Nora's "brober"

That's right! Nora is going to have a baby brother!

We're fairly confident she doesn't know what a "brober" (as she says) is, but knows it has something to do with these shoes we bought today. While I was at work earlier in the day, a friend stopped by with her 6mo-old son who was wearing these shoes. When I found she bought them in St. Andrews, I couldn't resist the urge to make my first baby boy purchase. I'm happy to report buying for a baby boy is just as fun as buying for a girl.

I had a feeling I was carrying a boy, but you can't know without "seeing" evidence (and we did see it!). It was fun to know I was right. My mom-in-law was asking me what made me think baby was a boy. Mainly it was the fact that I am carrying him more out front in addition to just a different pregnancy overall. Still, I've heard of people with two of the same gender who had very different pregnancies, so we'll see if I have a correct guess again with any other kiddos...

As for names, we have a top contender that we've liked for a while, but the jury is still out. Part of me wants to find something more novel, unique or Scottish. I've just been told though not to name the baby "Andrew" -apparently a common, cheesy thing Americans do here in St. Andrews. Maybe Fergus though :-P