big week

as long as everything goes right, we'll know pinto's gender in a mere 3.5 days!  (or, as scott says, we'll find out what flavor pinto is.)  our appointment is first thing in the morning on friday, and then saturday we get to go start looking at baby things!

it's exciting in that i feel like it'll make everything more concrete - we get to see an ultrasound of a real baby rather than just a little gummy bear, we can decide on a real name for pinto, register, look at cutey boy or girl outfits, start working on the nursery, etc.

and at the same time, the "big appointment" is frightening in that it means that we're halfway to the end of this pregnancy!  (halfway!  crazy!)  which means we have a lot of work ahead of us - starting (and finishing) work on the nursery, taking baby classes, prepping for labor and parenting, and coming to grips with the facts that we're going to be actual parents to a real child and our lives will be changing A LOT.  which isn't a bad thing ... it's just big.