Boy or Girl?

Several people have asked me if I thought I was having a boy or a girl. Each time I've been asked, I have told them that I really had no guesses, clues, or "feelings" as to which I was having.

It's funny to me that in the first week after hearing that Greg and Cari were pregnant I had already dreamt that they were having a girl and that they would pick something along the lines of a pink and brown nursery. I say first week, but it might have even been the first night after I heard. haha. So my dreams had that stuff right, although I should also mention that I also dreamt that Cari gave birth to her baby on her way to work (school). When I say on the way, I'm being very literal. She was still driving. Didn't even stop... Talented Cari... Although Lilly has not yet arrived I doubt that dream will come true. I hope not anyways...

So it's funny to me that I have not yet dreamt about whether I was having a boy or girl. I once dreamt I gave birth to just a baby skeleton, but lets not talk about that one. Eek.

Last night it finally happened. Before I tell you my dream I will tell you something else that happened that day that may very likely have influenced my dreams. I've been pretty tired lately, and figuring I likely will be feeling more energetic in my second trimester, I'm making the most of the first trimester and I'm taking it pretty easy. haha. I'm not concerning myself with any huge projects until later. So I'm doing a lot of reading, meandering, visiting with family, movies, etc. (Does Michael spoil me or what?!) So as I've been siting around more I got the urge to crochet. The urge may have come from the fact that I recently organized all my arts and crafts materials, but anyways I haven't crocheted in a while and it's kind of fun and relaxing. I went to my freshly organized crocheting materials and found I had four colors of yarn - white, pink, blue, and hunter green. Hmmmm....which color should I use? White of course. haha. I hadn't really decided what I was making, and if I was making something for the baby white would always match. By default I found myself crocheting a blanket. I wanted stripes, so after I had what I considered a sufficient size stripe I stopped to decide, "pink or blue?" That was a hard one. Knowing that I was mostly crocheting for my entertainment and not necessarily to perfectly coordinate with the nursery, I wasn't too concerned about whether or not I picked correctly. But I still had no clue which to pick, so I tried to leave it up to "chance". I put the pink yarn and the blue yarn in a plastic bag. I closed my eyes and shook it around, and with my eyes still closed I dumped them on the bed and went to grab for the first one my hand would touch. Lo and behold - I picked up blue! haha. So this boy or girl will have a not very good, but very loving, white and blue striped blanket. That night I told Michael we were having a boy. haha. He was very happy. :)

That night I dreamt that Michael and I were toasting with celebratory sodas (in the can). The cans had a blue label that said "It's a boy!" haha. So there you have it folks.

We must be having a boy. ;)