Baby Spoiler, Food, and Laundry Fun

Last week we did more of our usual with the addition of one very exciting appointment. We were finally able to answer the question that's been plaguing our minds: Boy or Girl?

We're having a...

GIRL!!

Check out our cutie pie...

For a more accurate report - the tech said that the baby wasn't being very cooperative. He/She wouldn't uncross their legs so she could get "the money shot". The tech ventured to say she was almost certain it was a girl. She didn't see anything that would indicate a boy. She offered to see me again in a couple of weeks to confirm the gender - and I am going to take her up on her offer... but I'm feeling like the verdict will be the same based on everything we've felt up to this point.

In other, less exciting news... this week we've been experimenting with more recipes...

Twice Baked Potatoes. These were really good, but they were such a pain to put together. We won't be making them again. It's just as easy to make the yummy potato guts and skip the putting it back into the skin. Pretty to look at, annoying and time consuming to make.

Main dish: Ribs! I was having a serious barbecue rib craving and decided to try making them at home. The ribs did come out really tender and tasted pretty good. Unfortunately I didn't know that "chili sauce" and "Vietnamese chili sauce" were two different things - so these were really spicy. Almost to the point of being inedible. And almost to the point of causing flaming rocket poop.

We tried lots of other new recipes too - but I'd rather talk about Robert.

Tonight we realized how helpful our son is. Alex brought in laundry to fold and Robert was kind enough to help... at least in the form of comic relief.

He's discovered the joy of flopping into a laundry pile (much like a pile of leaves). He did it over and over again for a good 20 minutes. It was really cute and made us really happy to see him enjoying something so simple. I wish we were better at that. Here are way too many pictures documenting his joy.

In the end he belly-flopped onto the bare ground (Ouch!) and lost interest, but it was cute while it lasted.

... now on to another week!