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Who doesn't love Pat from Saturday Night Live?!?!

Awkward, Nervous, Mysterious, Hilarious...  As much as Denny and I love SNL, we didn't want our baby to have a lifetime of uncertainty when he or she needed to use a public restroom, so we figured we'd unveil the mystery sooner than later.  Plus Denny and I decided many years ago (before the Bean was a Bean) to find out boy or girl as long as we had an ITSA party to make it a fun reveal.

Fast forward a few years, a positive pregnancy test and another 18 weeks...

We told the Bean that if he or she cooperated during the sonogram appointment today we would make him or her the coolest room a Bean could ever imagine.  Apparently bribery even works on babies in utero because today our little one shared the boy/girl secret with the sonogram tech.  So now we have a very happy Mom-to-be and Dad-to-be (us), and an envelope full of a delicious little secret.  So far, things are working as planned.

Luckily our families will be in town next weekend so we have a date for the ITSA party.  And thanks to my super creative sister and the brilliance of Pinterest, we have a fun way to reveal it (assuming the associate at the Wegmans balloon counter next Saturday doesn't spill the Beans - yes this was an intentional play on words).  Now all we have to do is wait and hope this plan continues along as planned.  

(Disclaimer:  The couple shown is this photo appear to be J Crew models and are way cuter than what our families will be looking at on May 12.  Plus this couple clearly lives in a house that backs up to a lush park, while our backyard includes a dilapidated shed)

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In the meantime, we can stare at the envelope while we speculate and make predictions based on unrelated facts.  So far, here is the current Team Pink vs. Team Blue tally...

Denny and I both think Boy ~ 1 point, Team Blue

The Q family thinks Girl ~ 1 point, Team Pink

Chinese Horoscope says Boy ~ 1 point, Team Blue

When we bought our house it had a pink bedroom and a purple bedroom.  We painted both within 3 months of moving in, so it seems inevitable we will someday end up with 2 girls (and a pink bedroom and purple bedroom) ~ 2 points, Team Pink

Both Denny's parents and my parents already have grandsons, which means we are bound to have more boys ~ 1 point, Team Blue

So there you have it folks, we are 10 days away from knowing the real truth.  Team Blue is tied with Team Pink at 3 points each, and our quarterback is going to be the Wegmans associate at the balloon counter next Saturday.  Fingers crossed all works as planned.  Until then, keep on guessing!