I will be happy regardless of whether Norbit turns out to be a girl or a boy. As long as the baby is healthy, I will be thankful. That may be the politically correct answer, but it also happens to be true in my case. However, after informally polling friends and family, I'm finding people have some pretty strong opinions.
My parents, as noted in a previous post, would probably love to have another grandson. The big difference would be that unlike Kevin and Davey, who are my sister's sons, our baby would be the son of their son and will carry on the family name. In our extended family, there are only a handful of Wing boys in the next generation, so another would bolster the ranks and help our legacy continue on.
Everyone else has said they want a girl. Like, EVERYBODY. Helen wants a girl. Her mom wants a girl, her friends think it'll be a girl. Keep in mind most of the folks who say they want a girl happen to be female, and my theory is that they just want a baby girl because there is a wider variety of cute little girl clothes, shoes, accessories and other things than for little boys.
Many people tell me that girls are easier at first, then get harder to raise as they get older, while for boys the opposite is true. So ultimately I guess it's a matter of when you want the hard years to come. As I said, I really don't care what the sex of the baby is as long as they have skills- like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills or these skills:
So today, I took the kids to the library for the first time. I know, brave me. So, of course lil' Audrey (being 3.5) follows orders like a good soldier. We pick out her library card, she asks to see the 'princess' type books and then quietly plays the cute little computer games that lure the children off to the corner. "But not so easy," says the mom of also a toddler boy who is terribly two. He's yelling to get out the contraption (known as the stroller),"Get outta here!" Austin yells (in the frickin' library). He runs over the computers and yells at me to assist him w/the games and wants books with "trucks" or "cars" on them. So, long story long, you can imagine I was out of there after a short while. But I rented a couple of Elmo DVDs for the ride home. Yay me! Oh, my point is, there are no negatives to not having one/other gender but I do hope you are as fortunate as C and I to experience raising both. But I secretly wanted two girls so they could be best friends. God has plans for us all I assume. Also, I want you to have a girl b/c I need to unload the boxes and boxes of cute girly clothes just waiting for Helen and Ji :D
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