No Girls Allowed:)

So, I guess my continuing mantra will be "A mother of boys works from son up to son down" 'cuz that trend will be maintained @ the Parker household! No need for us to watch reruns on Nick @ Nite to see My 3 Sons in full effect:) It's actually Chris' fault, but I think he's actually quite proud of his masculinity! Actually you can see that he made a valiant effort to add a last-minute vote for another female by wearing pink-notice I stayed neutral with yellow:) Nope, not a shocker to be having another boy seeing as how I pretty much thought all along-this a.m.'s ultrasound just confirmed what I already knew to be true! I'm a firm believer in the old wives' tale re: heartrate (lower=male) & though his actually sped up to a whopping 145bpm, it wasn't a big surprise. Too bad I've tried so hard to crave sweet instead of salty (another old wives' tale in favor of females:)) that I gained a little more than I would've liked this month too-oops!:)

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Trouble is, as I mentioned, that we can't agree on his name & my other boys were named by the ultrasound @ the latest...so I think that might be why we're still having a bit of an identity crisis for the lil' guy! Wish us luck on that part 'cuz my OCD will really take over now-Otherwise, he's healthy & that's most important of course! Just left with kind of a different feeling without the novelty! If he's lucky, he might get a new outfit in which to come home from the hospital:) Oh wait! I almost forgot that I already invested in 4 sets of gear for TMNT that the boys plan to use on Halloween-The littlest brother might only be a couple weeks old, but he's all set to be Donatello (Chris will get in on the action too:) They've told me I can be April or Shredder?!) I'm sure you can tell in my tone that while grateful, I'm overwhelmed @ the prospect of raising yet another boy when my 2 are TMTH lately! For the record, in the past week I'd heard the statistic that your likelihood to have a third of a gender increase if you already have 2 in a row?! So be prepared those of you who are considering the odds! Guess there's no defying the Chinese lunar calendar for us:) He looks a bit cramped per Baby Center, eh? We're in good company re: those who are currently raising 3+ boys...I guess starting with Chris' own family (though not all in a row), his brother Mike, cousin Rick Parker & my bro-in-laws' parents, brother & sister (Uffens, Dan Uffens, Andrea Farrell & Bergesons); friends from high school (Dicksons, Mike Colemans, Jake Craguns, Alisa Parker-->Lee, Mikaela Hochstrasser-->Griggs & Becky Sue Marsh-->McCubbins); friends from college (Stevensons & Pabsts) & friends since then (Haines & Bakers) not to mention the famous one like Osmonds, Huards from Puyallup & the Chipmunks:) that we all know & respect-It's raining men-hallelujah! My OB-GYN said he wasn't going to give me any sympathy 'cuz he had 4 boys before his only girl & 5 total:) A family in my sister's ward in Las Vegas has 7, count 'em, boys!! whoa! So I will survive...Serves me right for coming from a family of all girls. While we remember Ben with love, he would've definitely been outnumbered by hormones:)
If you'll excuse me now, I have to attempt pitching a ball to my oldest son after reprimanding my middle son who broke my new set of salad tongs that he used instead for weapons & flushing/putting lid down on the toilet that one of 'em left yet again...Ah the joy of being the only female around here...never a dull moment! Let the games begin!
p.s. hopefully you won't take title personally:) we still welcome all grandmas, aunts, female cousins & friends of course!! you can also rest assured that I'll spare you the picture Chris insisted on taking of the jelly smile prior to my actual ultrasound...Gotta love SueAnn (ultrasonagrapher)-