Memorial Day Fun

Tim, Rachel and I took a trip to the zoo! As always, Rach had a lot of fun seeing the animals. It was a treat to have Daddy go with us today!

Our Anniversay Trip & Lessons Learned

Tim and I got back from our 5th anniversary trip on Saturday. We had a great time in Charleston and Savannah. Here are a few shots...





Cupcakes from Cupcake

Ingredients to make 10,000 chocolate chip cookies (USS Yorktown)

Lessons Learned:

1. If someone asks you to visit their "resort" and listen to a presentation for gift certificates to restaurants, free carriage rides, and free admission to a plantation. Say no! Oh, the free stuff is legit and we got a nice meal for free and a carriage ride for free but we had to sit through a 90 MINUTE sales pitch for a time-share thingy. Totally not worth it.

2. Always, always, always bring a spare car key with you on vacation. We lost our car key somewhere in the pits of the Bass' home (or somewhere in Savannah) and had to pay to have someone make us another one.

3. Don't expect your child to come running into your arms after you've been away for a week. Rachel didn't want to come to me when Tim's mom brought her home. I almost cried until she didn't go to Tim either. Oh well, we're back to normal again.

4. Bread pudding is very yummy.

Finally, my tummy grew exceptionally while we were away. It may be due to too much yummy food and desserts.

Girly #2

I had another prenatal check-up yesterday. The ultrasound technician confirmed that there is definitely a baby girl in there. She was able to check the cord insertion this time. Our little lady was still being a little rascal but she finely let us see the things we needed to. I passed my glucose test (or whatever you call that). Blood pressure was still very good. Everything looks great! I have one more monthly visit and then I'll start going every 2 weeks...It's going by so fast! Hmmm, I suppose we need to get started on the nursery.

Here's a picture of Rach's baby sis sticking out her tongue and licking her hand:

This morning...

Rachel decided she wanted to "cook" and "roll it". I think she was making pizza with carrots.



She had on 3 bibs and an apron.

Random

The above picture was taken Saturday night after Rach burned her finger on the stove. OUCH! Excuse the very large wet spot on her shirt. It was a very traumatic experience. Many tears and lots of drool. I'm sure it hurt a lot worse than it looked.



These two pictures were taken this morning. She said something about a butterfly...
No more band-aids either! All better.

The Long Awaited News!!

Yes, yes, we are having another GIRL!! The ultrasound tech is about 95% sure. Our little baby had her legs together so she wasn't 100%. So, we're having another ultrasound in a month to check the sex one more time and to check the umbilical cord. She wanted to check that it was connected to the baby okay (I suppose to see the blood flow) but she just wasn't able to b/c of the way she was lying. It was a totally routine thing but she just couldn't get her to move to be able to see her tummy.

Now, we just have to come up with a name....

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Ahh...the quiet

It's finally quiet in my house. The kids are asleep! (We're keeping Ev while Mariah's in Michigan...he finally gets to see his Daddy tomorrow! Poor little guy, he misses his mommy and I know his mommy misses him like crazy.) The kitchen work is done for now. There are a few minor things to do but that'll have to wait for another day.

So anywho, I was checking out some various blogs and came across this cool wall art design. I think it would be easy to recreate. Kind of modern, kind of sweet.