Our eldest brother called us yesterday that he and his wife have finally snagged a baby from the conveyor, the baby’s due in October. I’m extremely excited for them, as I am always glad to have more children running around the family. His kid will mark the 6th neice or nephew for jackelope and I. Also, the birthdate looks to be in October - so (s)he’ll share my birth month. October babies seem to run in the family. With such an early announcement I hope we’re not getting ahead of ourselves, but they’ve been trying for so long and they got back from the doctor when they began calling everybody - so it isn’t just the news from a home test.
As I recall, bro is hoping for a boy as he can’t imagine having to deal with a daughter, but we’ll see. If it’s a boy, it’s also the first grandson for my dad, who will bear his surname and I know he’ll be excited about that. All his grandsons are from one of daughters so far.
I also know if he has a daughter, she’ll have him wrapped squarely around her little finger. I just know. Uncles know these things.