it's a boy!

Hey, look at me and my major blog avoidance issues. You know, sometimes I have it in me and these days, I just don't. But I have a little bit of wiggle room in my day so I thought I'd get my blog on.

The exciting news...we're having a boy! I am so stinking excited, it's ridiculous. My inclination from early on was that we were having a boy, only because I was craving really savory things (not like me at all) and couldn't really picture myself with a little girl, at least not for round one. But then everyone and their cousin, brother and neighbor kept telling me it was a girl, so I rolled with it and prepped myself for a girl. When the ultrasound tech told us on Monday with 100% confidence (and when I saw his berries, I was pretty confident too) that it was a boy, I cried like a baby. Thanks hormones! Kevin, being my cool, collected engineer type guy, asked a bunch of "are you sure?" questions.

I'm a little worried about this kid hitting age seven or eight and becoming a holy terror, but until then I'm going to love him and squeeze him to pieces. My friends with boys have said they're so much more cuddly with their mamas than little girls. I can't wait for that! Only 4 1/2 months to go.

Mom and Dad are coming to town this weekend. Dad's going to get started working on the nursery with Kevin. Mom and I are working on my registry. I'll do the pointing, she'll do the clicking. We're going to go on a hike, picnic and wine tasting (for the non-pregs) on Sunday. Should be a lovely, lovely weekend.

Miss Addison Grumbles, cousin Shannon's little girl, arrived on Monday. She's the first of the four cousins being born this year. Jill's up next in June and Annie's following close behind in July. I'll round out the batting order in October. We have so very much to be thankful for this year.