Early Ultra Sound

(This is catching up on some things that happened previously, so excuse the timeline from being out of order)

Due to a slight concern regarding a cyst on one of my ovaries, we had an early ultrasound at 15 weeks.  So on March 19th we were able to find out that we were having (drum roll please!) another baby......................boy!  It's a boy!!!  When I asked the ultrasound tech if she would be willing to take a look in that direction to see, she was willing, but reminded us that it is difficult to identify this early in the pregnancy.  Lucky for us our children don't seem to have a problem exposing themselves!  And this child was more than willing to give us a good look.  As we were looking at the screen, Craig and I were pretty sure it was a boy, but the tech didn't say anything, initially, so we weren't sure, then she asked us if we were sure wanted to know, and she said she thought it was a boy.  However, by the end of the appointment she was thoroughly convinced it was a boy!  Craig is once again relieved and feels like he just dodged a bullet, again!

Snow!?!

It snowed!  In the middle of April and it's snowing!  I looked at Craig and said, "This is still Pennsylvania, right? Are you sure were not in Utah?"  His response, "at least it's not July."  It was very distressing, especially after the previous week, which was a heat wave and absolutely wonderful!  I went from wearing shorts one day to pants and a sweater.  We had soup two nights this week and I only have soup when it is really really cold outside!  I hope mother nature makes up her mind, so we can have a little more spring before it gets too warm!

Water Balloon Fight!

Another beautiful day!  Lucas had a mini water balloon fight with his friend.  They had lots of fun, and it was pretty cute to watch them, even though they were standing right in front of each, inches apart, they still managed to miss each other in their attempts to get each other wet!

Easter

Easter morning we attended church.  We were able to have dinner with some of our close friends, which was a lot of fun and seemed to make Easter that more special!  Lucas had an Easter Egg hunt with a few of our friends in the neighborhood, we had six kids and over a hundred eggs, Lucas made out like a bandit!  He is still talking about hunting for eggs.  Which is an improvement because up until Easter we were still hearing about Trick or Treating.  I figure we'll probably be hearing about Easter Eggs until at least the 4th of July.  We dyed Easter eggs that night.  Lucas did really well at this and was able to dye a few by himself which he was really proud of!  Lucas opened up his Easter packages.  Thanks for the all of the Easter candy grandparents!  (It is being used a positive reinforcement, when Lucas goes potty!)  It was a busy, but wonderful day!

An exciting Easter weekend!

Craig was going to the temple with the youth on Easter Weekend, so we decided to make it a fun getaway, so on Friday we took Lucas to the D.C. Zoo!  Lucas is obsessed with animals!  It was a pretty nice day, slightly windy at times, but very pleasant.  Unfortunately, everyone else thought it would be a great day to go to the zoo, too.  It was complete chaos trying to park, Craig ended up dropping us off at a random street corner and heading to the metro station to park.  Lucas and I were on our own for awhile and I have to admit that it is slightly intimidating to be on your own with a child in a very, very busy area!  We conquered our fears made it to the zoo, and Craig found parking, so all's well that ends well.

Lucas was so excited he loved the zoo!!!  He went from animal to animal, wanting to see more and more! He loved the birds and reptiles!  As previously mentioned it was pretty busy at the zoo, but fortunately Craig's height came into play and Lucas was able to see everything!  For example the Gorilla area was very busy and it was difficult to see anything, until Craig put Lucas on his shoulders and then Lucas was able to see every Gorilla, as other children on their father's shoulders struggled to see.  There was lots to see and Lucas saw pretty much all of it.  We had a difficult time convincing him to leave!  The zoo was a success, Lucas still talks about our trip to the zoo and the different animals we saw!

Friday night we went to Cafe Rio, yes, you heard right we had dinner at Cafe Rio!  There is now one in the D.C. area, and it was wonderful!  It didn't have quite the same feel as one in Utah, but the food was still excellent!  You could easily pick out all of the LDS families, which pretty much made up most of the people at the place!  Best of all, Lucas loved it!!!  Not really surprising since Lucas loves Mexican food!

Saturday we attended the temple, Lucas and I wandered the temple grounds while Craig went with the youth.  It was a pretty nice day!  I wanted the temple to be a special experience for Lucas considering it was Easter weekend.  We had a special Easter Egg hunt, centering around Christ's Curification and Resurrection and the days lead of to these important events.  Lucas thought this was fun and loved picking up the egg, that I would try to discreetly drop with him right behind me.  He still found it exciting, even though he was totally watching me drop the eggs!  It was a pleasant experience and I could not have imagine a better place to be at on Easter weekend!

Before we headed home to decided to drive downtown and see the cherry blossoms since it was that time of year!  After sitting in traffic for an hour we finally arrived, but much to our dismay there were no cherry blossoms in bloom, it was disappointing, lots of people and festivities going on to celebrate the event, but yet no blossoms.  Apparently the warm weather had made them come and go earlier than normal.

Explaining the baby to Lucas

I picked Lucas up from a neighbors home after a doctor's appointment and while we were driving in the car I explained to him about how he is going to be a big brother and have a baby sister or brother.  I don't think he completely understands the concept, but his responds was, "Ooooooooooooooh, that's neat mom!", he also made the comment, "baby brother and sister, for Lucas."

Number two!

For those of you who do not yet know and read this blog.  We thought it was time to let it be officially known that Craig and I are once again taking the plunge into the unknown and that we're expecting another child.  Lucas is getting a baby brother this fall (September).  We are really excited, Craig is relieved that it is another boy! The time works great, since Lucas will be starting preschool in the fall (if he is potty trained by then, keeping our fingers crossed on that one).  Things appear to be going well!  We have already had two ultrasounds, and will be having the twenty week ultrasound in about a month.  (I was hoping for one ultrasound this time around, but no go).