Gender reveal parties, in which moms and dads-to-be find out if their little peanut will be a boy or a girl, have become the trend among new parents these days. I’ve seen cakes with pink or blue middles, pink or blue helium balloons flying out of a box, or even ultrasound techs on housecalls for a live and in-person reveal. In this case, local parents-to-be, Laura and Adam Krumwiede, thought they were in for just a routine reveal celebration after asking a friend to be in charge of the planning. Instead, the friend decided to go all in and this past Saturday secured the Great Seattle Wheel as the couple’s gender delivery method. The wheel lit up bright blue for baby Krumwiede who is due September 30.

Ten perfect fingers, 10 perfect toes…black spots and velvety fur all over? Don’t worry, we are still talking about babies, just four adorable leopard babies that were born last week at the Tacoma zoo. All four weighed between 11 and 12 ounces. Don’t you just wish you could snuggle up with one? Until, of course, it reaches a size where it can devour you.

In other baby news, a Bellevue woman who was learning how to drive, crashed her mini van into a Hampton Greens apartment building yesterday and kept on accelerating. The van drove head first into a crib where a 9-month old infant was sleeping. Luckily, it stopped and baby boy was safe. Needless to say, he is being touted the “Miracle Baby.” No charges will be pressed.

It sounds like a story straight out of a Grey’s Anatomy episode (now that Derek is dead and Shonda’s going to have to find something new to talk about): Than Huynh, a pregnant mama from Portland, started having intense contractions the morning of May 18 and was instructed by her doc to book it to the hospital. The couple experienced a typical Pacific Northwest traffic jam en route, so she told her husband to pull the car over. What she thought was one more strong contraction, was actually little Isabella. Still attached, ambulances rushed mom and baby to Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Northwest Portland. Both are reportedly doing terrific.