Wishing

At the end of the day, we both really just care that our baby is healthy and that I am healthy, but while we're still in the stage of wishing...

I really want a girl :) I've had my heart set on Baby Sage Corder for a very long time. If we find out it's a boy, I know I'll switch right over (to possibly Baby Revin or Gavin or maybe still Sage...) to baby boy mode, but until then, I REALLY want a girl. I've always wanted a little girl. Bob kind of wants a boy, but supposedly most men don't actually care one way or the other and Bob kind of acknowledged that that's true- he doesn't really care one way or the other. I admit that I DO. It's not hypothetical- I am pregnant- and yes i'm still really hoping for a girl.

Bob really wants a ginger. I secretly really want a ginger too :) On my wedding day, my dad said to me "you know you're gonna have little redheaded kids right?" I think he wants a little ginger too :)

 I did a couple of the old wives tales: Wedding ring says girl (circles), Chinese Calender says Boy (conceived in January at age 28). I've heard the heartbeat is the most accurate early predictor so I'll be excited to hear the heartbeat at 10 weeks. Now, I obviously know and understand that all babies are little girls until the second trimester when their hormones start emerging (which is why men have nipples with no use for them) and body parts start forming, but who doesn't have fun with a little hocus pocus? I'm trying to just not look at Baby stuff because I don't really want to go gender neutral on all my baby purchasing fun.


Telling. We are simply not telling. Everyone knows we want a little Halloween baby (Due date is October 1st, 2015) so they have their guesses, but our official response is "Not Telling". When I say we're not telling, I mean we're not telling anybody. Not telling our parents, not telling our friends, not sharing this blog. I don't want everyone's opinions and I KNOW everyone will have opinions. I know from experience how irresistible it is to share those opinions and ask questions and I just don't want to deal with it all til the gender is revealed. NO "I think it's a -insert gender here-", NO "are you sure it's just 1?", NO "What are you craving", blah blah blah. I'm known as a blunt oversharer, but truth be told, when it comes to personal parts of my life, I don't really like to share. I like to have spaces in my life that are simply "mine".

My mom has been teasing for years that we'll have triplet boys because I've had my heart set on 1 little girl. At almost 30, with twin aunts, twin nieces, and even a distant set of twin cousins, our chance of multiples is high. When we tell people, I want to already know how many and what gender, and  that they are absolutely healthy, whether it/they are what I had initially hoped for or not.