The Results Are In!!!!

Looks like we won't be buying any cute frilly dresses. There's no doubt about it, we're having a Boy!

I knew before we were told. The picture on the screen was so obvious. Here's a few of the snapshots. This one is a 4-D one of the face. The big blob on the right side is the placenta. He is using it as a pillow.

Here's a profile of his face.

Here's one of the legs

and a foot

and don't forget the most important part...this is a rear view, the two things on the sides are his legs and well the obvious part is in the middle with an arrow pointing to it.

Peter's response: "Yes now we can buy planes, trains, buses, dump trucks, he can play with my legos and we can build pirate ships, space ships, we can play pirates and cowboys..." Yes he is thrilled! We are both thrilled to know that Little Squirt is actually an appropriate name for our little bundle.

While watching the screen we could see that he is super wiggly. He kept on turning over and hiding from us, and then shortly thereafter would flip back over. Lately I've been feeling the little butterflies which is so weird.

And the gender is?

Yeah we don't know yet either. For now we're calling it Little Squirt. We find out Thursday morning. So what do you think it will be? So far my mom and Kira think it's going to be a boy. Fred and my aunt Patty think it will be a girl. Peter hopes for a boy since he has his Legos from his childhood in our closet as well as he knows how to do boy things. He's not very good at playing make believe with our nieces (or at least they don't like it when he wants to be a pirate and they want to play princesses and there's no pirates allowed). I of course would love to dress up a little girl, but would be happy with anything healthy. Plus I'm convinced that since we have picked a girl's name that we both l0ve and we haven't agreed on any boy names, this one for sure will be a boy. I've already picked out the car seat/stroller set-can you guess what the theme will be?

Peter talked to Little Squirt today. He started with something cute and endearing and then said, "Little Squirt, you're making your momma sick. You made her puke up her favorite dinner last night." It was something along those lines. Note to self, all you can eat buffets are not nice to pregnant bellies. And they're definitely not pretty seeing them a second/third time around. But the strawberry vinaigrette was delicious the first time.

The Wild Animal Park

Saturday we made it back to the Wild Animal Park, on our previous trip I fainted, so I was extra cautious this trip and didn't stand in any lines. We walked through the Lorikeets (our favorite) and I fed them again. At one point I had 7 birds on me and for the longest time I had one on my hat. After that we went on the African Safari tour, where we took pictures of several animal rear ends. We said hello to the lions, then stopped next to the water playground for lunch and watched the kids get soaking wet. By this time I was running out of steam. We walked to the elevator and rode that to the top floor and then got a nice cold lemonade which Laurel dumped all over the table. I sipped what was left and then we headed for the petting corral which was where everyone else was. We also got a lemonade icee which I did a good job at devouring. Then we headed home and left the others to play. Peter and I renewed our passes and upgraded to the Diamond Package so now we get free parking at the wild animal park. We also get four free guest passes instead of two (we gave Sean and Amy our two guest passes so they got into the park free, we also gave them our old membership cards so they could get on the rides for free too, since we had a new paper document). There's a couple of other benefits too. I just love having a pass so I don't feel like I have to spend all day long at the park. We stayed maybe three hours and then headed home, which was great because I needed a nap! Here's some fun pictures we took:
Sean, Peter and Chris from behind. Sean is the only one wearing a manly backpack. And for the record Peter insisted on carrying mine...he did eventually carry it like a backpack so it looked slightly more manly.
I love the look on Kirk's face here. He didn't want to get too close, just wanted to look.

By the end of the day I really wanted a nap too.

