It's a...Surprise!

To find out, or not to find out: that is the question. The number one question we've received since announcing our news is whether or not we're going to find out the sex of the baby. And from the beginning - actually for as long as I can remember - I've wanted it to be a surprise. And luckily, Jonathan agrees with me for once!

I know, I know, we're crazy for not wanting to know if our little Sugar Weenie is a Sugar or a Weenie (no puns intended). But if you know me at all, you know that I love surprises. And this is one surprise I definitely do not want spoiled.

If we wanted to find out, we could do so at our next ultrasound on January 19. By then, Jonathan might have learned in school how to read an ultrasound, so there's a chance he may catch a glimpse even though we're going to tell the ultrasound tech that we don't want to know. I'll just have to pray that Jonathan isn't able to tell because there is no way he'll be able to keep it to himself for another 22 weeks.

Jonathan says he wants a boy first, but I think he secretly wants a girl (how sweet would that be?!). I honestly have no preference, although I've had two dreams in which it was a boy. A friend suggested that I try the Chinese gender predictor, an ancient birth chart which supposedly predicts the sex of your baby with 93% accuracy. According to its calculations, we're having a boy.

More than anything, we just want a healthy baby.

Update on Poppa Tom: He's getting better, slowly but surely. Again, thank you for your continued prayers!