The Contingency Plan

boy or girl? girl or boy? boy or girl?

each day i ask myself the same question, trying to tap into my intuition to provide insight, but quickly avoiding the answer as i don't want to get my heart set on one or the other. i'm still excited about the surprise.

and i think about the benefits and disadvantages of each sex. and of course this is biased.

but more than this, i wonder how i can instill principles and a hard work ethic into wolfie if lucas and i live a comfortable life. i don't want to raise a spoilt brat.

one of my co-workers is an only child. she's lived throughout asia with her parents, had nannies, went to boarding school and nearly anything she's wanted. she's very hard working, but she's also a brat who gets upset if her mother does housework on saturday mornings as her sleep is important.

lucas and i haven't lived in poverty, but we've both worked very hard for everything we have with little or no support from others and i think that makes us appreciate things a lot more.

but i guess these are questions many parents have.

and the countdown... i have 10 weeks until wolfie's here.

i know, time flies.