Baby Cox was a surprise to me and Steve, but some of our friends were kinda expecting it. So much so that a few years back, when we kept saying we were going to get pregnant when we were 30, we made a bet with Steve's friend, Levent. The bet was for $100 and it was that we would be able to hold out on babies until I was 30 (which is next February). Over the years Levent often tried to get us to "up our ante". The bet was discussed to increase the dollar value to $1000 (what we'd get if we waited until age 30) or if Levent won he'd get to name our baby. Well, there is not enough beer in the world to get me to say ok to that bet, and boy am I glad I held out.
So to make the announcement to the group, in particular to Levent, we wrote out a big check for $100 (and gave him the cash for real). We wrapped it up and gave it to him on a night where about 25 of our friends were gathered. Many didn't "get it" but when they read the memo line on the check it all made some sense.
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