Every day brings new excitement. Lately I've been having a lot of flashbacks to my childhood, remembering things that my father and I did together. I have learned a lot from my dad, both what I should do and things I should avoid.
I've been thinking a lot about what I pass on, what pieces of advice and what skills I should share with my child, whether they're a boy or girl. Strangely I feel like I can pass things on to a girl, I was raised by a single mother who was fairly open about everything. But I do know that the bulk of a girl's lessons will be taught by her mother and I am lucky to have a fantastic wifey who will be a great mother.
We took a trip across town today and went what to was supposed to be a baby 'super-warehouse'. It was a big store, granted, but it didn't seem worth the trip, truth be told. I wasn't going to come away empty-handed, so we got a couple of those sappy bibs, "I love my Daddy" and "I love my Mummy". Can't wait to put those on our little one!
Another thing that came out of the trip is that we decided to go with white furniture, and add some decals on depending on our baby's sex. This will be our first child, not our only one, so there's little economic point in getting blue/pink furniture given the second, and potentially third, might be different. A lot of the furniture is nice, but quite pricey. The in-laws apparently have a bed and some drawers we can have, so we'll give those a coat of glossy white paint and pick up some nice decals once we know if it's a boy or girl.
Just on that, I'd always thought I'd be a traditionalist and not want to know the gender. But now that I am in the situation, I can't wait to know! It will make it all so much more real, knowing what to expect, and really fine-tuning the list of names. Our doctor said he's able to determine the gender at about 16 weeks, so we have a little wait yet.
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