The Power of Pronouns

I'm very much an English geek.  It has always been my favorite subject in school and my someday dream job is to be a professional blogger.  But this weekend made me realize how much I LOVE pronouns.

She ~~ Her ~~ Shes ~~ Hers

What beautiful words!!  These are music to our ears! 

Let me take you back to Saturday morning...

Denny and I had the long-awaited ITSA party to find out if It's A Boy or It's a Girl!  It was hands down one of the most amazing weekends we have had in years. 

I was wide awake by 6 AM!  I could barely sleep because I was so excited to find out about the little person joining our family.  I was 99% certain it was a boy but I wanted to see the blue balloons to be sure.  I thought Denny was 99% certain it was a boy too, but at the last minute he came downstairs in a PINK shirt with a blue vest.  Pink shirt?!? I was shocked, but he said he had a last-minute feeling it could be a girl. 

Denny and I were so fortunate to have a lot of friends and family join us for the big reveal.  By 11 AM, the excitement was out of control, and our neighbor Theresa brought over the box (she was kind enough to pick it up from the florist). 

Here it is, YAY!!!

Our friends and family were really anxious and almost everyone dressed in either pink or blue.  It was so great to see that everyone was excited as us.  Check out this spirit!

By noon we were ready for the reveal.  Our hearts were racing as we realized it was time to find out if we were having a boy or girl!  I'll let the pictures tell this part of it...



"Ready to do this?"
"Hold my hand, I'm nervous"

 

PINK!?!?!?



So Shocked, So Happy...



So Emotional!

 

We're having a Little Girl!



Everyone was beyond thrilled!  The rest of the day was a blur filled with phone calls, texts, and a trip to Babies R Us. 

It is still sinking in for Denny and me, but on a walk tonight we discussed what this means to our friends and family.  It's fun to see where she fits in our little world.

• Baby Girl McGee will be the first grand-daughter to both sets of our parents  (Denny's Mom never thought she would have a granddaughter, and already promised to buy her diamond studs when we get her ears pierced)
• She will be the first girl to be born to a Quilty cousin in about 10 years (this ends the streak of about 9 boys).  She will be the first girl to be born on the Synk side since me (but in fairness, my cousin PJ was the only other birth)
• When it comes to my college roomies, she will be girl #4 out of 4 babies total.  Apparently none of us will ever have a boy.
• On our half of the street, there has not been a new baby boy in about 16 years (the few boys that live near us moved here later in life)

So there you have it... One AMAZING weekend! 

Now it's time to Think Pink!

In just one day...

We will officially find out if we are becoming parents to a boy or girl!  This week has been a mix of emotions-- lots of excitement about how our life is changing, an ounce of trepidation about how or if we will ever find all the time and money to be great parents, and a bit of tiredness (let's be real, all this party planning can be tiring for a mama-to-be).  We only want a healthy baby but the reality of this is starting to sink in.
  
Tomorrow our life will change. 
We will find out if...

Denny will have a daughter to someday walk down the aisle,

OR

If I will have a son to teach about how to treat your mom.

We will find out if...

Denny will have a son to take outside and show him the essentials of baseball,

OR

If I will have a daughter to take to dance lessons, cheerleading tryouts and Prom dress shopping.

It is incredibly exciting yet very surreal!  It will be a great day regardless if the box is filled with pink or blue balloons.  We want to savor it and remember every minute of this because I'm pretty sure the next 18 years will fly by, and before we know it we will be spending our Saturdays in May at Graduation ceremonies, college Parents weekends and perhaps even weddings (speaking of, do we need to start saving for that too?)

Have a great weekend everyone, and an especially Hapy Mother's Day weekend to all those amazing women out there that we love, that we miss, and that we admire for their compassion, endless energy, and amazing courage.  XOXO Mamas!



"It's A..."

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!