PINK

(THE COLOR OF MARK'S SPERM)

Well, It's official.  We will be adding two more little girls to our family.  Honestly, I must admit, I was totally shocked this time around.  This pregnancy has been super easy (easier than Rose's - which I thought was a cake-walk at the time).  I feel great, no acne, no sickness.  I have more energy than I did when I wasn't pregnant.  ALL foods taste great!!!!  I mean - flavor is out of this world fabulous.  Bring on the jalapenos and Tabasco sauce - I'm loving all things spicy and hot and salty.  With Rose, I literally lived off of baked potatoes for an entire nine months and never ate a bite of meat.  I am actually loving being pregnant this go round (so far)!  I guess that's why I just KNEW there had to be a boy in there somewhere....I mean BOY/GIRL - that is really what I believed they were.  How else would things be "normal" when your pregnant???  Not a lot of "boy" symptoms, not a lot of "girl" symptoms - no hormonal fluctuations, no crazy cravings or bad acne.  I mean - that just had to be because everything is even - BOY/GIRL????  Well.... apparently not, and I am at a total and complete loss.  

I have come at this from several different standpoints....  
A)  9 prom dresses, 3 weddings, cheerleader tryouts, drama, Jr High ya-ya, mother/daughter fights, etc....
B)  I NEVER HAD A SISTER AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT ROSE GETS THAT!!!!!!!  I think sisters are the closest friends anyone can ever have and I cant wait to see the bond and relationship that our girls share

I also must give Mark a lot of credit.  After the initial shock wore off that we were going to be a house of estrogen, he has really handled the news quite well.  Of any man I know, he was just made to be a "girl daddy."  He has the patience of Job and I think I am already jealous of the type of relationship he has established with Rose.  In the "Good cop / Bad cop" scenerio - Mark is ALWAYS the good cop.  I was the one that got a little overwhelmed with the news on the ride home.  Tears started flowing - I'm not sure why - as I am the one that has always wanted girls, girls, and more girls! But then after I got them...  well... it kinda hit me like a ton of bricks - THREE GIRLS!!!! But Mark knew exactly the right things to say.  He basically said on the car ride home that "God gave us three girls because you (meaning me) cant handle boys - you would die if you had to raise a boy"....  and in all reality, there may be some truth to that.  He also said "God gives you what He gives you and that's what you got and nobody really has any control over it."  And truth of the matter is .... He is 100% correct.  Props to my pillar of strength in the whirlwind of my estrogen induced hormonal tornado.  geez...  

And before any of you ask me the BIG QUESTION... The answer is NO.  I am not getting my tubes tied.  I am 30 years old and that seems so finite.  We don't know what the future holds....

"FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU DECLARES THE LORD.  PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU"

JEREMIAH 29:11