A Very Interesting Day

Well, days like today make life interesting for sure ...
I decided to take the day off because I had my big ultrasound at the hospital this morning. Everything looks great and the doctor reconfirmed that it "looks like girl." So, back to the task of coming up with girl names. Anyway, after the doctor's appointment, I decided to take advantage of my day off and finish my Christmas shopping in Stanley. I had to make a quick stop to pick up some pictures and somewhere between the hospital and picking up pictures, I managed to lose my cell phone. Ugh! I went on to Stanley, got most of my shopping done, then headed home. I used Marianne's phone to call the taxi company to see if anyone had turned my phone in (yeah right) and while I'm on the phone the fire alarm starts to go off. Now would be a good time to remind you that we live on the 42nd floor. Well, the building is made of cement, so I wasn't too concerned about a fire, but I decided we should head downstairs just in case. I grabbed our important documents and my purse, and Marianne, Lucy, and I began our long trek down the stairs. I think around the 10th floor or so the alarm stopped ringing, but we continued down ... until we were stopped in our tracks on the 3rd floor when we came to a locked door and no way out. By this time there were about 8 of us trying to get out of the building. To make a long story short, we ended up trapped down there for like 25 minutes until some of my newfound Chinese friends were able to contact the staff of our apartment building and get us out. Even then we had to climb up a few sets of stairs until they were finally able to open the door! Needless to say, a complaint has been filed. Pete was irrate when he came home and heard the story and went straight downstairs to talk to the manager again. I mean, seriously, what if it had really been a fire? (Mom, Dad, Marge, Norm ... don't freak out. It's all o.k.). I guess it was a good drill for us (and the apartment complex) at any rate. Lucy handled it well - actually I think she thought it was a pretty fun adventure.
Here are some cute pictures from this evening ... enjoy!