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19 hours ago
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We did our gender reveal at 30,000 feet with complete strangers — it was the best decision of our lives
These expecting parents pulled off their epic gender reveal with flying colors. Temporarily turning the friendly skies pink and blue, a couple, Katrín María Blöndal, 24, and Anton Örn Hilmarsson, 27, hosted a celebration — attended by complete strangers — to toast their incoming infant during a flight to Paris. 'This might be the first time in history that someone finds out the gender of their baby somewhere over the North Atlantic,' a flight attendant with Iceland's PLAY Airlines announced to a cabin full of excited passengers-turned-partygoers. Air travelers held up small pink or blue cards, indicating their best guesses on the baby's gender, per Instagram footage of the super-fly fête. Katrín and Anton, from Reykjavik, Iceland, then made their way to the front of the plane, where a customized cake, topped with decorative baby elephants and edible pearls, and Champagne flutes were waiting. The pair, already parents of two young sons and a daughter from previous relationships, used the glasses to scoop into the confection, which boasted a thick layer of blue frosting — revealing that their little love-to-be is a boy. 'We couldn't have imagined a more perfect way to find out — we're having a boy,' Katrín and Anton said in a statement to The Post. The sweethearts began dating in January 2024, after years of close friendship. Anton works as a forklift operator for a pharmaceutical company, and Katrín is in school studying Education and Pedagogy. 'This is our first child together,' they added, 'and to have the big reveal take place in the sky was unforgettable.' It's a memorable milestone that many mommies and daddies like to mark in a major way. While some posh pregnant people prefer to learn the sex of their buns in the oven with $20,000 Birkin bags, others, such as Florida-based foodie Rosanna Fontana, favor meatballs as their gender reveal goodies. Then, of course, there are daredevils like influencer Lele Pons, who detonated faux TNT to explosively determine whether she'd soon be welcoming a son or daughter. The splashiness of a baby-themed bomb notwithstanding, Katrín and Anton are content with their slightly more discreet shindig at 30,000 feet. 'We're incredibly grateful to the crew for making this such a special flight,' the twosome told The Post. 'We'll never forget.'
New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
We did our gender reveal at 30,000 feet with complete strangers — it was the best decision of our lives
These expecting parents pulled off their epic gender reveal with flying colors. Temporarily turning the friendly skies pink and blue, a couple, Katrín María Blöndal, 24, and Anton Örn Hilmarsson, 27, hosted a celebration — attended by complete strangers — to toast their incoming infant during a flight to Paris. 'This might be the first time in history that someone finds out the gender of their baby somewhere over the North Atlantic,' a flight attendant with Iceland's PLAY Airlines announced to a cabin full of excited passengers-turned-partygoers. Advertisement 4 An expectant mother and father, Katrín María Blöndal and Anton Örn Hilmarsson (above), learned the gender of their unborn baby with an in-flight party on Play Airlines. PLAY airlines Air travelers held up small pink or blue cards, indicating their best guesses on the baby's gender, per Instagram footage of the super-fly fête. Katrín and Anton, from Reykjavik, Iceland, then made their way to the front of the plane, where a customized cake, topped with decorative baby elephants and edible pearls, and Champagne flutes were waiting. Advertisement The pair, already parents of two young sons and a daughter from previous relationships, used the glasses to scoop into the confection, which boasted a thick layer of blue frosting — revealing that their little love-to-be is a boy. 4 Passengers on the PLAY Airlines flight to Paris helped the lovebirds celebrate their baby-to-be by guessing its gender before the big reveal. PLAY airlines 4 The Iceland-based duo discovered that they were having a boy, as revealed by a custom-made cake. PLAY airlines 'We couldn't have imagined a more perfect way to find out — we're having a boy,' Katrín and Anton said in a statement to The Post. Advertisement The sweethearts began dating in January 2024, after years of close friendship. Anton works as a forklift operator for a pharmaceutical company, and Katrín is in school studying Education and Pedagogy. 'This is our first child together,' they added, 'and to have the big reveal take place in the sky was unforgettable.' It's a memorable milestone that many mommies and daddies like to mark in a major way. Advertisement While some posh pregnant people prefer to learn the sex of their buns in the oven with $20,000 Birkin bags, others, such as Florida-based foodie Rosanna Fontana, favor meatballs as their gender reveal goodies. Then, of course, there are daredevils like influencer Lele Pons, who detonated faux TNT to explosively determine whether she'd soon be welcoming a son or daughter. 4 Katrín and Anton, both aviation enthusiasts, said their sky-high celebration made their gender reveal 'unforgettable.' PLAY airlines The splashiness of a baby-themed bomb notwithstanding, Katrín and Anton are content with their slightly more discreet shindig at 30,000 feet. 'We're incredibly grateful to the crew for making this such a special flight,' the twosome told The Post. 'We'll never forget.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Couple Celebrates Baby's Sex Reveal on Plane to Paris with 200 Other Passengers: ‘Flight We'll Never Forget' (Exclusive)
A couple celebrated their baby's sex reveal during a May 30 flight to Paris with their roughly 200 fellow passengers Expectant parents Katrín and Anton partnered with PLAY Airlines to pull off the surprise, which included festive decor, cake for all onboard and a gift for the baby-on-the-way "We're incredibly grateful to the crew for making this such a special flight we'll never forget," the couple tells PEOPLEA pair of aviation enthusiasts came up with the perfect way to do their baby's sex reveal — at 30,000 feet aboard a plane to Paris. Katrín and Anton pulled off the heartwarming celebration with help from PLAY Airlines and the flight's crew, who helped orchestrate the mid-flight surprise. The festivities were captured in a video shared on the airline's Instagram account that kicks off with a flight attendant making an unexpected announcement to passengers. "You already know you're on a flight to Paris, but this isn't just any flight. In fact, this might be the first time in history that someone finds out the gender of their baby somewhere over the North Atlantic," the crew member can be heard saying. Footage shows the plane's roughly 200 passengers each holding up a card with their guess for the baby's sex, before panning to Katrín and Anton standing in front of a colorful cake and using two champagne flutes to cut open the confection to reveal a layer of bright blue frosting inside. "It's a boy!" the flight attendant then announced to the sounds of excited cheering from the cabin. Katrín and Anton were gifted some PLAY-branded items for their little one, including a onesie and a hat, and the flight's passengers were served cupcakes to celebrate. The airline captioned the Instagram video: "💗💙 It's a… This morning's flight to Paris came with a little extra excitement, a gender reveal at 35,000 feet. Because what better place to find out than mid-Atlantic, surrounded by 200 strangers and cake? Congrats to the happy couple and yes, of course there was cake for everyone 🎂✈️." The couple exclusively tells PEOPLE the moment was "unforgettable." 'We couldn't have imagined a more perfect way to find out we're having a boy! This is our first child together, and to have the big reveal take place in the sky, was unforgettable," they say. "With two boys and a daughter between us, our little crew is getting bigger." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "As aviation enthusiasts, sharing this moment at 30,000 feet with PLAY made it all the more meaningful," they add. "We're incredibly grateful to the crew for making this such a special flight we'll never forget.' In the comments of PLAY's Instagram video, followers took a moment to congratulate Katrín and Anton. "This is sooo cute! Congrats to the mom and dad to be!! 💙💙💙💙," one person wrote. Another commented: "This is why you guys got a top airline 🤩." Read the original article on People
