Jinxed

In just eight days, we will hopefully be able to find out if we've been blessed with a little boy or little girl. As you can see from the quiz to the right, the blog has decided that it will be a boy and by a fairly large margin. At this point, Brant and I both would prefer a boy for various reasons, although just a healthy baby is our true wish. If, on January 19th, we hear "It's a girl!" I don't think disappointment is quite the right word. Maybe scared would be better. Baby girls just seem so fragile and Brant has already said he won't let a girl leave the house til she's 30!

Unfortunately, I think I jinxed us this afternoon and I now feel pretty certain that a little girl is in our future. I was walking around Target and decided to check out the baby section. A cute blanket caught my eye and it was, of course, blue. A lovely shade of blue actually, not too pale and not too dark, with brown and white accents that will be the perfect start to our nursery. As I walked out of Target, blanket in hand, I thought that I should save the receipt in case I changed my mind about the color of blue or if the blanket just didn't end up working in the little guy's nursery. Only after that thought did I say to myself "And what if it's a girl?!" So yeah, enjoy the picture of the blanket and know also that it's very soft, because in eight days I'll probably be exchanging it for something a little more feminine.