The Baby "Blues"

Having a baby is an exciting thing (mothers refute this reality). What makes it so exciting is the anticipation and build up that leads to the stork making the special delivery. Among the most anticipated events is finding out the "gender". It seems to seal the deal and begins the preparation in earnest. Prior to the visit it is natural to express preferences or envision family dynamics. In a few months paint will be flying, beds rearranged, changing stations manned and operational, all to welcome home the new baby.

After witnessing medical wonder and seeing functioning body parts and movement of the baby it was time to unveil what color will be finding its way into the Esplin home. Would blue and its bats and balls continue to work its way into a boy dominated family or would Pink emerge with all its bows and beauty? What resulted was another baby boy! Yes this means more blue. This shouldn't have been much of a surprise as Parker's only color has been "blue" recently and Melissa's motherly instincts of late have told her that there was a boy on the way.

The news of bringing another boy into the home leaves images of blue deeply engrained on the mind. From blue clothing to blue bedding to blue jeans, any hopes for pink slowly fade to the future. The only thing that wasn't blue was how we felt about bringing another healthy baby into our home. We celebrated having the "blues" by buying blue cookies and sending out "feeling the blues" text messages.