Pink or Blue

In the next two weeks we find out if we are having a boy or a girl. I am so excited to find out! I have restrained from buying baby clothes, blankets, bedding.....basically everything until we find out! Truthfully, I always thought I'd be secretly hoping for a girl or a boy at this point. Now, after working over 2 years in a NICU, I understand what I means to hope for a healthy baby. I have seen things that only God could explain. When I think of little girl in ballet shoes or a little boy with David's curiosity, I can't help but get butterflies over the thought of each. I find it interesting how friends and family feel strongly about their guess of the baby's sex. Kelly Ripa was saying on "Regis and Kelly" how her oldest son always guesses the sex of babies correctly. I'm wondering who is right! The thing is I was always the wrong one when guessing other's pregnancies!

I am anxiously awaiting getting the nursery ready! I have no idea when the appropriate time is to decorate. I have just heard story after story of women having babies before 30 weeks who hadn't even started on the nursery. From the woman who likes to be "ready", that just makes me nervous! I am going to have a hard time picking out bedding! I have a feeling once we get a crib and bedding, it will be mission impossible to keep our furry baby, Moli, out of the crib! She will think she has gone to cat heaven!

The name game. Truthfully, I'm all over the place with names. I have always enjoyed having a name that no other girl in my school or county shared. Naturally, I feel pressured to find a name that no one uses! I guess maybe that is what Gwyneth Paltrow had in mind when she named her little girl "Apple." No worries, I will not go that extreme! But if you've heard any great names....send them our way!