"Do you want to know the gender?" Maddy's OB/GYN asked.
"Yes" David immediately said, making both Maddy and the doctor laugh.
"What he said" Maddy followed up.
"You are having a..." The doctor looked on the ultrasound monitor. "Girl"
"Awwwww" David said, taking Maddy's hand, and beaming.
David hadn't told Maddy if he wanted a boy or a girl more so there were no expectations, but deep down, he wanted a girl. As they left the office, with word that they had an extremely healthy baby girl, David put his arm around Maddy's shoulders.
"A girl, how cute is that?" David asked, as they walked towards the car.
Maddy smiled at David's excitement.
"Yeah boys aren't cute, right?" She joked.
"Oh fuck off, you know what I mean"
Neither David nor Maddy were big gender reveal people, in terms of throwing a whole party/celebration. They told their friends in person at a get together that evening, and told their parents via facetime (as close to in-person as possible). They figured there was no point in not updating their followers, and David already had a plan.
A few years prior, David had taken a picture with a bunch of pink balloons and posted it on instagram. Nearly all the comments were telling him it looked like a gender reveal, and he had always thought it would be funny to repost it when the time actually came.
"It's finally your moment to shine" Maddy sipped her bottle of water and raised her eyebrows. "You've literally been saying that since, like, the day after you posted that picture"
Maddy specifically remembered texting Liza and David in a group message "It's a girl????? Congrats!!!!" with a screenshot of the post. What a weird turn of events this was.
David posted the picture with the caption "You heard it from the comments on this picture posted by 20 year old me first... IT'S A GIRL!!!!"
"When do we start talking about names?" David asked.
Maddy thought for a second.
"Why not now?"
David grinned, putting his arm around Maddy.
"Are we keeping the French name thing going?"
"Why not Hebrew?"
"Hebrew?"
"Your name is Hebrew"
"I'm Slovakian"
"Ok but your name is Hebrew"
Maddy raised her eyebrows at David.
"You've never heard of David in the bible?"
"I mean I have..."
"Did you think he was Slovakian?"
"Ok, fine, fine" David said, shaking his head. "You have to remember, I don't think about things the same way you do"
Maddy laughed.
"Is that a no on the French names?" David asked.
"Why don't we just pick names we like, and if they happen to be French-"
"Or Hebrew"
"Or Hebrew, then great, if not, still great"
David nodded.
"So what names do you like?" David asked.
"I don't really know, I like a lot of names..."
David moved his hand in a motion for Maddy to keep talking.
"Um, I like the name Katie"
"I know some bad Katies"
"Fair enough, what about you?"
David listed off two names. Maddy looked up for a moment.
"Those are actually both really cute"
"Wait, really?"
"Do you not think so?"
"No, I do, I'm just surprised you like them"
"Yeah, they're both cute, honestly I would be happy with either of those"
"We're not gonna discuss other options?"
"Do you want to?"
"I mean, no, those are my favorites"
"Perfect then" Maddy put her feet up on the ottoman. "Which one?"
"I can't decide, you pick"
"Hmmm" Maddy thought. "I can't decide either"
They were both quiet for a moment, thinking.
"What if we wait until she's born, then decide?"
Maddy smiled. "I like that"
"Good, then it's settled"
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I'm super busy this weekend so i'm gonna double post rn bc idk if i'll have laptop access later this week lol enjoy these 2 happy chapters :)
