An update from your favorite Moss

Hi there!  My name is James, but you can call me George, Samuel, Thomas, or William.  I'll answer to any of them--especially if you are saying something like, "Thomas, do you want to go outside?" or "Here's your brownie, George".  

Today I wanted to take a break from my normal life of tasting cooking, feeding the farm animals, and playing with my brothers to tell you about my life as the baby of a family of ten.  Joy says that I should have done this post earlier, but I'm a procrastinator.  I thrive on deadlines.

So here it is :
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Like it? I do too, but I have been informed that some people would like it better if I translated what it said.  So here is the version for those who are not learned in JJism:

I am excited that in five days I will no longer be the baby of a family of ten.  Instead, I am going to be the big brother of a family of eleven.  You read that right--on Thursday my little brother or sister will be born!!!  I've waited almost nine months, but I am not sure I can wait another second.  I check the crib sometimes...you know, just to see if the baby came and no one told me about it. 

In case you haven't caught on yet, I 'll shout it out for all the world to hear.  (By the way, you may want to cover your ears, as deafness is a possible side effect of such delight.)  I AM EXCITED!!!!!

You can take your fingers out of your ears now.  I'll try to confine my joy to exclamation marks. Maybe.

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Maybe not.

I can't wait to hold my little sister Emily Margaret in my arms.  Or John Philip.  But I know that it's going to be a girl.  Many of my siblings think that the baby will be a boy, but they have guessed wrong in the past.  I never have.  Joy says I should tell you that I have never guessed before, either, but that strikes me as a rather unimportant detail. 

So now I want to hear what you think. 

1. Is the baby a boy (because we have so many boys) or is it a girl (for the same reason as the former)?
2. Are you excited? 

I'll see you at the hospital on Thursday--only, I probably won't see you because I'll have eyes only for the buttons on the hospital bed and AN ADORABLE BUNDLE WRAPPED IN A BLANKET!!!

James