Home Pool Time

Here are some pictures from playing in the pool a few weeks ago.

Shade Gap Picnic 09

We attended the annual Shade Gap Picnic in PA the first weekend in August. As always, our family had a great time. The potluck meals are wonderful - although they are starting to lean a lot towards desserts (who's complaining, though??). Ryan loved playing in Grandpa's camper and all the rides. Emma took a nap on my back since she wouldn't settle down in the pack n play outside and loved the rides, except the Ferris Wheel. Kris did good until the last 'adult' ride that he took Ryan on and then was rather woozy the rest of the night. Kris won at the dime pitch and we both lost at Bingo. We enjoyed some great fireworks and Emma fell asleep on the walk back (seriously a 5 minute walk).

Here Comes Baby #3!

This is our first announcement of Baby #3! We're very excited about this baby. We found out a while ago that we were expecting, but kept the news close to us for a while. We're now at 14 weeks, 6 days. Feeling better on my end and still fitting into my clothes. Today, we had a doctors appointment and had a little trouble finding the heartbeat, so we had a quick ultrasound.

We found out that:

It's a boy!

It can be hard to see that info this early along, but he had no problem sharing the news. It was the first thing the doctor saw. She did say not to go out and buy boy clothes until after the next ultrasound in September just in case.

Here are the ultrasound pictures:

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Ryan turned 4 last week. He was sick during his birthday, so he didn't get to enjoy it as much as we hoped. But he is very proud to be 4 years old. He no considers himself a 'big boy'. On his birthday we had an entire day of Ryan picking foods - eggs for breakfast, pizza for lunch and hot dogs and macaroni and cheese for dinner.

He got to open all the gifts we had here for him. We got him a boom box for his bedroom, but we haven't set it up yet - so we'll have to see how that works out. He received a fun Curious George game from Aunt Amy & Uncle Kevin, which we played this weekend. From Grammie, he received a scooter, which was his favorite gift so far!

On Saturday, we went to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate with a few of Ryan's friends (and Buppa, Nana and Robin who came down for it). Ryan has been ready for this since Emma's birthday. He was disappointed on his birthday to find out his party wasn't that day. Ryan loved the cake I made with M&M's on it. Everyone had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from the party.

Fun Times All Around

We've been having a busy summer. So busy, that I haven't had time to update anything. I'm so behind. Sorry.

Here are some of the things we've been doing this summer.

Playing Hats!

Going to the Kenton County Fair

Going to the Zoo

The New Hair Styles of Emma

Yeah! Emma's hair has finally gotten long enough to do something with. It has been hanging in her face for a while now, but there wasn't enough to do anything but brush it to the side. About two weeks ago, I was able to put a little clip of mine in her hair. Since then, we've moved onto barrettes and ponytails! It's still not growing much in the back though.

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How exciting for her to look like a girl! Kris has no idea what to do with her! But at least it keeps it out of her face. Oh - and she looks cute!

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Summer Days

Evidently, I've only been loading the pictures from one camera at a time, yet using both of them. So here are some older pictures that I just loaded.

The first bunch are from the kids and Kris playing in the sprinkler in the backyard. I just love the one of Ryan in the green!

This is a picture of Emma watching our neighbors out the window, she is very interested in what goes on outside. It makes us need to keep our windows closed more than we would want to so she doesn't lean on the screens.

This picture is from Emma's first bike ride. She had a great time, but was glad to get home!

This picture is of the kids first summer picnic outside. Emma didn't want to sit still and was convinced that Ryan's grapes were better than hers somehow.