boy or girl...

i have been doing my "research" on gender prediction tests and old wives tales that predict gender.


I have been craving sweets (like crazy!!!) = girl

Unfortunately I have had a great deal of acne = girl

I have had more than my fair share of "Morning/All day" Sickness = girl

I am carrying high and all over = girl (yes i am showing already, gimme a break it is my fourth)

I do not feel like a glowing pregnant woman at all. My hair and complexion just look yucky = girl

Although, I have only heard it one time, Baby's heart rate is in the high 150s = girl

The Chinese Calendar says the baby is a boy, although my date of conception could vary by one day and that would put me in the next month which = a girl.

The Mayan tale - if the age and the year of conception are both even or both odd you are having a girl. If one of the numbers is even and one is odd - you are having a boy. Mine are both even which = a girl.

I did the ring on a string and the needle on a string test on myself and it was really heard to tell which way it was going. I think it was going in a circle. And then when I looked up what that meant, I found differing answers to that some sites said circle is a girl, some sites said circle is a boy -- so I have no clue?

all three of my kids and jamil all have the same instinct that this baby is a girl! sometimes. jordyn will say a boy. but lately she changed back to a girl. joshua has been saying for weeks i know it is a girl, i really want a boy, but God told me it was a girl. jamil really thinks it is a girl. he has had a dream about a baby girl, right before we found out we were pregnant. jesiah always has said girl or baby sister.

as for me, i am just not sure i trust my instinct, since i was wrong with jesiah. even though i was right with the other two. but my instinct says it is a girl. a girl would be easier as far as room arrangements. which really is a big deal. i just don't know how we would room three boys and a girl - i don't know what that would look like. but i know God has chosen us to be a family for this baby and He knows the plans. whichever he has chosen for us will be the family He made for us.

and as long as the baby cooperates we will know in 24 days if we will be having a boy or a girl. and then we can see if our instinct and the gender prediction tests were right or wrong!!!

only 24 days to go until.....

we have our ultrasound!! i saw my midwife for my 14 week appointment yesterday. everything is going really well. i heard the baby's heartbeat - i just love hearing it!!! it was beating strong and steady!! i was happy to report that i had been feeling better over the last few days (and have continued to!). on my way out of the appointment, we scheduled my ultrasound for may 19th! i am really excited to see the baby and find out if it is a boy or a girl. i think not knowing is driving me crazy! i feel like i can't prepare anything until i know.

i will be posting some of my answers to some of the gender prediction tests i have taken and old wive's tales very soon! in the meantime, the poll on my sidebar has expired and it looks like we have more votes for a baby girl!

who needs dinner when you have desert...

today was my dad's 60th birthday and mom asked me to bring a desert over for our cookout. i said no problem. i have been making soooo many deserts lately that it isn't even funny. last night, i made cream puffs - just for fun. the kid's helped make the filling! i only ate two. when i make a desert that i am craving, usually i just need a taste or two of it and then i am good - craving satisfied. good thing b/c i don't want to pack on the pounds too soon. today, i made a butter pecan crunch desert for the birthday celebration! i also took the leftover cream puffs. in the last few weeks i have made cupcakes, strawberry pies, chocolate pie, cinnamon rolls, and an angel lush cake. i have the ingredients on had to make a mud pie and a molten surprise cake! yum! i guess you can say i am craving sweets. but i am also building up my baking skills! too bad i can't figure out what is for dinner most nights - oh well, who needs dinner when you have desert!!

what are your gender prediction tests???

now that we are getting closer to finding out the sex of the baby, i have been thinking a lot about it. is the baby a girl or a boy?? jamil is sure of what the gender is. i on the other hand am not sure i have a feeling but i think i am a little afraid to go with it. with our first, i knew he was a boy - we decided not to have an ultrasound and waited to D-day!! with our second, i knew she was a girl - we did have an ultrasound to reveal my prediction was right! with our third, i thought it was a girl , when the ultrasound said he was a boy, i was shocked. that is why i am afraid to trust my instinct this time. although, jamil said he knew he was a boy. jamil has been right three out of three times. i tend to trust his instinct on this one. plus, he did have a dream the week before i found out i was pregnant, with a baby of a specific sex in it. i am not going to reveal what he thinks it is or what i think it is until closer to the ultrasound.

even though we still have a few weeks to go until our ultrasound, i have been working on a list of answers (boy or girl) to a list of questions of old wive's tales and different gender prediction activities. i have looked at a lot of different ones online. i would love to hear what are some of the gender prediction tests you have heard about or used. if you would leave me a comment to this post - i would love it! and then i can add what you have heard/tried/used in my post!!
there are so many crazy things out there - but it is so much fun anyway!!!