The News Is In: It's a GIRL!

Well Sharla, our oldest daughter who is just about 6 months pregnant has been waiting to find out the sex of her baby. And on Thursday the 22nd she finally found out. It is a girl! Exactly what she was hoping for as her first child and it has all its body parts. She decided to tell everyone in the family with a mass text message so no one could complain they weren't the first to know. Hmm....technology! The message went like this:

It's a girl. Has all it's parts. And is hairy just like Kevin. No, just kidding!

So now Dwight is telling everyone that she's having a hairy girl. I felt justified because I had made the daring prediction with my trusty pendulum that it was a girl about two months ago. I guess I had a 50% chance of being right huh? Or wrong.

She had said that when she found out for sure she was going to compile a list of names and then decide. But when I asked her this evening if she had decided she said she would wait until the baby was born and she actually saw her. Which is a good idea. We had planned on naming our second daughter Angela. When she was born and I saw her I knew immediately her name should be Katie. I shocked my husband when I said as they were rolling me out of delivery, 'We need to name her Katie. She just looks like one!' I think he thought I was drugged and delirious.

Well, whatever a 'Katie' looks like....??? Still I think it's a good idea. I've heard it said that the soul of a newborn whispers their name to you. I would never have believed that but something changed my mind the day that kid was born.

Now Sharla can go out and buy things specifically for a girl. In my day clothes were just kind of asexual because no one knew until birth what they were getting. Wow how times have changed. In a way not knowing gave you something to look forward to and it also gave you a chance to work through your feelings for each sex. I'm happy though, as I too was hoping for a girl. Katie has a little boy so Sharla's girl will balance it out. Her baby is due on Independence Day. A little fire cracker waiting to explode.

I Owe My Mother...

(This came across my email a few months ago. Whoever wrote it MUST have known my mother! So I immediately forwarded it to my sister who immediately wrote back with, 'Did you write this?' "Oh hell no! I'm not that creative but it DOES sound like MOM doesn't it?")

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

2. My mother taught me RELIGION."You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL."If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

4. My mother taught me LOGIC."Because I said so, that's why!"

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC."If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT."Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

7. My mother taught me IRONY"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS."Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA."You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER."This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY."If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION."Stop acting like your father!"

15. My mother taught me about ENVY."There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION."Just wait until we get home."

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING."You are going to really get it when you get home!"

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE."If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."

19. My mother taught me ESP."Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

20. My mother taught me HUMOR."When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT."If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

22. My mother taught me GENETICS."You're just like your father."

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS."Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

24. My mother taught me WISDOM."When you get to be my age, you'll understand what I am saying."

25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE."One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!"

And it did come to pass....