A few weeks ago we had our anatomy ultrasound for Baby Buck #4. It's always so fun to get to see what's going on in there! Again, I have to add the disclaimer that for John and Eve I was sent to a high-tech ultrasound facility since my doctor didn't have a technician on staff. For Ellie and Baby Buck #4, I had the low-dollar on-site ultrasound with mediocre pictures and no video. Bummer. Anyway, I couldn't sleep the night before. I wanted desperately to know what we were expecting, although it really didn't matter either way. I just wanted to know. Also, I was so excited about making a cake. Our plan was to make a cake during nap time, either pink or blue, and let the kids and Grandma cut it at dinner time to find out if it's a baby sister or brother. Well, the cake ended up terribly, and was not salvageable. I quickly looked on the internet, combined a few ideas, and came up with a plan "B" that was WAY more fun. Even better, we were able to connect with Grandma and Grandpa Bucky on Skype, so they got to enjoy it with us. We put scrabble tiles in several balloons, with some empty ones as well.
Mom and the kids popped all the balloons to find the tiles.
Then they arranged the tiles to decode the message...
That was way more fun than eating an incredible Hulk green cake that has crumbled into a million pieces.
John had the idea of hiding a baby in the cake. Since the cake was a disaster, we had a small store-bought cake, and hid a plastic diaper pin in it. Eve was the lucky winner!
It was an awesome prize.
And she was kind enough to share.
We actually thought we were going to have a cross-legged mystery. In the ultrasound he was moving some, but kept his legs crossed the whole time. We finally got a good, definite angle. We didn't really get to see his face much, either, because he kept his fists up the whole time. I guess #4 has to learn early to keep his guard up. John has been wanting another little sister, while the girls haven't shown a specific preference. Buck was really wanting a little more testosterone around the house. Poor John was disappointed, but you could never tell from the picture above. Even the next morning he seemed a little down and I could tell he was still disappointed. We explained that his little brother would need somebody to teach him about Star Wars and Legos. John said that would be great, but it wouldn't be safe to give him legos for quite a while, which both impressed me and cracked me up at the same time. We've since talked about other things he'll be able to teach little brother and do with him, and I think he's coming around. I think mainly, John is used to little sisters and knows how much fun they are. I think he'll be pleasantly surprised at how fun a baby brother will be. I've since started to feel Little Man moving around quite a bit. Another boy to even the score! How exciting!
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