It's a Boy!

Well, it's official. We are definitely having a boy. When we got to that part of the ultrasound I didn't even need the technician to say it. I was the first to say "It looks like it's a boy". It sure did to everyone else too.

I had to go to the bathroom two times at gas stations on the way home (what a pain in the butt) because for some reason they still have us drink water before an ultrasound. I've heard some people say that with some machines you don't need to do that anymore.

In January we are officially done with Kaiser and I say good riddance. I won't even get into the last few times we were there, but this time we had a grumpy counter person in the OBGYN who let me know I was at the wrong place. She promptly sent me to Radiology which also turned out to be the wrong place. Luckily the guy in Radiology was able to send me to the right place, just 15 minutes late.

Once there they took me inside for about 20 minutes without letting Jake go in with me. I asked if he could please come inside with me and they said no without giving us a reason. It kind of ruined the experience a little bit. I told her not to say if it's a boy or girl until Jake was in the room and she agreed. She was kind of cold and impersonable and I didn't really like her. When Jake finally was allowed inside the room she started showing us the baby and when I asked if it was a boy or girl she said "we aren't on that part yet" and continued showing the head, face, chest, heart, kidneys, arms, legs ... I kind of think that the rest could have waited since I'd asked the question. Maybe I'm being picky, but couldn't she have rolled over there for a minute?

Anyway, later on Jake told me some poor lady had to pee so bad she used the restroom before they called her in. When they found out what she did, they told her she had to wait for an hour now before they could see her. She assured them that her bladder would fill up quite quickly but they made her wait anyway. I'm glad they didn't make me wait because I'd used the restroom 10 minutes before I went in for my ultrasound because of the mix up in where I was supposed to be for my appointment (they have a sign upstairs that says "Please have your urine sample available BEFORE checking in"). I agreed with the lady they made wait for her ultrasound. After all, if I had to stop at the restroom before leaving Kaiser and twice on my 30 minute drive home, I was filling up my bladder every 10 minutes.

Anyway, I hope my next doctor is better than Kaiser has been. So that's the news. Now we have two more important decisions to make - what's the name and will he be circumcised? We'll keep you posted.

Hockey Game

Last night we went to a hockey game with Jake's boss who had free tickets. I'd never been to a professional hockey game before as far as I can remember. It was actually pretty fun - a lot better than the baseball games we've gone to in the past.

I've heard that the guys at work won't give Jake tickets anymore to the Angels games because the three or so times they did in the past, the Angels lost. I'm not sure if that's a joke or not, but the Ducks lost last night and I'm worried we might not be invited back to another one. :)

I would have taken more pictures, but my phone died on me right after this one. Oh well.

Happy Cry

Alan sent this to me and now I have a small headache and puffy eyes from trying unsuccessfully not to cry while watching the video.

http://cjcphoto.com/can/

Seven's New Bed

It's been getting really cold outside and I was feeling sorry for Seven who didn't have anyplace warm to go. She hasn't been using her house lately and I have a feeling it's become too cold. It doesn't even have carpeting around the entire inside.

She been hanging out on our back foot mat, which at least gives some extra comfort over the cement, but I still felt like she needed more so I bought her a small fleece blanket at the thrift store for $2. Originally I was going to put it inside her house to make it warmer, but it didn't quite work, so I laid it out on the back mat to give her some extra warmth and she seemed to like it better, but I still wanted something better. I wanted her to have some warmth on her sides as well. Plus I wasn't thinking about it and bought it in cream which has quickly become disgustingly dirty.

So yesterday we stopped at Walgreens and I saw a fleece cat bed - two for $10. I bought them and put one out when we got home last night. She got right in it, curled up, and was still in the same place when I got up this morning. I'm quite excited that I got something so perfect for such a good price. And I feel much less guilty about her being in the cold. :)