To Know or Not To Know.....

That is the question! I have been asked this a lot lately, so here is my latest take.

Well, Casey will be in England when I have the ultrasound, which will be a week from Wednesday (June 23). But part of me doesn't care because he only went to the ultrasound appt when I was prego with Leah, just to find out. And with Jac, he stopped going after the ultrasound because we didn't find out. And with this one, he had the afternoon off the day I had my first appt, and they did an ultrasound, but he chose to stay home and go buy alcohol with Monica..... I'm still really pissed off about that one! The plan is to take Leah to a friend's house for the morning, and take Jacqueline with me because I know she will love to be able to see the baby on the screen.

From where I stand, it would be really easy for me not to find out, but Jac says she wants to know, even though she is determined that it's "another sister." So, I think what I am going to do is have them put the gender in an envelope, then I can easily shred it if I decide I don't want to know! But I was thinking we could do a cake thing since his parents will be here when he gets back. My vision for the cake is to decorate the outside neutral, then if it's a girl have it be a white cake, and red cake for a boy (since Casey doesn't like chocolate). Or we could go with white cake for both, and colored frosting between the inside layers.... so many ideas, so I guess I can see what the cake lady says. And we could have something during the week in the evening, or a weekend afternoon or evening, and have Casey's parents and grandma, and some close friends over and everyone can be there when we find out. I think that sounds really fun.

As much as I like the idea of a surprise, knowing would help out a lot. Like if it's a girl, I want to move Leah in with Jac and give the baby Leah's room (and moving Leah before the baby comes, would be much easier!). If it's a boy, Casey's mom said they would paint the guest room for us, and since his name will be Thomas, I love the idea of the bottom half of the room being dark blue, top a light blue, with a Thomas the Train border/theme for the room, which would be different than the Winnie the Pooh theme both of the girls had.

So, now it's time for you to weigh in.... Do we find out or let it be a surprise? Do you think it's a boy or a girl? Any ideas for girls' names? That has gotten us both times so far! With a boy, we are set... Thomas Michael. But a girl is a little harder.