In Search of a Hint
I think we've pretty much established that Alexis is bossy ... annnnnnd ... that's hereditary.
Hi, my name is Michelle. I boss people around.
That's where the blame lies, I believe. On my bossy gene. When we walked through the door for an ultrasound, I very quickly instructed the tech that we don't want to know the sex of the Tiny Human.
A groan fell out of Alexis' mouth when I said it. She wants to know. HOOBOY, DOES SHE WANT TO KNOW. She finds it absolutely baffling that people can prepare for tiny humans when they don't know and MOM, I WANT TO KNOW.
Too bad, so sad. I don't. Considering I'm the one who can't sleep more than two hours without getting out of bed to go to the bathroom, I am getting my way. (See? BOSSY.)
Alexis sat all through the ultrasound with her arms crossed in front of her chest and an annoyed look spread across her face. She was, of course, REALLY interested in the whole thing, but HOOBOY. MAD. BOY OR GIRL. MUST KNOW.
Fortunately for me, the ultrasound tech understood my instructions and took them very seriously. Not only did she not say a word that could be construed as a hint, she went out of her way to make sure we didn't accidentally find out. She even turned off the observation monitor when she measured the Tiny Human's legs just in case there was something near there to see.
For the record, I did tell Alexis she could still look. The tech's monitor was obviously still on and I figured she could look since we would never know if she saw anything or not. It's not like she is experienced at recognizing things on an ultrasound. Alexis didn't move out of her chair, though. She stayed oblivious like the rest of us.
She should have looked. She REALLY wouldn't have known what to look for.
I didn't realize it for a bit, but a few days after the ultrasound, I fully comprehended just how oblivious the poor kid is. She has her own copy of one of the ultrasound pictures. She spends lots of time looking at it and showing it to people. At one point, she sat studying it then reported that she is positive it's a girl because LOOK AT HER FACE, MOM. THAT'S A GIRL.
I pointed out that all babies look pretty much the same at first. There are no "boy" features or "girl" features that early ... except that one.
The amount of time it took Alexis to figure out what "that one" was is truly indicative of just how innocent she is. And by "innocent" I mean I HAD TO SPELL IT OUT FOR HER.
The good news is that our ultrasound photos are cut off at the Tiny Human's belly. The bad news is that Alexis is now spending a lot of time trying to find a hint of ANYTHING at the edge of that photo.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
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I read this last night after the boys went to bed, after LB grilled me on all of the page contents of Amazing You. Again. So I just laughed and laughed and laughed -- mostly at the weird world in which I live. I don't know how I got here. I think you're partially to blame.
Love that Alexis is trying to will that baby into being a sister. She knows bossy only goes so far, right? ;-)