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[cranberryink]

My workplace is throwing me a baby shower in a couple of weeks. The invitation that went out today had the headline, "It's a BABY!" Hahaha. Glad we cleared that up (though it could still be puppies, which would also be awesome). I think the poor girl who made the invite was so used to putting "it's a boy" or "it's a girl" that she just couldn't

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[firelily]

First off, I think that's a hilarious shower invite. At first I thought it was done in a completely humorous intentional way. Too bad the person who sent it out probably didn't do it to be funny. Oh well.

Secondly, the obsession with your kid's gender is all based on people's insane need for immediate gratification. I'm convinced.

That being said, if I'm ever pregnant, I personally want to know so I can start shopping for baby clothes. Not that I'll be putting my daughter all in pink or anything (boring) but I just want to know. For shopping purposes.

[cranberryink]

Yeah, there was no irony intended in that invitation. But that's part of why I think it's so funny. :D

The one message that other parents have consistently given me is, "Don't buy baby clothes. You don't need to. Everyone else will get them for you. Seriously. Don't buy any." And while I'm sure that not telling people a gender will cut down dramatically on the amount of clothes I get, it's still advice I'm following. Until after my shower, that is.

[firelily]

That IS true, definitely. I will have to vigorously restrain myself from not buying baby clothes. And if I do find out what the sex is, I might not tell everyone anyway just to prevent people from giving me a million pink or blue things. But I really want to go out and pick out a couple of things special. I mean, come on, places like H&M have baby clothes now! My potential future kid will probably be better dressed than I am.

Plus I kind of want to be able to focus on girl or boy names. But, on the other hand I totally get not wanting to know, and wanting it to be a surprise. That's such a cool thing to find out during the moment.

On the other other hand, by then I'll know how to do an ultrasound and I might even be able to interpret the results myself. Heh. I'll be all "give me the wand, I'll do it myself".

[cranberryink]

Yeah, I confess that a big part of why I don't want to know is to prevent people from buying me a bunch of pink or blue crap. I'm kind of a control freak that way, hahaha.

[firelily]

Also, I wanted to mention that this icon ALWAYS and forever will remind me of you. so much so that when I see it, I don't even recognize it as Brit. To me, this icon is you. :)

[cranberryink]

Hee. That was one of the first icons I made when I actually learned how to do cool stuff with Photoshop. :D