5 -15 -2012

Today we went with playgroup to Rockwall harbor to take advantage of the BOGO deal on frozen yogurt and to play in the fountains. Ethan thought the yogurt looked a bit suspect and asked for a banana instead. He also was a bit suspicious of those fountains. They did put out a pretty big stream of water!

Talking up a storm telling me about the sky and the boats.

Garrett calls this a picture of our kids. :-) It was a fun day and I enjoyed getting out of the house and spending time with my oldest boy. I'm trying to soak up these last four months with him as an only child before we change his definition of whats normal!

Another day at the Arboretum

We had a playdate at the Arboretum today! It was a bit hot and humid and crowded with school field trips to the Chihluly exhibit but we enjoyed ourselves and had a lot of fun playing with our friends. I have a feeling we had better get used to this heat!

 

Shooting me a very reproachful look. He wasn't happy with me because he ran across an open field of grass and I didn't follow right behind. He was in no danger of getting lost but he was upset when I didn't follow him but waited for him to come back to me.

 

Admiring one of the glass sculptures

Exploring the little artist houses

 

You can't tell it by this picture but Ethan's face, arms, legs, etc were so dirty! The heat made him sweat and like most little boys he enjoys playing in the dirt on the dirt paths so all the grime turned to mud. I wish I hadn't put my camera away before I saw his face. He needed a several baby-wipe wipe down.

The results are in!

We are so excited to meet you in another 20 weeks baby boy!

Ding! 20 Weeks!

We are now halfway! To celebrate this milestone and our upcoming anatomy scan I have posted a poll at the top of the blog where you can make a guess on the gender of this new baby! (I had a title above the poll, but it disappeared and won't display)

Oh, and for those of you who are wondering about pregnancy details for the old wives tales since I haven't said much about this pregnancy, the heart rate has been right in the middle of normal not high or low and I just carry out instead of high or low since I'm short-waisted. It took a week and a half longer for morning sickness to start this time around but while it has let up a bit its still not gone. With Ethan I was sick almost the whole time and this pregnancy seems similar only this time around I am much more tired and have gained less. Cravings with Ethan were avocados (first trimester) and then beef BBQ (later half of pregnancy). This time around I craved avocados at the beginning, now I want watermelon and I'm starting to want beef again. :-)

On your marks, get set, go!

One tough bird

A young fearless little birdie taunted our cats all day long. Bailey, always the wise cat, sat back and watched while Beau made a fool of himself jumping and pawing at the glass. Eventually Bailey got caught up in the excitement too though and I'd see his shoulders lurch forward before he remembered that he couldn't get the bird. We had two sets of alert ears, and two twitchy tails sitting by the glass door. Beau didn't leave the door all day long. The bird taunted Beau, then hopped away, then came back later and repeated his taunts all day long. Beau was very entertained (as were we).