Son

At 8:30 pm, May 29, 2010 we found out I were pregnant.

At 9:30 pm, May 29, 2010 we found out I was pregnant with a girl. And we were having a boy two years later.

Crazy, eh?

How did we know? My dear friend Carolina Mondragon told me. She had a dream about our children, woke up and posted this on my Facebook wall:

Hi Strong Dinosaur!!!! I hope you are doing well...we should skype soon :) Hey, I had a really amazing dream last night! I dreamt your future kids! Weird, right? I saw you with a little, redheaded girl about two or three and a little (super) blonde boy about one!! And they were your kids!!!! They were the cutest! Basically little Erin and Ryan! But it was such a clear dream, that when I woke I said to myself, I have to tell Erin! So, for the future, I call your first to be a girl and your second a boy :) Miss you tons and hope you and Ryan are doing great!

To which I responded:

Haha! I LOVE it! I guess we'll just have to wait and see how prophetic your dream was.

Even though I kept my response calm, I TOTALLY freaked out when I read this. I had literally known for one hour I was pregnant and here was my friend telling me she just woke up from a vivid dream about my kids! Though I really wanted a boy first I couldn't shake Carolina's vision. About 16 weeks after receiving this post we found out I was, in fact, pregnant with a girl (who turned out to be a redhead). So when this time around the ultrasound tech said, "It's a boy", I wasn't surprised. It simply confirmed what I already knew. And I cried.

It's a boy.

A boy.

Boy!!!

I could not be happier. To be the mother of a son is so exciting to me. It holds great responsibility and in some ways I am terrified. What do I know that will help this boy become a man? But to be the woman who will form this little guy's idea of femininity and guide him to manhood is a great honor. I take up this cause with great reverence and expectation.

There's an ease and tenderness that can only exist in opposite gender parent/child relationships. I see it in Ryan and Audrey's interactions every day and I hope to experience it myself. I want to be his mommy in the same way Ryan is Audrey's daddy. 

So far Carolina's dream is bang on. Now we just have to wait and see if our little guy's a blond.

ps. Check out the updated 'Our Little Family' page!

I actually prefer baby boy clothes. Our son is going to rock cardigans with elbow patches and tweed. Lots of tweed.