Huge News!

Yesterday, Shane and I had our big 20 week ultrasound and doctor's appointment.
And the emotional rollercoaster goes like this...

During the ultrasound, I told the ultrasound tech that we do not want to know the sex of the baby, we do not want our doctor to know, do not write the sex down in our file and please refer to the baby as a "he" during the ultrasound to eliminate any confusion.

The ultrasound goes great. Our little peanut is measuring at exactly our due date of March 27th, has two hands, two feet, two eyes and a cute nose! It was so amazing! She said that everything looked wonderful and the baby is weighing in at 10.5 ounces!

After the ultrasound we went into the exam room for my appointment. The nurse who usually works is not there, so they have someone who normally works the front desk filling in for her. She came into the room, opened my file and saw a Christmas card with a picture of Chase. She said, "Oh, I see you already have a beautiful little boy. And now you're going to have a girl".

WHAT?!?!?! I immediately started crying and Shane was in a state of shock. The poor nurse felt so bad, she had no idea we didn't want to know the sex of the baby. After I get over the shock of just finding out, I become a bit more emotional, elated at the fact that the McCarthy's are going to finally have a girl! Shane's first reaction was, "Oh my gosh, this is going to be so expensive"!

I heard the nurse go into my doctor's office where she opened my file and said, "Oh, they are going to have a girl". The nurse replied by telling my doctor that we didn't want to know and that I was crying in the other room. My doctor called us into her office.

She told me that we still didn't know the sex of the baby and that the automatic default for the ultrasound was female and that's why our file said girl. Normally the ultrasound tech has to initial the sex, but she did not in our case. Nor did she take any pictures of the genitalia area. My doctor tried to assure us that we still did not know the sex of the baby.

Shane and I started to leave the office feeling like we just got hit with a truck. We are now thinking that this is a horrible cover up story and they are just trying to make us feel better. Neither one of us wanted it to happen this way, and at this point we feel like we need to find out for sure what is going on to settle me down.

So we head back into the office and the ultrasound tech was at the front desk. We told her what happened and said that we wanted to know for sure what the sex was. She said with a smile, “Okay, it’s a boy…clear as day”!

So that is the story of how we unfortunately found out the sex of our little peanut and I cannot believe we are having another boy! Shane is relieved and now I am in a state of shock! I can’t believe I will have two boys!

I still feel very disappointed that we now know the baby’s sex, but I am elated to know that my family is expanding and everything looked great with our little peanut!

Here are the two ultrasound pics they sent home with us. The top picture is a front view where you can see his two eyes and nose. The bottom picture is a side view of our precious baby! We do not currently have an “It’s a boy” pic because we weren’t supposed to know. Hopefully for my next appointment they can squeeze me in and give me a confirmation pic.
Click on the pic get a closer view of our baby boy!

Happy Halloween!

Chase has really been into Spiderman ever since we evacuated for Gustav with the Bourg's (Connor had a Spiderman toy that started it all....)

So this year for Halloween, Chase went as Spiderman and he was really into it. What a difference a year makes. Last Halloween, Chase wasn't really into it, but this year, he loved every bit of "Trick or Treating"! He was so much fun to take around the subdivision and the only reason why we came back by 8:00 tonight is because Mama's back was hurting and she was ready to call it a night.

As for his costume, I didn't even try it on until tonight b/c I just knew it was going to be too big, after all it was a size 4T. I had planned to keep Chase in a long sleeve shirt and pants under his costume, but I couldn't get the darn thing over his shoulders, it was too tight! Opps! So he went with just his diaper underneath and we barely got his Spider Suit on. I guess we know better for next year :-)

The last picture is of Chase taking his nap today. He has tried skipping his nap on me everyday this week. He normally goes down so easily but I haven't been able to get him to take a nap at all this week. But today I was determined, so I ended up rocking him to sleep and I didn't want to take the chance of moving him. Let's hope that this is the end of his "No Napping" phase!

Happy and safe Halloween!

Imagination Mover's Dance

Chase loves Disney's Imagination Mover's. He even has all his dance moves down for each song. My favorite is when he does his little shake during the "Get Down" part of the chorus!

Pumpkin Festival at Red Bluff Farm

Yesterday we took Chase to the pumpkin festival in Folsom at Red Bluff Farm. They had so many great activities for the kids: cow milking, sheep shearing, pig roast, fishing, hay rides, corn maze, corn shucking, homemade breads, cookies, jellies, etc... Plus we were able to walk around the farm and see all of the animals.

When we walked up to the farm and Chase saw the big cow, he gasped, pointed to the cow and said, "Oh my goodness"! Shane and I were cracking up laughing, we've never heard him say that before.

It was a really fun morning and look forward to continuing this tradition.

Chase's Favorite Toys

I'm not sure if this is normal or not for a two year old, but Chase's two favorite toys are an empty coffee cup with the lid and a calculator. It cracks me up! I guess he's a product of his parents. He seems Mommy with the coffee and Daddy with the calculator. You can't pry either of those items away from him. He even naps with them in his crib! Hilarious!




P.S. If you tell Chase we're going to go get coffee, he replies with "YEAH!!! I so happy"!

P.S.S. Check out that belly :-)

Gandy Fundraiser

Last night was the fundraiser for my sister and brother-in-law. It was a HUGE success and the evening turned out so much better than I could have ever expected. So many people pulled together to pull this evening off, and it went without a hitch. I'm pretty sure everyone had a great time and Julie and Tory are so grateful for everyone's support. I only had limited opportunities to break out my camera for pictures, so I'm sure there will be more to come once I see everyone else's pics.

Oh, and by the way, Tory walked all night long with limited use of his cane. He didn't even bring his wheel chair! His progress has been amazing!

Saints Win and Pumpkins Galore!

Yesterday while Shane and I attended a GREAT Saints home game, Chase had a blast at the pumpkin patch with Maw Maw and Pops. They said he ran to the pumpkins and enjoyed throwing the smaller ones into a box. The three of them came home with EIGHT pumpkins! Chase was very excited to decorate our house with his 4 Chase-sized pumpkins :-)

A Day worth Celebrating!

Yesteray was Shane and I's 4 year wedding anniversary. To celebrate we went to dinner at Sal and Judy's. October 9th is also our friend, Christy Bourg's birthday. They were also celebrating at Sal & Judy's. The four of us had a delicous meal and in the middle of eating my entree, I felt the baby move for the first time. It was so awesome. I only felt it twice, but it was amazing!

It was a great evening!

Doctor's Appt

I had another doctor's appointment this afternoon to check on our little peanut. The heart rate was about 140 and everything else looks good. Dr. Lobello says she sees me with two boys...I guess we'll see!

We go back in 4 weeks for our big ultrasound and another check up. Until then...

15 weeks!!!