This was the envelope given to Amy's Mom, Pat, on Christmas morning:

Inside was this note:

Pat didn't quite understand. So, Amy blurted it out:

"I'm pregnant."

We had just gone to the doctor's office Christmas Eve and been told the due date. Pat was the first relative we told.

Then I got on the phone and told my parents. Meanwhile, Amy got online in a chat room with the rest of her family - she is the youngest of eight children - and they gathered around computers in Sullivanville, N.Y., and Safety Harbour, FL, and she gave them the news.

This will be the 14th grandchild for Howard and Pat Clark.

This will be the FIRST grandchild for my parents, Edward G. Bond Sr. and Nona Bond.

We've decided we don't want to know the sex of the baby before its birth. "There's so few good surprises in life anymore," Amy said.

For now, we just refer to it as "Cosmo." But we are thinking of real names.

Cosmo, now coming to you in the glory of ULTRASOUND.

Here are some possibilities that have been suggested to us from all over the country:

If it's a boy:
 

If it's a girl:
 

Ann Brigid Claire Colleen

Kathleen Elizabeth (Katie) Mairi Maeve Margaret

Either/Or
Stacey or Kelley 

Suggestions that made us laugh) 

Bail James Savings

Treasury Hercules Big Bad Voodo Daddy

If you have comments or suggestions, you can email me at ed@edbond.com.