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Girl/boy test.


Last day inside.


The puppies new home.


Look at the sweet bed I found! Oh wait, this is my sister.


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...girl? As you can see there is a picture of a beaker full of orange/yellow liquid. Well that's my pee combined with sodium hydroxide. Aaron's professor from York, Dr. Ray, had been doing this test to determine the sex of a baby at 12-13 weeks fetal age for 30 years and he has never been wrong. You combine about a tablespoon of sodium hydroxide with a urine sample and let it sit for 30 minutes. If it turns red, orange, pink, or red it's a girl. If it turns blue or green, it's a boy. Aaron did the test Monday morning but he didn't get a good picture of it because he stirred it up for some reason and it made the pee turn yellow again. So we did again this morning. So if Dr. Ray's fool proof test works, we're having a girl. We're saying we're about 95% sure right now since we've never personally conducted this test before. I'm excited to know. I know some people will think we are smoking crack until the dr. confirms that it's a girl with the ultrasound in November, but as far as I'm concerned, the test is good enough for me. I'm pretty sure that Aaron's family is going to disbelieve us and try to pray the baby into being a boy until we get the ultrasound (or sonogram or whatever it is you get). That is what Aaron's mom did with Kodi because they thought he was a girl for awhile. I say they can get over it and be glad to have a sweet little girl as an addition to the family.
Other news..we bought a new mattress on Sunday. We needed a mattress for the guest room. We'll put the new mattress on our bed and put our mattress on the guest bed. So now you can come visit us and sleep on an actual bed instead of a pullout bed! I'm so excited about actually having a guest room. Now I need to find a cheap bed in a bag thing so I can have sheets and a comforter for it. Aaron suggested looking at Ross and that is a great idea. It will probably take a little bit to find something I like for the price I want.
The puppies have moved to their pen in the garage. I am glad cause they were starting to stink. I started them on dog food yesterday so hopefully in a couple of weeks they will be totally on dog food so we can start getting rid of them. With the bad economy stuff going on we are so nervous that we aren't going to be able to sell them so please pray that some people will buy them. Anyway, after some finagling they have adjusted to the garage quite well.
This weekend is fair weekend! I'm so excited to see everyone whose coming! Holly G. is bringing her 6 wk old Schnauzer puppy that she got on Friday. He sounds adorable. There will be a lot of puppies running around this weekend. I love the fair and can't wait to try out some of the interesting fried concoctions they come up with and add some inches to my already expanding waist line.
I think I'm gaining weight at a healthy rate but I don't want to go to the dr. and have gained way more than I was supposed to this month. My pants are getting tight so I ordered this thing called a Bellaband from Target online. THey do not carry it in the stores for some reason. I wish I would have ordered it two weeks ago so I could have actually used it this week. My pants are getting a little snug. THey still button but not comfortably. I think I am going to be in sweatpants until it gets here.

Comments

Chrissy Cross said…
Where can I get some NaOH and does it work when you are 36 weeks? I think it would be fun to test it out on me since I already know. I hope that you guys have a blast at the fair, stay away from the nasty smells. Also invest in some long, loose shirts to cover up the tops of those pants, I like getting shirts that aren't maternity, just some cheap babydoll T's from JCPenny, Ross, etc.
October 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM
the libbys said…
another girl!!! congrats! :) it's gonna be interesting, that's for sure!
October 7, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Jennifer said…
interesting test! maybe i'll try it in a few weeks too. hope you're feeling good.
October 10, 2008 at 2:26 PM
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