The weekend

This past weekend was a blast! We originally (about a month or two back) thought about going away for the long weekend and doing something fun. We decided against that since at the time I was still quite nauseous and the thought of going anywhere really wasn't appealing. So we decided to stay home and figured we would be able to find some fun things to do. I'm glad we stayed because Friday I worked on conference reports all day long and then in the evening went to my parents house for dinner and then went over to my best friend's (Kira-best buds since 5th grade)house late to say hi since she was in town. Saturday I went out maternity shopping with my mom. It was really fun. We went to Motherhood at the mall and I got a few pairs of pants/crops that will grow with my belly as I grow. I can't even begin to tell you how totally comfortable they are....so much better than trying to squeeze into a pair of jeans. I got a bunch of cute outfits. The rest of Saturday was a relaxing day. I took a nap, played in my mom's garden, we went to Home Depot and then out to Pat and Oscars for dinner. Sunday I went to my old home ward to listen to Kira's youngest brother speak. He is preparing to serve a mission in Chile for two years. After church I hung out with Kira for a little bit and then headed home and met up with Peter who just got a new calling. He's the assistant ward clerk. Then we headed to his parents home to see Sean, Amy and Kirk who are visiting for 10 days. We stayed and played there, then headed over to Kira's house for Alex's farewell. We stayed and socialized till late and then headed home. That brings us to Monday. We went to a Memorial Day picnic with all of the O's. It was quite a gathering. Afterward we headed over to the O's-well I took a nap and Peter made homemade ice cream. We had leftover lunch for dinner and ice cream for dessert and played with nieces and nephew until it was time for bed. So yes we're glad we didn't end up leaving the area for the long weekend.

On Tuesday morning I had another doctor's appointment. We heard the heartbeat which was pretty cool. The doctor said, "It's beating fast....there's an old wives tale that says a fast heartbeat indicates a girl...though my two boys had a fast heartbeat too." So there you have it, it might be a girl and then again it might be a boy...yes we're back at square one. We find out for sure on June 17th. Now let me tell you about that little part too. So I was told 4 weeks ago to call a special number to set an appointment with a special doctor who would be able to get a detailed picture of my baby's face (my grandmother was born with a cleft palate). Now I told the nurse that I had been trying for the past two weeks and I'm just about at my wits end. I called the original number which is a number for the hospital. I try to set up an appointment and they say the doctor only comes to the hospital when he has appointments, so you have to call his secretary at number A, if that doesn't work then call number B and push option 2. So I call number A. The secretary says "oh you need department C so I will forward you there." Department C says, "you need department D, I'll forward you there." Department D has a list of things I have to push 2, then 2 again and then a person answers and says you need to call phone number B and push option 2. Okay so here I am trying number B after talking to numerous people and being put on hold several times as well. I call number B and after pushing option 2 and then something else I get to a recording that says to key in my mailbox number. Realizing I've made a mistake somewhere I hang up and try number B again. This time I push the same thing and I get a recording that says "we're out of the office for lunch between 12:30 and 1, leave a message and we'll get back to you within four business hours." Now still totally confused at this whole thing I hang up and try back again a few days later. While at work around 3:30 I call number B once again. I wait on hold for a few minutes and then it rings. Person picks up with heavy accent, she says I need to go to different department, hold on she'll transfer me. I wait on hold again. New person answers (by this time I am slightly annoyed at the whole process but still have a bit of patience stored up.) I tell her my situation (like the 100th time I've repeated it) and she says you need to call number B. (I was ready to scream here.) I told her I just called that number and they transferred me here. She was confused as to why they did that and told me that was the number I really needed to call. So I thanked her, hung up and stormed back into my work, at this point totally and completely annoyed with UCSD. My co-workers can back me up on that one...I was ticked! I left school early and headed home to use my house phone. It is now almost four but not quite four yet. I call number B again. I am told that my holding time will be approximately four minutes. I wait, and wait and wait, and totally peeved I hang up the phone after waiting 26 minutes. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! You would think I wouldn't bother again, but gosh I must've been crazy because I waited a couple days and then tried again. This time it was Friday around 2:00. I call number B one last time. I explain my situation and she tells me I'm not in the system. I know that, I'm not a patient at UCSD (and trust me after my experience on the phone with them I never will be). So I try to make an appointment with this doctor through UCSD but have him go to the Scripps Hospital in La Jolla...I failed. The lady tells me I need to have my doctor fax my info over to UCSD to number E and then I have to call number F and set up a record. I also have to call number G and have my insurance card ready to make sure my insurance will cover this appointment. Then after doing all that I can call number B again and make an appointment. Yeah like that was going to happen. So I thank the lady and hang up the phone now totally annoyed and completely confused. I go to my appointment on Tuesday morning and tell them what happened and ask for someone who actually works regularly at the hospital. The nurse said she would try to find someone for me. She comes back at the end of the exam (which was a quick one anyway) and gives me a business card and says, "Your appointment is at 8am on June 17th, check in is at 7:45 please call and confirm your record." At this point I'm jumping up and down as she has made the appointment for me with a different doctor and it only took her like 10 minutes to do the whole thing. I couldn't believe it. I love Scripps!