Half Way There

Yesterday morning, I had my 19 week ultrasound (I know that isn't 1/2 way but a couple of days isn't much). I was nervous going into it, since I haven't felt a lot and I was scared that we may be blindsided again. However the only thing that blindsided us was when the tech retook the measurements because "this is a big baby." Hmmm, how big is big? It is within normal range, but at the very upper of normal (8o percentile). They asked us multiple times if we wanted to know what the baby was, but we held strong and will wait for the surprise. The baby was very active for us and it was fun to watch, we even found out that we have another thumb sucker, I guess we get to go through the whole soother thing again. We have discovered it was much easier to get rid of a soother than it would be a thumb. Now we get to sit back an relax for the last half. If Katie is right, it will be a baby sister, but I really don't think she knows what the difference is. Aaron and I both have suspisions, but they are both different so it will be fun when the time comes.

Recent Photos

I have been a bit behind on updating things lately. We have a new camera to play with, and it has taken me a while to get around to putting things on the computer. This fall has been unusually sunny so we have taken advantage of the nice days to go outside. Here is a couple of photos we took of Katie playing on her swing and slide. She has also been playing with a balloon she got at a friends birthday for days. Cheap entertainment! It lasted for over a week, and ever since I threw it out early this week, I have been asked where the balloon is every day. I suppose I could get another one...maybe I will.

Chicken Anyone?

After much debating about what do on Halloween this year, we ended up heading to the mall in Richmond. The weather forcast for this year was blustery (aka, raining and windy). As it turned out it was a nice evening, the rain held off and it wasn't very windy afterall, but it appeared that everyone else thought trick or treating at the mall would be fun as well. Despite all the people we had a great time. After we got a bag for Katie to use, we went to the first store. Katie really wasn't sure what was happening but after a little coaxing she held her bag out. As soon as the candy dropped in the bag we heard a shocked squeak from Katie. "What was this? If I just hold out my bag people will put candy in it?" And off we went fully enthusiastic! She did a great job of saying thank you and we had a lot of fun. We also met up with Brad, Carolyne, Joel and Nathan later. The community of Hamilton has fireworks for the community on Halloween, so we walked to the park and had a great time watching the fireworks. Katie liked the show, but wasn't so crazy about the volume. I think most of us would agree. You always forget just how loud they are, until you are there covering someone else's little ears!