big, BIG day

Today, we have two hugely exciting events happening. First, at 1:00, my parents and little bro land at O'Hare! It's been a LONG time since they've come out this way, and even though I saw them in June, I just can't wait for them to get here. We won't get to see Brandon until Sunday, as he's heading off to a friend's wedding, but my parents are driving straight from the airport to BIG EVENT #2...

Our 20-week ultrasound!!! If Baby's cooperative, we're going to find out if we're having a little boy or girl. Whoa. It's a strange feeling to me. For Riley, we didn't know she was a girl until she arrived in the world. The idea of knowing before the baby comes is really foreign to me. I guess that's a silly and an obvious comment at the same time. Either way, though, I'm extremely pumped. Actually, if I had my druthers, I'd get the third bedroom cleared out and start painting pink or blue as soon as we got home. :) I'll try to show some restraint, though.

My feeling is that this one's a girl, too, though in the past couple days, I've had some random thoughts/daydreams about a little boy arriving on the scene. I'm going to stick with the girl instinct, however. We'll see how good I am at this instinctual thing.

Goodness... this afternoon can't come soon enough!