Put down your cake-cutting knives, the ante has been upped.

Like many expectant couples, Monique and Steven Tello wanted to surprise their family with the sex of their baby in a fun, creative way.

While some opt for cakes or balloons, this baseball-loving duo pulled off a gender reveal idea that kind of blows everything else out of the water.

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"We are both huge Dodger fans," Monique told BuzzFeed Life. "Pregnancy is typically focused on the female so I wanted Steven to feel included in our gender reveal."

Steven plays baseball with the Orange County mens league every week, so Monique thought this was the perfect way to get him involved.

Monique Tello

To pull it off, Monique came up with the idea to create a "baseball" from a plastic christmas ornament filled with chalk powder.

The couple was kept completely in the dark -- Monique's sister Marissa was the only one privy to the results of the gender scan in order to load the "ball" with the correct color of chalk.

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The couple rented a baseball field and invited family and friends to wear either pink or blue to indicate their gender guess.

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