Boy nation?

Well folks, in case you're wondering -- the Bean hasn't lost his/her gills yet! But several others baking beans in my circle of family and friends have. Yesterday, my cousin's wife gave birth -- the good old-fashioned route -- to a little boy who weighed in at 10 pounds and 8 ounces! The doctors had just taken an ultrasound and told her the baby looked to be around 8 or 9 pounds. Surprise!

But babies on that side of the family tend to be large. My mom has six brothers, all of which (excluding one) are very tall, brawny, thick wristed men. I don't know how my mother ended up with the figure she has. I suppose it's the Y chromosome shared by all those brothers that carries the serious heft. (Oh, side note: the new 10.5 pounder joins two brothers; notice a trend there?)

Moving on... two other friends also had their babies in the past couple weeks -- both boys. Which makes me even more suspicious about my instincts. What are the odds that the bean is a boy? And in all honestly, we need to throw a girl into this mix. What is this, China?