Cha-Ching

OK yeah... I think the thing I like the most about kendra being pregnant is the spending of money on the kid.

I'll be honest - I hate shopping for myself. It drives me nuts. I agonize and debate over most purchases for days or weeks unless it's something I really want then yeah I snap it up. But more times than not I'll look at it, paw the box in the store. Carry it around for a few isles.

And then drop it somewhere else for a minimum wage monkey to put up.

Not so for the kid. I can drop so much cash on this little thing that it scares me in ways that it shouldn't. I fear I'll spoil it, but it's easier for me to justify buying something for someone I love than it is for myself. We've bought sooooooooooo much baby crap it's funny.

Oh, and speaking of baby crap:

Here's a bunch of the stuff we've got in the nursery now

And here's a the latest ultrasounds!

anyway folks - thats it for now!

To know?

So, monday is the BIG ultrasound - we now need to decide if we find out the gender now or let it be a surprise. I'm torn - do I want to know now & get used to calling the baby by his/her name, or do I want that elation of "It's an X!" in the middle of all the screaming, pooping (yes, women tend to BM during delivery), bleeding, crying, and chaos?

And despite my description, that's actually kind of a good thing

I don't know... I guess in the end it kinda goes to my opinion of checking now for major birth defects (down syndrome, etc): it won't change my desire to have the child. I won't love it any more or any less than I possibly could.

But... to know. To call the child by the name. To have (secreted away so family doesn't know) the first outfit our child will wear. Although, calling out to the heavens on the day of my childs birth the new found knowledge of "Lord and Lady I now have a (insert gender) And I declare their name to be (Trenton Alexander/Katelyn Celine) (Insert Last Name)!" will be pretty exciting.

I do know that boy or girl, I cannot WAIT. I wish it was February.