Strange Day

What a long and strange day... it seems like everything went the opposite way that I expected it to today, yet everything managed to be "ok".

This morning I was supposed to head in for my anatomy ultrasound - that's the one where they tell you if you should paint the walls blue or pink. My father-in-law's girlfriend was going to come and watch the girls while I went to the ultrasound. Unfortunately, she had some unforeseen auto troubles (understatment of the year from the sounds of things!) and she couldn't make it. She didn't know until the last minute that this would be an issue, obviously, so I was caught a bit unaware and didn't have time to get another sitter. Thus, I did what any mother would do and I braved taking 2 toddlers with me into a cramped ultrasound room with a technician that hates people, much less small people. I stocked up with snacks, drinks and electronics to make the trip as painless as possible. Then the bribing began...

"Be good and don't cry, then we can go to McDonalds, ok?"
"Ok mommy, I like McDonalds."
"BURGERS!"

Thank God for small miracles. They actually heard what I was saying, understood it and cognitively decided to go with the flow for once in their tiny lives. They were quiet in the waiting room and then they sat patiently in the corner on the floor in the ultrasound room playing on the iPad TOGETHER - a miracle in itself - while the tech hmmed and hawed and did her thing. I didn't get to really watch the ultrasound because my husband wasn't there and I didn't want to see the gender. Instead, I had her write it down and put it in an envelope to look at later with him.. results to follow!

Anyway, it worked out better than I could imagine and I rewarded the kids with McDonalds a la picnic style in the living room. I've been avoiding Mcdonalds for the majority of this pregnancy for fear that I'd get addicted like with my first. That didn't happen. In fact, it turns out that I can't stand McDonalds food anymore. It tastes and smells horrible. So that's refreshing...

Then, for whatever reason I had only planned on making meatloaf for dinner. It's not my favorite meal and I can't think of any less exciting way to find out the gender of the baby than over a plate full of meatloaf. So, that plan got nixed. Instead, we warmed up leftover seafood chowder from the other night that was amaaaazzzinnnggg (I should seriously post that recipe) and the hubby picked up lobsters... or planned to. He went to our usual store and somehow there was a run on lobster and they were sold out. That's amazing since it's not really lobster season anymore. So, he had to go to a different store that's like 20 minutes away and get lobsters there for the exorbitant price of $9/lb. Crazy!

Again, it didn't work out like we had planned, but in the end he got lobster. As a bonus, they sell crab legs at the store he went to, so we really had a feast.

Anyway, we unveiled the gender after the meal and the results will be to follow. We haven't told the families yet since it's so late, so we want to let them know what the newest member of the family will be first.