I thought I’d take a short break from blogging about my own baby…
…to blog about someone else’s! I’ve been keeping this one a secret for some time, but was finally given the go-ahead to announce the good news. Lisa, Joel and Cameron Menard’s family will be growing by ‘two feet’ sometime in late August. I couldn’t be happier. And neither could Jaia. The more playmates the better.
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you.
(Thanks to Tim Forbes for the photo).
Jen - ConGratulations Menards!
I am very happy for you 🙂
Jen
ps. you should all know my anti-spam word was garold. Funny!
Lisa - Thanks for the congrats. We are pretty excited and we are going on Valentine’s Day to listen for a heartbeat. You can’t get much more perfect than that!
There is a debate going on about the baby’s gender (sounds familiar?) and I’m wondering if anyone has any old wives tales or tricks to determine what it is going to be…?
Lisa
shannen - SO MANY OLD WIVES’ TALES. But most are just that, old and tales. Almost all that I came across confirmed my suspicion, that I was having a boy. 😐 And we all know how wrong I was.
1. Heart rate over 144 = girl, under = boy (Jaia was around 140-148 the whole time)
2. If you are all belly = girl (though I actually heard the opposite as well)
3. The old ring test. If the ring swings back and forth = boy, in a circle = girl (a cousin did this to me and it swung back and forth
ETC.
What are you feeling? My intuition sucked. Obviously.
Jen - My prediction is:
GIRL!
Lisa - I did the ring test and it swung in huge circles…it was actually a little freaky. Joel even tried it and had the same result. I tried it over my hand and the same thing. When I moved my hand away the thing STOPPED completely. I think I may take my magic trick on the road! My intuition says girl but it isn’t like I’m a seasoned pro….