We took Go Go on his Half Birthday Date yesterday.  This is a tradition we have where we take the one child out on a special date with just mom and dad.  Go Go chose to go to Times Square and the BIG Toys R Us that is like an amusement park in and of itself.  It has Super Heroes flying from the ceiling and walking around the store, a full size ferris wheel, and a full size T-Rex, just to name a few.  We had lots of fun. Go Go refused to sit down on the subway insisting that he could stand up like the big people and hold on to the pole.  Out of ALL the restaurants in Penn Station (there are at least a million) he chose…. Pizza Hut.  And he saw more M&M’s then he’s ever seen in his life.  
Favorite quotes:
Upon coming off of the train and into Penn Station (remember, home to a million different restaurants) Go Go’s over active sense of smell kicked in and he said, “Mom, what food am I smelling?”  This is like asking while standing next to a freeway, “What kind of car am I hearing?”

As we came out of the Subway and into Times Square his eyes got really big and he said, “Wow.  I’ve never been in a city like this.  This is like the cities on TV!”  We then informed him that this was THE city he sees on TV.

On the Train into New York

Times Square

Lego Statue of Liberty at the Toys R Us (they also have the Empire State Building and Sears Tower)

Optimus Prime and friends

Millions of Magnificent M&M’s at the M&M store

That’s right!  Miracles do happen and I finally get to have a GIRL!  I thought I would cry when I found out it was going to be another boy, but it turns out I was going to cry either way!  And let me tell you, it has been a very surreal morning.  The ultrasound tech kept saying “she” and “her” and I couldn’t help but feel like she was talking about someone else’s baby.  I couldn’t even make my mouth form the words!  They got stuck in my throat as I tried to say them!  And then there was the shopping experience.  I have purposefully always avoided the girls sections-so I wouldn’t covet something I might never get or feel sad.  Today as I ventured into those territories hitherto unknown I felt like I was an outsider, a criminal, like the store clerk was going to come over and ask me what on earth I was doing in the GIRL’S section!  I was prepared to show her my ultrasound pictures and prove that I am now a card carrying member of the girls clothes section! 

I have waited for this day for so long and I am so very grateful that my prayers (and my boys prayers!) have been answered.  What a happy day!  I wonder when I’ll stop crying!