Change of plans...

So, a five weeks ago we had our sonogram to see our Baby V. After a long look around our sonogram tech gave up trying to figure out if we had a boy or a girl and asked my OB to come in to weigh in on who was growing in my belly. He came in and in no time, with 98% certainty announced that we were having a baby GIRL.
Okay, no way.
From day one I've always felt that we had another boy. I'm not suggesting I have esp or anything silly like that...but sometimes a woman knows!
Cary and I both shook our heads, my Mom was stunned and McKinley happily announced, "Mom, I KNEW it was a girl. I told you!"
When my doctor saw our disbelief he offered to have us come back in for a repeat sonogram five weeks from that day. See our baby again? You betcha! In the meantime though, he said, go ahead and buy pink. It's a girl, you'll see.
Oh will we?!
The day came, McKinley and I headed off to the appointment without Cary - why would he need to be there again, it's a girl, right? My Mom met us there. We went in and got started. The tech barely put the wand on my belly when she grabbed my arm and said, "OH MY GOSH, I am SO GLAD we did this. IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!"
I was a little surprised but at the same time, not so much. It was strange. An odd mix of feelings (aside from the "oh crap we've got a lot of pink stuff to take back" that suddenly bubbled up in my head). My Mom - she stood up and was huddled over me, staring at the tech in a blink. McKinley was happily playing a game on my phone, I was thankful he didn't hear. He'd really been counting on a girl.
The rest of our time there was a blur. I got us in the car and just sat for a few minutes, thinking again of all that pink to take back from Ohio to Colorado. Oh my God. But another boy! What a beautiful blessing! No girl. Another cuddly, sweet, baby boy. I drove to meet Cary on his route. I said nothing, just handed him the sonogram photo with the word "BOY" above the proof. Cary stared at me, started laughing and said, "Oh! This is a joke!"
No. No joke.
Oh, okay.
So, Plan B...Plan BOY! hahahaha!
Return pink stuff, scratch girl names, nix the "I really am trying to convince myself that I want a BLUE girl nursery" and dig back into the BLUE!
We're having a BOY and there's NO denying it!
And, in hindsight and for the record...we have NO idea how our beloved OB and his tech ever saw a girl. Umbilical cord in the way or not, we know what we saw!
Full steam ahead with the blue!
Lynn

Take a little trip...

We recently found out that we are having a girl, so what better way to get 'geared' up in pink (because everything we have for a baby is blue!) than to hit one of our favorite outlets...the one with Pottery Barn. Enough said.

We hit the road for a little trip across the border into Ohio for the weekend. It was a quiet trip, the best part about the drive was the horses...we were behind a truck pulling a horse trailer. I noticed right away that the trailer's windows were open, which I found odd. Then suddenly, out pops a horse head! Then another! Then another! And just as quickly as they'd appeared, the went right back inside, like a turtle hiding in its shell. Then, as we are getting closer, all three horses pop their heads out the windows again! In unison! And back in! In unison! This continued for so long that Cary and I both were laughing hysterically, so much so that I had tears rolling down my face. I quickly grabbed my phone to take a picture and could barely hold still enough to snap one. We could not stop laughing. McKinley was in the back seat begging to know what was so funny, but we were laughing so hard we couldn't even explain until we were side-by-side with the horses, who were still doing their funny head popping game. We drove beside them for a while, laughing hysterically, as we finally passed the truck we discovered the driver was laughing just as hard as we were and waved. Those horses were so happy and just precious, it was such a good laugh for us all.

We settled in for an evening of swimming and a fun dinner together despite the yucky, cold rain. It was a nice evening, we got rested up for a whole day of shopping the following morning. For some reason the weather wasn't so nice to us, it was really cold. Low 40's and we were unprepared. Fortunately I purchased a maternity coat while we were shopping and we were able to let McKinley use the coat to bundle up. It was a funny sight but man am I glad we had it!
By the time we had to head home we were all really ready to crawl into the warm car with some hot chocolate and hit the road. We had a super fun getaway and enjoyed some relaxation time together.

Lynn