I really am ALWAYS right.

In case you're keeping track, the final vote on my gender poll was 10-1 in favor of our baby being a girl. I think no one was willing to vote boy because it included admitting that I'm always right. Shame on you, people! I had an ultrasound this afternoon, confirming my eternal "rightness." (NOT to be confused with righteousness). We having Hemmert boy #3. Jared gave a huge sigh of relief when he saw the "boy part" on the screen. I think he was scared of having a girl. We took both of the boys with us, and they thought it was really cool.

I still believe in my theory and think sister-in-law A has some explaining to do. JUST KIDDING! I guess there's always room for a little variance in every good theory. If I'm being TOTALLY honest, part of me was hoping for a girl, but I'll quickly move on and embrace the testosterone that will soon be completely overwhelming my home. We know what to do with boys! We have all the stuff for boys! We can almost have our own basketball team! We're going to save a TON of money when it comes to wedding time! Now I need to come up with some boy names. I had a hard time coming up with the other two, and this will be even harder. Any suggestions??????

It's almost time...

This pregnancy is really flying by for me. (I guess that's what happens when you a lose a month at the beginning). I'm not mentally prepared to make the switch to maternity clothes, but that day is getting imminently closer. I thought this would be a good time to share a long held theory I've had about Hemmert babies, and how that might apply to me and this baby. First, a quick biology lesson: the father is ultimately responsible for determining the gender of the baby. (Told you it was quick). So despite all of the girls on my side of the family, it's Jared's family that counts. Having said that, we will not use his sisters as examples since they have nothing to do with determining their children's gender. That leaves 4 Hemmert brothers.

We will skip Brother A for a moment and come back.
Brother B: 4 boys, 0 girls
Brother C (Jared): 2 boys, 0 girls
Brother D: 1 boy, 0 girls
Brother A: 1 boy, and just had 1 girl (I said they should have named her 'Hope', but they didn't listen)

My theory was that Hemmert boys can NOT produce girls. It has effectively been disproven by Brother A, however, I still think there is some sort of bias towards "male" in the DNA. Brother D even asked an OB/GYN doctor while he was on that rotation if it were possible that there was something to my theory, and the doctor said it's still 50-50. The odds of having 8 boys in a row is .0039 if you're counting. In a week or two hopefully we'll find out if we've cracked the 'code' as well, but I'm not entirely convinced that the odds are in my favor. I'll put up the requisite 'blogger' poll for fun, but you know where my vote is!