DH thinks it's a girl. I'm leaning that way but mainly because DH thinks it! He thought we were having a boy last time and we did, we didn't find out the sex at the scan so it was a guess all the way through. However I think we're about 95% certain that we'll be finding out this time. It's been on my mind, even though that scan isn't for another 10 weeks, but this time around it feels right. Odd, as I thought I'd always want to leave it until the birth, but it's just different. I feel like I can start telling DS a lot more about a little brother or sister, and start preparing ourselves too, if we know.
We went to a party and the kids were older than him, around 2yo - 3yo, he was the youngest at 16mo. The difference between him and them was so noticeable, he's a sweet intelligent thing and surprises me every day (he has started to bring me his sleeping bag when he's tired, I admit I went crazy gushing proud parent when he started doing that 
), but the other children understand a lot more when you speak to them, and have more defined personalities, as in wanting something and not wanting to share, for instance, whereas DS is still a bit oblivious - he sees something he likes, he goes for it, if you take it away he wanders off elsewhere, and he doesn't get frustrated if he can't get it, just finds something else. He was also the only kid more focused on the food than the fun, kept walking up to the table and grabbing olives and popcorn! So I think that by the time DC2 arrives we'll be dealing with a very different child - perhaps easier to communicate, but also perhaps more stubborn or frustrated 
We're going to hire a cleaner. I'm not sure when, as I'd love one now really but the only reason I want one now is first tri tiredness and nausea means the kitchen is not ideal (not awful, DH is great, but not exactly how I want it) and the bathroom gets dealt with less (again it looks fine, but I really want the bath scrubbed but don't want to do it myself atm). Hopefully within the next few weeks things will settle down a bit and I'll return to normal action with housework and we will run more smoothly, but no way am I going to be doing it with a newborn. Ideally I want someone twice a week, to help stem the madness that I feel certain will descend on our home. I'm thinking maybe from 37 or 38 weeks until DC2 is at least 1mo or 2mo, depending on how it all goes. Also torn as to whether or not I should put DS in for childcare, he'll get 15 hours free from Jan 2015 but seeing as I'll be home anyway I can't decide if I want to send him out