wow - that's motivation!! good luck - not that i think you'll need luck to get you through it!!

we wouldn't be able to keep the baby's gender secret from our friends and family - they would soon suss it out with all the blue or pink things that were appearing in the nursery (because i know that i couldn't keep to neutrals if i knew!!)... so when we find out, the whole world will know!! of course, if we have a very modest baby who chooses to keep his/her legs shut at every ultrasound, then we might have no choice but to be surprised at the hospital!!

put an offer in on a house in Malvern East today (nice and close to Cabrini), and find out tomorrow whether we get it or not (there are 2 offers in at the moment)... fingers crossed!!