of course, in the meantime, I tried to guess by just looking at the ultrasound photo. But I couldn't tell:



However, finally, Christmas morning came and with the magic of technology I skyped my parents and sisters in for the grand cake cutting...



And it was....




Vanilla! Rain Dragon is  a girl!

I checked the card just to make sure:



Hello, Rain Dragonette!