proof is in the picture

Our little family has been growing up and our kids are getting older by the day. It's been a while since I've posted some pics so here are photos of our summer adventures.

We've been listening to music

We made a trip to the beach

Played at the park with friends



Dyson had a birthday

We went to the zoo

Ridge had a birthday

Climbed on all the toys at another park

Learned how to climb up a twisty slide




We went to a parade for the 4th of July

Mom had a birthday dinner

We spent some time at the Sprayground

And we even started potty training.

And have been getting cuter and cuter every day!

The Results

We had our ultrasound last week and found out our little nugget is a GIRL!! We are really excited and it was an interesting ultrasound. Eventually I'll post about it but right now we'll just say we know what we are having and are super excited!!

What will it be?

So after dealing with nearly every obstacle known to man I finally have a date for my ultrasound. Most people have their scan done between 18 and 20 weeks. However, since my life has been anything but normal or predictable lately I am having mine at 22 weeks. It has been an extremely frustrating process to get everything figured out and set but I'm glad to have it done, finally.

So the big day is this Friday at 10:15. That is when we will hopefully find out the gender of our little nugget. I get asked all the time if I want a boy or a girl and to answer that question for all of you who aren't close enough to ask the answer is, I really don't care.
I know lots of people say that and whenever I heard it I always thought in the back of my mind "yeah right!" But now that it's me in the hot seat I can honestly say that I will be equally excited either way.

That being said there are some significant social benefits to it being a girl. Right now Rori has 2 older brothers who she tries to play with but they are less than patient with her and they don't like to share their toys with her. And they don't want to play with her toys, since they are girly, and so she never really has to share. It would be nice for her to have a younger sister so she could learn how to share her toys (and her dad) with someone younger than her.
But having another little bundle of boy would be absolutely perfect too. I wouldn't accomplish the same things socially as a girl would but I have a name already picked out for a boy and there is something about the bond between a mother and son. I don't know if it's because I had a boy first and so my first feelings of loving a baby were towards a boy or if it's just the way I am, but I really do have a special place for those little men in my life.

So in a couple of days I'll be off to find out if we are going pink or blue. I've added a poll on the sidebar so be sure to cast your vote. The voting ends on Friday at 11:30ish my time. And I'll post the results as soon as I get home.