<p>You guys. Thank you so much! I&#39;ve just reread your comments (again!) and I can&#39;t believe how nice you all are. Smooches!</p><p>I noticed a bit of good-natured hinting at the fact that we may be expecting a girl this time. When I found out that my second would be a boy, <a href="http://diary.blogs.com/the_diary_of_a_reluctant_/2006/12/boys.html">I wrote </a>about my hard-won acceptance of the fact that both my children would be male. I&#39;m not going to lie - it wasn&#39;t easy, but just as I suspected at the time, I&#39;ve taken to my boy-mama role quite well. I&#39;m also not going to lie to you now: If this third baby is a boy, it would be wonderful. </p><p>I&#39;m not just saying that. </p><p>You see, I&#39;m so used to having boys that adding another one would obviously be the easiest option. We have every possible combination of jeans/shorts/tees/button down shirts possible. We have every Playmobil and Lego set known to man, as well as an extensive collection of trucks. We&#39;re set. </p><p>I&#39;ve also come to not only accept, but appreciate, the fact that I get to mother boys. I can&#39;t know if mothers of girls feel the same way, but I&#39;ve noticed that it&#39;s very easy for me to just let my boys be themselves because they don&#39;t look like mini versions of me so I don&#39;t expect them to react to things in the same way I would. Also, they like to run and push each other, and I just can&#39;t relate to that. The best part is that they can relate to each other, and while they crash their trucks or pretent to be Spiderman for the upteenth time, I can give myself a manicure. I&#39;m always pleasantly surprised when it turns out that in a lot of ways my boys are miniature versions of me - they have a lot of the same personality traits that I do, and yes, they even look like me - at times.</p><p>It&#39;s great having boys. I get to have my cake and eat it too. </p><p>Now, a confession: If this baby&#39;s a girl? I would love it too. To experience mothering a girl, to relive girlhood? That would be amazing too. </p><p>And I&#39;m not just saying that.</p>
