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He believes it's a girl... I believe it's a boy. It's so fun we don't know the gender of our baby, and in the beginning of the pregnancy we were told by our families and friends it's annoying/frustrating that we didn't find out. But... I think everyone is kind of glad and excited because there's a bit of suspense and mystery in not knowing the gender. Place your bets, friends!!

While buying an onion at the farmer's market, the vendor asked me if I thought purchasing only one onion would be enough. I was a bit confused and said yes... then he replied, "Are you sure? There's two of you..." pointing at my belly. This was the opening dialog for the questions to begin. The vendor's questions fit in with all other pregnancy related questions I've been asked... they seem to have a formula of their own, and I'm positive any other pregnant woman would agree with me.

First Question: How far along are you/when are you due?

Second Question: Is it a boy, or a girl?

Third Question: YOU DON'T KNOW??

Fourth Question: Doesn't that drive you crazy/How can you stand not knowing??

What can I say? I don't like to ruin surprises. I don't open my Christmas presents before December 25th... why would I ruin the largest surprise I can ever give myself?

One of my favorite aspects about keeping the baby's gender a surprise is picking names. From the beginning we wanted to pick one name that would work for either a boy, or a girl. Now we're playing with tons of names and sounds. This morning we woke up before the sun and the first words out of Jacob's mouth were names for the baby. Word play, anyone??