Telling Kate

If you really want someone to get excited about a new baby, tell my three year old!

We told Kate about her new sibling tonight. We had really planned to wait a few more weeks, but with each passing day we were becoming more concerned that someone else would slip, and we both really wanted to enjoy her reaction.

I asked her about two of our friends who are expecting babies and then I asked her, what do you want to have at our house (she’s always asking for a brother or sister)? She answered enthusiastically, “ICE CREAM!”

Backfire.

So I tried the more direct method. I told her we were going to have a new baby. She has decided if it’s a boy his name will be John and if it’s a girl she wanted to name her Kate. She switched to Kaitlyn when we said that would be too confusing and then eventually to just Lynn. Those aren’t even on our list as possibilities…

When I asked if she thought it was a boy or a girl, she decreed we would be having another girl. Kate is ecstatic (she did also get her ice cream, by the way), and Gabby keeps walking around saying, “baby.”