Ultrasound Today. It's a . . .

GIRL!!!!! We are SO excited! Everything looks healthy and good and the dates were right on for a middle of February baby. I'm just so excited about it! I haven't had a baby girl for a very long time. We took the kids to the ultrasound this morning and they had so much fun seeing the baby on the screen and seeing her move and hearing the heartbeat. It was a really good experience for all of us (Thank goodness. I was a little worried). Yay!

Halfway!

I made it to 20 weeks. I would post a picture of my growing belly, but I don't have one. I guess I'll have to take one soon. Even though the nausea hasn't stopped completely I think it is getting better overall. The baby is kicking a lot and that is so fun. I think feeling the baby move is the best part of pregnancy. Tomorrow we should find out if it's a boy or a girl! I'm so excited I can hardly wait!

Happy First Day of Fall!

I usually hate to see the summer go, but the last couple of days I have really been enjoying that little chill in the air.

Is the nausea EVER going to go away? Seriously, I'm 18 weeks! This baby is doing a great job convincing me that I really am done having kids.

9/11

I was surprised this morning as I was pulling out of the garage to take Savannah to school to see a flag on our parking strip. We contributed to the scout's fund raiser and we get a flag on all the holidays but I had forgotten that we should be getting one today. The kids asked why we would get one and I got all teary-eyed telling them about the attacks on our country eight years ago. I told them that after school we would find some video so they could see what happened. It is still sad eight years later to think about all those lives that were lost and to think about the heroic efforts of the people on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania to try to stop the hijacker's plans to divert the plane back to Washington DC, and also the heroic efforts of the firemen and rescue people who died trying to save lives at the World Trade Center. I found this video and it brought me right back to that day. Thank goodness I was able to watch it on TV and not out my living room window. I can't imaging the horror of watching that in person, it was hard enough to watch it over and over on TV.

First Day of Preschool

My baby started preschool on Tuesday. He was so excited to go to school like the big kids. He could hardly wait until it was time to go. When we got there he ran right in and didn't even look worried. I can't believe he is old enough for preschool already! When I picked him up he was so excited to tell me about what they had been doing and learning. What a big kid! He can't wait to go back on Thursday. I hope it goes as smoothly then as it did this time.

Trip to Pineview

On Saturday we wanted to take the kids fishing so we decided to try Pineview Reservoir again. We had tried going there over the 4th of July weekend, but it was so crowded we couldn't find a space to fish in. This time we went in the early evening so that the fish would (hopefully) be biting. It was pretty overcast and we thought we might get rained on, but luckily we didn't. Due to the time of day and the weather we pretty much had the beach to ourselves which was really nice. There were a few boats out on the water, but we were almost the only ones there. Unfortunately we didn't catch anything, but the kids had so much fun that it was definitely worth it. We ate a picnic dinner, fished and played in the sand and water. The kids have been begging to go back ever since. Next time we will bring swimsuits and towels though. We were mostly planning on fishing, and maybe a little wading, but the kids were soaked to the bone and covered in sand by the time we left. Oh well. A little sand and water never hurt anyone, right?