He-Man or She-Ra?

This is the last blog I’ll write as mommy-to-be of a Child of Undetermined Gender. Tomorrow, I’ll be shopping for gender-appropriate nursery gear after our ultrasound.

Thank goodness for grandparents who want to spend money. Just kidding, grandparents. Don’t stop reading now.

In all honesty, while I cannot WAIT to find out if this little turnip (again, who comes UP with these analogies?) is pink or blue, I’m also just a tiny bit sad.

Baby Turnip (TOMORROW I'll know what the actual name is) is already reaching Milestone 1. If 18 years fly by as quickly as the past four months have, I’m gonna hang on tightly to every second!

But on to the excitement. Have you SEEN Pottery Barn Kids lately? Oh lordy. I am so anxious to get started on the nursery. But I’m already learning one early lesson – girls are definitely much more expensive than boys.

Particularly when you already have 4 nephews worth of hand-me-downs. Particularly when you’ve already picked out an outrageously gorgeous four-poster iron crib for the GIRL. Particularly when Daddy’s already having problems saying “No” to Mommy’s hormonal impulse buys.

Lee Magazine publisher (and my “Auburn Mom”) Beth Snipes sent over a quiz to me yesterday to determine the sex. I carefully answered each question…

Yes, my nose is spreading (so is everything else).
No, I don’t refuse to eat the heel of a loaf of bread (what does that MEAN)?
Yes, I sleep with my pillow to the north.
No, pregnancy is not making me look better than ever (but thanks for the reminder).
Yep, the belly looks like a watermelon.

On and on, until we determined…nothing. I am just as likely to paint the nursery blue as I am to paint it pink.

And I’m super-excited either way. I’m equally prepared for dance lessons and football, frogs and kittens, He-Man and She-Ra…oh wait, do they still make those things?? If not, someone should really look into it.

I’m a walking cliché kind of mom, who simply wants a healthy, happy, bubbly, bouncing baby. One that never cries, poops, gets sick, or stays awake too along.

Can the ultrasound tell you that, too?