Baby #3

I finally had an ultrasound last Thursday.  No, I do not know what the baby is.  We decided to hold off on this one, since we have one of each and we wouldn't have found out until Thursday anyway.  But I got to see the sweet baby.

I had an appointment today, which gave me the results of the ultrasound.  I'm going to have to go back for another, more in depth ultrasound, because they found some minor discrepancies in the heart and kidneys.  Apparently they are small enough that they could be nothing, or they could work themselves out.  But they are going to check again, just in case.

Also, just a shout out to other women who need rhogam shots.  Those things hurt!  I don't remember it hurting so badly with Noah, but holy cow, my backside is sore!

Presents

A while ago I was giving Noah a bath when Kennedy walked in the room holding a big Mini Wheats box.  She announced that she had a present for me.

This happens somewhat regularly.  Sometimes she and Noah will put themselves in big boxes and tell me it is Christmas.  Sometimes it's my birthday and I will get a gift of random toys stuffed in a random box.

So I said, "Thank you!" and started opening the box, expecting to find Rosie or Lamby inside.

Instead, I was actually startled, adrenaline pumping and everything, when the box moved.

Thankfully it was only Lucy, and not some crazed rabid beast that my body thought might be in there.  It was awfully cute.

Other cute things about Kennedy right now:

1. Although I was kind of fighting against this at first, and I in NO way encouraged it, Kennedy has started getting very interested in Barbies and My Little Pony.  It's not really something that I ever had growing up, or ever cared about that much, but I think it's sweet that she is finding her own interests.  She even spent $5 of her own money today to buy a Barbie fairy movie we ran across at Target.

2. She is convinced that this baby is a girl.  When we try to prep her and say that this baby could be a boy, her response is always, "But it could be a girl!"

3. She is most definitely in the "why" stage.  Holy cow.  If I never heard the word why again, I would be thrilled.  Unfortunately, at this point, I think I'm due to be in it for the next 10 years.



Yorktown Beach

One of the great things about Virginia is that you don't feel like you're going to die if your feet touch ocean water.  Oregon beaches were terrifyingly cold.  It's kind of nice to go to the beach and have an actual beach experience, even if the beach isn't quite as pretty.

Yorktown beach is actually an ocean inlet, not ocean itself, but it's a small beach that doesn't get very big waves, so it's very little kid friendly.

Since my pregnant self was mostly stationed on the towels (getting a sunburn on my lily white legs), I wasn't able to get too many pictures of anyone but Noah.

Brett and Kennedy are in the distance by the water building a sand castle, but this is about as close as Noah was willing to get to that experience.  He decided that it was  much safer closer to mom.

Bucket in hand, he spent most of the morning right here next to me.  Filling his bucket, dumping it out, and filling it again.

Look at those ripped arms!  Seriously, those are some good little baby muscles.

We all got in the water, even though Noah protested.  He had fun though, even though his sandy feet bothered him at the end.



Colonial Williamsburg

We spent our first day in Colonial Williamsburg with my mom while she was here.  The kids had a blast - which was mostly because we didn't make them sit through anything historical in favor of eating and letting them run around the whole time.  When we first got there, Kennedy and Noah randomly decided to hold hands and run to the entrance.

It was awfully cute.  Up until Kennedy told Noah that they were going to jump off the curb together.  Of course he didn't understand, and the both fell flat on their faces.

For Noah, the highlight of the day was most definitely riding the bus.  He was thrilled to be riding on that thing with so many people.  I think he would have been content to stay on there for an hour or so.

My favorite parts are the cheese and candy shops (not to mention the Williams-Sonoma) in Merchant Square, which is a modern part on the end of the historical street.

Kennedy liked the candy shop too.  They had Hello Kitty marshmallow pops.

Obviously they enjoyed their candy.  Once in the historical part, we stopped a lot to let the kids run.  They particularly loved the big Palace Green, where grandma let them take off their shoes and lounge in the grass.

They also loved looking in the shops.  We narrowly missed a tantrum when I said we couldn't buy this hat.  I wanted to throw a tantrum too.  It was cute, but not $30 cute.

We have year passes, and have been back already, so I'm sure we will go again before we leave.



Virginia Living Museum

You'll have to excuse the weird picture.  This is the best I could get of them both looking at the camera.

One of the attractions that we have already been to a few times out here is the Virginia Living Museum.  We have a family year pass and have already made our money back.  Best idea ever.  It's like a mini aquarium/zoo, and is big enough to keep us occupied for a while, but small enough to be manageable on a whim.

Captivated by the fish.

Noah loving the microscope and playing with grandma, who came with us the first time we went.

This giant turtle shell is definitely one of the highlights every time we go.  Instead of looking at animals, they want to do something more interactive.  Be an animal, pet the animals (there is a decent touch pool), or, Kennedy's favorite, play virtual frog dissection.

When they tried on these hats in the gift store, grandma couldn't help but buy them.  They are now worn around our house quite a bit.

Of course, we had to go back with dad once the new dinosaur exhibit opened.  And let him cause some trouble.

You can't see his face, but Noah was not very happy to be in the dinosaur's mouth.

The dinosaur exhibit was smaller than I was expecting, but they are all robotic, and they have a cool portion of underwater dinosaurs.  There was, unfortunately, a painful musical puppet show that we were forced to sit through.  The kids had a blast.  I was thankful that it was only 20 minutes long.

And of course, dad had to be a kid too.