The suspense is killing me!!!!!

We find out if we are having a boy or girl in exactly 2 weeks, 4 days. I can't take it any longer!!! I just got some new neutral fabric and want to know if I can make it into a dress or shorts.

In other news, the wife is really looking pregnant these days...no longer just like she gained a few pounds. Baby is front and center, and she/he is causing her mommy to have some serious back pain. I like that my wife is hungry again. She wasn't very hungry the first 14 weeks....so this is nice. We bought some maternity-wear yesterday. The bella-band should still work okay for the next 3-4 weeks, and we have some clothes that will stretch with her (and are getting to the end of their regular functionality anyway)...but we are headed into spring and it might be nice to have a pair of jeans and some shirts....so we bought a few simple items. She looks so cute in them!

We also now have enough cash saved up for at least 2 months maternity leave for the wife. This has been a huge issue for us the past few months, we spent thousands and thousands of dollars trying just to get pregnant---our savings was not as we had hoped after the last round...but it's building back up and I no longer feel stressed about it. Thanks tax return!

Also, with some of the tax return, we bought some new furniture for the place that will help make it more family friendly. I found an awesome unfinished furniture store and got a floor to sealing bookshelf (to be stained a dark chocolate)...which is so much better than the little 3 shelve book cases from college that I have stacked on top of each other...that is an accident waiting to happen! And I got a DVD cabinet so that our DVD's aren't all stacked under the coffee and end tables in baskets...no more temptation there for a little one when it starts crawling...and a new entertainment unit for the TV. It's not an armoire, just a corner table, with a cabinet...and it is taller than our last one, which is good because the baby won't be able to reach the TV once it starts pulling itself up. And I got lots of furniture straps! So great! As we speak my furniture has already been stained and is in the basement awaiting a protective varnish (to be applied tonight). I am so excited to leave work and finish my project. I should post pics of the old book shelves...and the t.v. table with one door missing (because our dog went nuts over a dog on TV and ran into it at full speed when it was open, causing it to break off the unit. Good job Bailey). They were in need of replacement!

Still don't totally know what I'm doing next year...but am not stressing. I have a meeting with somebody this week to discuss possible research opportunities. I am going to also send out some emails to psych department chairs about adjunct possibilities. And at least...I have my Dissertation defense date set! That is a huge relief!

So things are good.

but they'd be so much better if I knew what we were having!!!!!