The Eye of Kris

We had our ultrasound last night, and it looks like Owen will be getting a little brother for Christmas. The little guy looked very healthy and moved a lot - probably one of the more active ultrasounds I have ever seen.

To be honest, I'm glad it's going to be a boy, because little girls scare me. Actually, it's not little girls as much as teenage girls. And it's not so much teenage girls as teenage boys, which I will have, but not around my teenage girls. Does that make sense? I mean, I'm not opposed to having a girl, and I'm sure I would absolutely love one if I did, but I just felt a slight bit of relief that it'll be somewhat familiar territory. I've heard so much that the second child is usually very different than the first, so throwing a whole new gender into the mix could really be a challenge.

I took my digital video camera along with us with the intention of hooking it up to record the video from the ultrasound machine. The guy has a VCR and will let you bring a VHS tape to record it, but since we don't have a VCR or a TV I thought it would be much better if I could get it on digital video so I could copy it to the computer and send it to people. The camera hooked up fine and I could see the video on the little screen, but I could not figure out how to make it record! I had done this before, but it was over a year ago and I just couldn't seem to remember the button combinations to get it to tape the video coming in. It was so frustrating. I was thinking "this is not supposed to happen to me - I'm a technology guy, not one of those old people who can't figure out how to make their equipment work...".

I finally gave up and we recorded it on a VHS tape, which means I'll have to borrow a VCR to use to copy it to the camera so I can put it on the computer, and the quality will never be as good as if I'd captured it digitally to begin with. When I got home, I dug out the manual and found the page immediately and read that you have to use the remote to record from an outside source. Arrggg. I had the remote in the bag with us, and I even thought about trying that at one point, but then something happened and I was distracted and forgot. That would have been so much easier to deal with than a VHS tape.

I guess I'm getting old. I'm sure it won't be long before my sons are showing me how to use my electronics.