Thursday, June 26, 2008

A baby boy?

A recurring conversation Claire and I have goes something like this:

Claire: (Makes flying sounds with arms spread out.) "Airplane."
Monica: "You're an airplane."
Claire: "Yep. Fly China."
Monica: "You're flying to China. What will you do there?"
Claire: "Baby Boy. Hug Baby Boy."

Various things trigger this conversation. Sometimes it's the second child seat in a grocery cart, sometimes it's the second seat in her wagon. Quite often the conversation includes a suggestion from me that it might be a baby girl, at which point Claire shakes her head from side to side and says firmly, "Baby boy."

Claire is right: our second child could be a boy. We recently switched from China's non-special needs program to its Waiting Child program, through which children with minor medical needs are available for international adoption. Our coordinator tells us that their list of children usually has an equal number of boys and girls, and we're definitely open to either. But we already know Claire's preference ...