robots or unicorns....?

today has been marked on our calendar for weeks

the day we find out if we get a unicorn or a robot

ha

as we all got into the car

bets were placed

guesses made

two votes for a girl

the other two, a boy

our sonographer is THE most delightful lady

she coos and sighs

at our baby as if it were her own 

perfect fingers and toes

perfect spine

perfect everything

that's all I wanted to hear
and then she asked

"do you want to know?"

think she already knew the answer
before we said it

and there it was

a clear view 

little miss dumpling

18 weeks - but who's counting?

18 weeks and 4 days

but who's counting?

into the second trimester now

not quite as exhausted

but i am thankful to be able to sneak in

an afternoon nap

people are starting to come up

rub my belly

like it will give them 

good luck

getting all manner of baby-related gear from lovely friends

a white bassinet was the first

i put it into our bedroom

and for a week

paul and i would stop dead in our tracks, startled, like deer in headlights

everytime we saw it

but we really are, happy

happy to have received the gift of life

happy that it already has the love of its big sister and brother

happy that just when we thought we had all our blessings counted

we got one more

we all get to find out this week

what our 'surprise' package will be

robots or unicorns?