So is Spraggle a Boy or a Girl?????

Inquiring minds want to know. Sadly anyone who knows us knows that we're not going to come right out and tell you. We'd rather play a game first and see if you can Guess Spraggle's Gender *cool gameshow theme song*

Ok First Clue:

The latest ultrasound of Spraggle....Can you tell what sex he/she is????

Next Clue:

An Omen Tony Received in the mail today....Figured it out yet???

Third Clue:

Michelle's favorite Fraggle. (Who also goes by a similar name as our soon-to-be-mommy.) Bet you've almost got it

Final Clue:

A gift we purchased for the newest addition to our family. C'Mon that one is Obvious!

Yes friends and family Spraggle is indeed FEMALE!!! (*Tony Screams in Fear*)

We could not be more terrified happy about this. We will be having our own Little Pirate Princess. Although we have her name already picked out we have decided that the baby will remain being known as Spraggle until she is born.

Thank you to all who took part in our poll. and Congrats to all of you who guessed correctly. Now that we know Spraggle's Gender there is TONS of work to do.

Talk to you all soon.

Mommy Weighs In

So after a very long and stressful week, I think it’s about time for me to post something on Spraggle’s Website. Tony has talked about a lot of the first trimester, our finding out, our reveal, our dreams and even Spraggle’s view of how I’m doing. Already into the second trimester, I cannot wait for the “good stuff” to start. I have heard Spraggle’s heart beating very strong twice and have had my major blood work done (which for everyone reading, I am DEATHLY!!!!! afraid of needles) and did it very calming with Spraggle Monkey there and not Tony. I now realize why a doctor told me that when you become a mother, your fears as a child disappear. I have now been stuck 4 times already and I will have to say, I no longer scream, cry, or try to physically inflict A LOT of pain on the poor nurse who has the unfortunate task of removing my blood. I guess “I’m a big girl now”!! (not that I will ever grow up)

I have had some physical changes. I am welcoming them now because EVERYTHING is getting bigger although the only physical change I would like to keep from this pregnancy is the bigger boobs. Stacie and I went maternity clothes shopping over the Fourth of July holiday and we got some cute outfits that will last me well into the late fall. I am normally a cold person so the pants will work all the way through my pregnancy and I love big sweaters so I have plenty of them already to get me through to December. I will have to say that this is my child so Spraggle will need all the warm stuff we can find. So even though it’s July, we are still wrapped up in blankets with Kairi at our feet.

I already have had some hip issues but from what I was told, I should just get use to it. In a few weeks I should start feeling Spraggle move but for now, when my hip hurts I know what side Spraggle is on; She favors the right side. We have felt him as a big “bulge”. I can press on my belly and find where he is hiding at times. I really just can’t wait until the first time when I really know it’s her moving.

We have done some baby recon and this weekend I am going out with “Nonna” to do some more. I went out last weekend with “Grandmom” and she liked the items we picked out. My house will be covered in Monkeys. Tony always did want a monkey, and now he’s getting one. It’s when Spraggle’s cousin Nathan shows him how to climb the banister that we will be in trouble.

Although writing is not my thing, scrapbooking is. So I have been working on Spraggle’s book already. We have only 10 more days until we find out boy or girl but I have been getting by. I still have to buy the actual scrapbook, but I want that to be specific to Spraggle’s gender. Just about everything else I want to be gender neutral.

To wrap up my weird and all over the place thoughts, being pregnant is not all that bad. I have enjoyed all the highs and lows and I was lucky enough to have more highs then lows. We have a great family and friends to support us. You have all been so great though this process. I am 18 weeks into this and have 22 weeks to go and cannot wait for the rest to happen. To our Spraggle, We will keep you loved and protected, warm and fed, happy and healthy until the day we meet. The best times are ahead.

"Dream a Dream and See"

Since more and more people have noticed that Michelle is starting to show the signs of being pregnant more and more people have been voicing their opinion on what sex they believe Spraggle will be. Now I have never been one to believe that you can tell the gender of the baby based on some old wives tales, needle and thread, the shape of the pregnant woman’s stomach, the phases of the moon, or flavor of her favorite gummy bear. I did however sort of believe a dream I had around week 6.

In my dream I was sitting on my couch watching a Phillies game when I saw a small toddler walk around my coffee table. I wrote it off as being my godson, Nathan. But when the toddler tried climbing up on the couch and I noticed it was wearing a dress I knew it wasn’t Nathan. (btw it was a little white dress with Phillies emblems on it) Anyway, this little person sat down beside me and looked up with bright blue eyes and red hair. And I knew that this was my daughter. Spraggle will be a girl.

At least that is what I thought up until last week when Michelle said she had a dream of her own. In her dream she went to the hospital to pick up Spraggle. Not like she had actually given birth to the baby but more like she was picking up something she had put on layaway. She took note while at the hospital that the baby was 7lbs 1oz. She laughs about this because each night before bed she’s been telling Spraggle that it can’t be more then 7lbs when born. At just one ounce more then what mommy requested is this Spraggle’s first act of defiance? Anyway, she thought the baby she had picked up was a girl. However when she got home and went to change the baby, “Spraggle” urinated on her using a body part characterized in the male gender.

Now I should mention that we are not hoping for one gender over another. Boy? Girl? It makes no difference to us as long as the baby is healthy. (Oh and if it is a girl, Michelle wants her to have red hair.) But we laugh about how neither of us has ANY clue what gender Spraggle shall be. That is at least for the next three weeks. Yes, on July 27th we will be going to the doctor to do the second round of ultrasounds. And pending Spraggle isn’t modest (Ha! Look at his/her parents) we should be able to see…that which determines our genders. With that in mind, get your votes in now for which sex you think Spraggle will be. We’d like to know what you all think. The poll is just over to the right. ------------>

As I am writing this the most people seem to think we are having a girl, with the votes 19 to 13 in favor of the fairer sex. An amusing result because the last time two girls were born into the Sprague family in the same year was 27 years ago. And little Riley Mae took the title as the first Sprague female born in the past 23 years.