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2 Chairs

After a few scenes like this. . .


we decided Vivian was ready for her own chair.

It's a Boy!

I had my 20 week ultrasound yesterday to check on the baby--make sure there are 10 fingers, toes, heart, kidney's, etc. We found out that Baby #3 is definitely a boy!!! He was not shy about showing off his private parts. This picture is looking at his bottom-side and the arrow is pointing clearly to the parts of a boy.


He was not so kind as to give us a nice profile view. You are looking at his left side. He is on his back with his bottom in the air, knees on his chest, feet above his head. You can kind of make out his nose and lips here, but it's pretty fuzzy.

We'll have another ultrasound in a couple weeks at the parinatologist so we can get a clear picture of his heart to make sure all the chambers and valves are forming correctly. We did this with Vivian, also, because of the defect Julia had. Hopefully we'll get a nice profile picture then.

So, Dan decided that we are going to call him Rufus until he is born--although, not around Julia so that she doesn't get confused when he is born and we start calling him something else. If you are trying to remember, we called Julia "Gertie" and Vivian "Millie". It's just a little game we like to play with everyone :)

A Day at the Beach

We took a day trip to Hueston Woods yesterday.
Here's a slide show of our fun!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

She Finally Did It!

After taking Julia to the bathroom one day last week, this is what I came back to--Vivian sitting on the back cushion of the chair playing in the cat food. I really don't know why it took her so long. Julia has been showing her how to boost herself up with pillows and toys for weeks. Vivian's choice for her first time was the block cart. She pushed it across the room and got it right in place. She was so proud of herself.

Pumpkin update

Here's an update on our pumpkins from a couple posts ago.

The giant pumpkin started to turn orange this week.


It looks like my theory about removing the flowers is correct. We now have 1 more pumpkin growing. (The little one in front of it shrivelled after I took this picture)

Playin' in the Rain

We had a nice summer shower one evening last week. Dan decided to take Julia and Vivian out to play in the rain. They were a little chilly, but they had fun splashing around the driveway!