I was playing Legos with Ben this morning and right smack in the middle of a conversation about Han Solo and the ship we were building, he said, very quietly, "I really wish the new baby was a girl."

It's kind of funny to think that my six-year-old SON is the one in the family who is slightly bummed about the news from yesterday. For whatever reason, he was REALLY wishing for a baby sister and has talked about it for probably two years. Of course, he doesn't see it from our parental perspective of practicality, not to mention the fact that he's too young to understand how lucky we are just to be having a healthy baby. Still, I feel sort of bad that I didn't deliver (it was one of the reasons I had on my list to root for a girl)

Honestly, even if we tried again, odds are that I probably STILL wouldn't grant his wish. I know he'll love his new baby brother, but I did think it was really sweet that he loved the idea of a baby girl. He just adores little girls, as is evidenced by the bond he already kind of has with his little cousin. He's so gentle with her.... 180 degrees different than the rough and tumble relationship he has with Simon.

I hope he gets some more female cousins in the future!

I'm sure he'll *really* appreciate having another brother in the house instead of a sister in a few years when he's able to move out of the shared bedroom and into his OWN room. LOL!