Unto Us A Man Child Will Be Born

If I had a scanner I'd show you the ultrasound printout, but I think we ought to wait until we have space to put it before we get a scanner.

On the way down to the doctor's office we listened to Lauryn Hill sing:

Unsure of what the balance held
I touched my belly overwhelmed
By what I had been chosen to perform
But then an angel came one day
Told me to kneel down and pray
For unto me a man child would be born

As it turns out, that was a good omen. When SkyeJ did a free sneak-peek ultrasound a month ago and was pretty sure it was a girl, to be honest I was disappointed. Don't get me wrong--I'm not one of those guys who only wants sons--but we already have S-Boogie and I figured it was time to have a boy. And the Chinese gender calendar had told us it was a boy, so I was beginning to lose faith. But eventually I got used to the idea of having another girl, so it was a surprise today when the nurse pointed to a very obvious boy part and typed on the screen, "BOY." It's like finding out all over again that we're having a baby, because this is not the baby that I've been expecting for the last month. I feel giddy. I should have had more faith in the Chinese gender calendar; it hasn't failed us yet.

Now we need to decide on a name, as Phoebe won't work so well anymore.