Posts Written OnDecember 2009

This Christmas Eve was one for the ages. We all gathered around the Christmas tree which contained in its branches a tiny white envelope. On the envelope was scribbled: TO: MY NEW FAMILY LOVE: BUTTERBEAN It had been in our possession since  we left the doctor’s office after our last ultrasound, and now the time had come for us to open the contents in front of our family. I had worked hard the night before the ultrasound to prepare a cute little card so the grumpy ultrasound tech we usually have wouldn’t have to actually write on a sheet of…

So blogs are hard… And I am not good at keeping up with them. But here is the latest update on the tiny human growing inside of me: Chris and I have been undecided as to whether we want to know the sex of our child before it’s born or not. By undecided, I mean that he wanted to and I did not. It’s not that I didn’t care, but something as special as the sex of your child seems like a heavy load of information to dump on a future mother when she has her pants down around her…