Tuesday, February 3, 2009

It's a ........ BOY!

We found out about two weeks ago that we are having a little boy in June! We are very excited and I have to say I am most excited about the possibility of being done making babies. Ask me in a few years and the answer may be a bit different. For now though, the idea of one of each makes me smile.
I have maintained my track record for predicting what I am going to have. I am 0-3. I thought Natalie and Laurel were certainly boys and I was convinced this one would be a girl. Oh well, at least my mother's intuition proved to be much better after Natalie came into this world.
So let the shopping and decorating begin! I have already picked out the crib bedding and have spent way too much time looking at little boy's clothes online. I have to say the best part about knowing we are going to have a little boy has to be Kenny's reaction. He always maintained that whatever the baby was he would be happy and I still believe that. But when the sonogram technician said it was a boy he perked up and his chest puffed up a bit. I know he is so proud, and I feel I have fulfilled one of those "wifely duties" in giving my husband a son.
The morning we went in for the ultrasound I had an overwhelming feeling that the universe had something more to teach me. I would like to think that all the time I spent with the boys on the construction site has given me an edge in understanding and dealing with the opposite sex, but I am sure that being a mother to a boy will prove to be much more educational!
The two things that worry me most......
* The search for a name. Who knew there were so few boy names I like? Daddy is the third and I have pretty much put my foot down about having a Kenny IV. What would I call him anyway? I can hardly figure out what to call my husband most of the time. He's Kenny at home (he says Ken is his Dad's name) unless we are around his work colleagues in which case I always blow it and call him Kenny anyway. Oh well, I'm sure we'll come up with something, we have 4 months to figure it out.
* The new toys! I feel like our closets and attic are filled to the brim with Natalie's toys already, where are we going to put boy stuff? I don't think he will want to play tea party, princess, Barbies or Polly Pockets. I do have to admit I am looking forward to playing with Lego's and construction trucks though :)
However, despite my minor concerns as we venture into the unknown, I can't wait to meet this little guy. Who is he? What will he be like? Will he be as big a trouble maker as his daddy was? Yikes! I can't wait!