[HPFGU-OTChatter] Some news from today's ultrasound!

[Pam Hugonnet]

jenP_97 wrote:

>  Hi, all.  Just wanted to let you know that we had an ultrasound
> appointment today, and the doctor said he's about 90% positive it's
> going to be another girl.  She's very active and looks totally
> healthy, so we're very excited.  It's also good news on the
> hand-me-down clothing front... all our friends contributed to the new
> baby's wardrobe, and they all had girls, so now we've got at least
> three times the amount of *stuff* to find a home for with this baby.
>

Congratulations!  It's always easier to have two of a kind.

>
> Here's a question:  have your kids ever freaked you out to the point
> where you think there actually may be some truth to reincarnation,
> which you've (possibly) never believed in before?  Sometimes Ginger
> will make a comment like, "When *you* were in *my* tummy" and "I
> remember when *you* were a little girl..." that makes me think that
> she's got some of my mother's soul/memories stored up inside her.
> It's a little unsettling sometimes.  What's more, she absolutely
> refused to consider the idea that this baby might be a boy... and
> here we are, having to admit that she knew what was going on the
> whole time.
>

My husband swears that Emma (#2) is a reincarnation of his grandmother.
When we were expecting Emma, Maddie was 3.  She, too, was convinced that
the baby was a girl.  (We didn't find out before delivery).  We kept
trying to tell her that the baby could be a boy, but she would not hear
of it.  Turns out she was right ;)  When I went into labor on New Year's
Eve 1996, we sent Maddie to stay with my parents.  My mother tells me
that Maddie woke them up at 4:17 a.m. to announce her sister was born.
Guess what time Emma came?  Right, 4:17 a.m.  Spooky, eh?   Needless to
say, the two girls are very, very close.


>
> She also wants to name the baby "Babe", but at least *we* have the
> last and legal say on that one.
>

We let Maddie choose Emma's name.  But we had to endure all kinds of
ridiculous suggestions like Cabin, Lollipop and, my favorite, Tooth.
Then one day she announced that the baby's name was Emma Grace.  And so
she is...


This new baby is going to be named Thomas Henry but will called Harry.
Ain't I lucky?

drpam


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