my secret

if you ask me what i think i am having, i’ll tell you i don’t know. and i don’t. i have placed a mental block on it. you know why? i don’t like being wrong. any guess i make- i have a 50% chance of being incorrect. the stakes are too high.

Hi My Name Is…

Hi My Name Is: KTB Yes, I am due June 18 No, We do not know what we are having No, we are not as crazy as that look you are giving me right now. something like this would come in handy for just about any time i step out into public

At Least That’s Ready…

since we’re crazy enough to not know what we are having… that means i also can’t knit just one cute little hat to take to the hospital. nope, i knit up four. i am not yet adept to the typical size of a Newborn’s Noggin… so i ended up making two sizes in each color. […]

Funny Things Heard While Pregnant #9

I am learning that sometimes people just don’t know what to say, or can’t help themselves from saying what they want to say… Thus continues a compendium of the funny/odd/weird/tasteless/forthright things people have said to me whilst in “the family way”. Number 9: amidst the nesting, i have amassed a pile of clothing items that […]

Chinese Birth Chart? Honestly?

so i am holding strong… the envelope remains unopened… we are still waiting for the arrival to know if this babers is all girl or all boy. either way, i’ll be happy as long as it’s healthy. what more could a mommy want? but– i was intrigued by a friend’s post today and her mention […]

the name game

so it’s true, we have finally settled on a boy name – should we blessed by blue, come June. but nope. we’re not telling. however, i must say- that journey to find the right boy’s name was an interesting one. as i may have mentioned previously, i decided years ago on the girl’s name… and […]

Baby Jaguar?

Baby Poll from The Nephew and The Niece: Chase thinks it’s gonna be a boy. Sophie thinks it’s gonna be a grown-up. Both like the name Jaguar, simply so they can call it Baby Jaguar.

all in a name

Thanks to everyone for weighing in on the Great Debate. Keep ’em coming! As for how things are going inside the walls of the Becker Home: AJ is just sure it’s a Girl – and he is terrified. He knows what teenage boys can be like – he was one, not so long ago – […]

Pink or Blue?

i have the envelope right here. sealed and tucked safely away in my desk. if you know me, you know that i can wait forever to open it – no worries here. 20+ more weeks and we will know the answer to the question. I am open to your thoughts here though… have at it! […]