OH BOY!

This week has been very restful. I didn't have to see any patients at my office, but I did have a few at the nursing home. The staff at the nursing home is so fun. That makes working there a big delight.

I got Bug signed up for an Audiological evaluation for mid-January and a speech and language evaluation set up for Early February. The difficult part will be getting him there, but he will get there every time he is scheduled to be there. We have Aetna insurance. I doubt if it will cover Fred's services, but I think the hospital can bill differently so maybe we won't have to pay TOO much out of pocket. It doesn't matter...anything to help my boy...anything!

Today was the big day, I went to my ultrasound screen. The tech was able to locate all of the baby's parts. And yes, there was an extra part sticking straight up in the air. I said at the same time as the ultrasound technician...It's a boy. Yes, Mia will have two boys. I think it is wonderful. Being honest...as you know I am. I had just a tinge of disappointment. I was really hoping for a girl. Fred was more disappointed than I was. Don't get us wrong, we are excited about our new addition, but we both just knew that this one was going to be a girl.  We wanted to have the experience of a girl..the bows, the dresses, the prom..you know girlie stuff. Well, I guess we could try again next year or the year after, but there are no guarantees that it will be a girl...so I guess the question is...Do I want to have three children??? I don't know. We are a middle class family. We have to pay "full strength" (as Fred says) for everything. We are not rich enough to just not care about the price of things, but we are not poor enough to receive any type of assistance. It turns my stomach when I pay my $130 per week for daycare and drive my 2008 Envoy when another person pays $25 a week and is driving a Cadillac. I kid you not. I have seen this happen at my son's daycare. I would be able to afford that too, if I qualified for government assistance. I am blessed to not have to use the government, but I wouldn't mind a break on some of my expenses. Help us out OBAMA! Okay, I will get off of my soap box. What was I talking about? Oh yeah, my new addition.

On the way home from the visit, I knew Fred was a little disappointed ( I could tell by his silence), so I asked him if he would like to try for a girl next year or the year after. He said that TODAY, he feels like two is enough, but he would have to make that decision after the baby is born and gets a little older, then he can make the decision. For me, It is up to him. It has always been up to him. I was never really the one that wanted kids.During my sophomore year in college, I decided that motherhood was not in the cards for me and I was just going to be a major U.S. tycoon (I was soooo dramatic then). But when I met Fred, I wanted kids because he wanted kids and  he made me believe in family. So if two is enough for him then that is what we will do.

The good thing is, the boys can share the room. I won't have to buy a lot of new items. He may hate it, but he will have tons of hand-me-downs. Thank God for my healthy new baby boy.