Dennis always wanted our first child to be a girl. I honestly did not care either way. Our families, however, had a pretty strong preference. I know… they are great like that. Dennis’ aunt was openly praying for us to have a boy. Obviously, there was some miscommunication between her and the higher powers… since at my last baby scan penis was nowhere to be found.
But the real brouhaha started after we have announced to everybody that I was pregnant with a girl. Here are my top five reactions from our family members:
“… girls are nice too”
“… it’s ok, you can try again”
“I know it is not a complete family with a girl, but I am sure the second one will be a boy”
“Is Dennis upset?”
… and no matter what we said we could not convince them that we were absolutely happy with the girl! Finally… the big gender debacle was overshadowed by the outrageous choice of the name (you can read more about it here).
Fast forward to yesterday – I am pregnant with a boy! And I expect nothing else but hundreds of fist pumps all over the Lithuania and Belarus.
Give me a B!
Give me an O!
Give me a Y!
Boy! Boy! Boy!
But wait for it… the question that everybody wants to know now is - how do we feel about the fact that I am pregnant with a boy?
Well…it’s awful. Boys smell like cheese, choke kittens and never put the toilet lid down. Who in their right mind would want a boy?!
I am just kidding. We are over the moon, of course! In fact I already love this boy more than I loved Leila when I was 19 weeks pregnant. This time around I already know how overwhelmingly wonderful it will be to hold him, to touch his cheek, to feel his weight and warmth on my chest at night, to cry over Pampers commercials…
I don’t necessarily enjoy thinking about having to buy a pee pee teepee or the fact that I have a penis growing inside of me, but there is always a bright side… as my friend put it “at least now you are officially growing a pair of balls” – which is one of my New Years resolutions, so … crossing that one off!
I guess the big question is “What will his name be?”
Tons of Congrates dear. I only have one thing to say about having a boy ( i have a 15month old son): THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN!!
Their behavior is different from a lady-like girls ( i adore girls and I hope my #2 would be one).
Boys are challeging yes but you would laugh alot!! I promise you that…
Take care
Congrats on the boy!!!
I’ll tell you what, I’ve grown myself two sets of balls… and they are the most AMAZING things I’ve ever done in my life. Little boys are truly a joy to have, and you are very lucky that you will be experiencing that!
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So glad I’m not the only one grossed out by a penis growing inside of me! LOL!
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Congrats! I wanted a girl first and got her. My second is a boy and it is fun to have one of both (that and there is no excuse to try again for a boy–2 is enough for me). I never did the peepee teepee, but you get to know penises on a whole different level
. My daughter is pretty active, kind of a tom-boy, but having a boy is a totally different ballgame. I wrote about it once last summer if you are interested in the post I’ll send you the link.
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Would love to read your post! Send it to mrs.notouching@gmail.com or just post it here!
You make me laugh everytime I read your blog!
Boys will always love their Mama’s. That is what I’ve been told so I’m going to hold it against that friend of mine if Nolan does not when he’s 18. Congrats again and can’t wait to hear all about his name.
Ah-ha. So this explains the mysterious traffic from your blog! Once again: Bwahhhaaaahhaaaa.
I can’t wait to eat his stinky boy toes!
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I love your website! I can almost hear you telling the story. ;o)
here is the post I mentioned
http://annjeunabashed.blogspot.com/2009/07/mars-and-venus-revisited.html
I may write another here soon about all the penis issued I have had to deal with
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Congratulations, Mrs. No! YAY! Although (being the proud mama to a boy) I can assure you that (as you noted) they do smell like cheese and choke kittens. MWAHAHAH!
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Whatever you do, do not buy a pee pee teepee. Useless.
And you will love having a boy. Just wait until he hits the 10-11 month range and his toes start to smell like foot odor. He will pee on the side of the tub while you are running the water. Boys are great!
I’m excited for you!
What a fun post! Had my girl 1st and then on to the boy…so glad I had her first, she’s like a little mommy, but now that she’s hormonal I am glad I only have the ONE girl!!!
Did you actually get that comment about it not being a complete family with a girl??? hahaha