Tons of baby stuff going on today… I got to see Kayla’s baby for the first time. He was born on Saturday, and I got to see her and hold him when I was in Amarillo driving through. He was perfect, and the littlest baby that I have ever held, and also the youngest baby I have ever held. Then, my sister went to the doctor today and found out the gender of her baby since she is 18 weeks along. I can’t tell yet, but as soon as I can I will let everyone know! Also, since my sister lives in Arlington, I haven’t gotten to see her since she found out that she was pregnant, so tonight when she pulled in to town she came over to see us. It was the first time I saw her, and she is showing a little already. I had to take a picture of her because I couldn’t believe she already had a little bump, I wasn’t thinking that it would be showing that much already. I can’t wait to be an aunt, and now that I’ve seen her it finally seems more real! Only five more long months of waiting for the baby to arrive, I hope it goes by fast!

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Lately I have been watching random TV shows about daily things. Some of those shows are pretty addicting, they are always trying to take every day things and turn them into dramatic situations. There are a bunch of cooking shows, and they make the chef out to be a total dick. Or, they have a lot of cake decorating shows that make every cake they make into a huge deal. Like someone will drop it or mess it up, or it will just fall over. Or the people they deliver it to will hate the cake and push it over. Just things that I don’t think happen in every day work for these real occupations. So, when this new show came out called “I didn’t know I was Pregnant” I couldn’t believe it. I have read one or two freak stories about someone who didn’t know they were pregnant and then they gave birth randomly to their child with no clue, but how often can that happen, really? An entire show series about someone who has a baby but doesn’t even know they are pregnant? But, the shows has different women on each episode that claim they had no idea they were pregnant during the either the entire pregnancy or the majority, and they either found out in a freak way or just had the baby and didn’t even know they were in labor. I would like to think that women would be more attuned to their bodies and the changes that happen when you are preparing to have a baby. But, I guess these ones just aren’t.

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As I mentioned, my friend Kayla was induced and had her little baby on Saturday. Today, I got to meet the little guy and hold him. At a whopping six pounds plus a couple ounces, he was the cutest little thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve never got to hold a baby that was so young, most of the time by the time I get to see the baby they are already a few months or more old, so they are bigger. And sturdier. He seemed so little and helpless, and I was so scared at first to hold him. But, he’s perfect. The bluest eyes ever, and a head full of blonde hair. His little fingers and finger nails were my favorite part, I can’t believe they are so small but they look so… human. I’ve seen some pictures of some babies that were just born and some of them have looked a little scary. Some of them look like little old people, all wrinkly. But, he was perfect. I expected him to just start talking because he looked just like a little adult. I can’t wait for my sister to have hers, she found out today what she is having and is waiting to tell the entire family until we are all together, so I can’t say anything on here because you never know who’s creeping around and readying what I write! I’ll write all about it as soon as the entire family knows!

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Today is the day my sister and her husband find of if their baby is a boy or a girl! I had assumed that as soon as she went to the doctor she would call me and tell me what happened, but now she’s decided that she wants to tell all of us in person. So, I have to wait until we are all together for Thanksgiving to find out. I don’t know if I can stand the wait any longer! But, this is just her 18 week check up, and a lot of the time when you go to that they have a hard time telling for sure what the gender is. Sometimes they have their legs crossed, or the umbilical cord is in the way and the doctor can’t see on the screen. They are expecting to find out today, but for all we know it may be another month before anyone gets the news. I hope everything goes easily and smoothly and they are able to find out for sure what color they need to start buying to decorate! My sister told me yesterday that, according to all her baby books, her baby Is currently the size of a sweet potato. I think it’s cute that they reference the size of your baby using food… I think that sounds like it might be a good nick name for the baby! Any how, I hope that either today or tomorrow I get the news, if they get the news. I can’t wait to know so I can start shopping!

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In September my sister found out that she was pregnant. So, as of now, she is close to three months along in her pregnancy. Being the excited mother that she is, she is dying to know the gender of her baby, and has tried several different things to try and find out. All the books, all the websites, and all the word of mouth things that she has heard, like what food to eat, how old she is, what month the baby was conceived, all of these things are supposed to be indicators or what her baby is going to be. But, she randomly came across this strange calender that is supposed to only use the age of the mother at conception and the month of conception and it is supposed to tell you the gender of the baby. The calender claims to be 90 percent accurate, so we have been putting it to the test. You can find the calender at this web site, just click here and you can check anyone you know and see if it’s accurate. So far, every single person we have checked has been right, and I just can’t believe it. It can be hard sometimes to know the exact month of conception, sometimes being right at the end of the month of right at the beginning of the next, but with everyone we have done it has said the right gender. It’s a very interesting little gadget, give it a try and see how it works out for you.

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