Belated Birthday Post

So of course with all my birthday money I wanted to buy baby things. I promised myself I wouldn't do that but when it comes right down to it, I'm pratical and it is overwhelming to think of the huge list of all the things you have to buy for a first baby and time is running out. Ed and I spent my birthday weekend registering for baby things. He found and liked this stroller and car seat. I really liked it too but my first thought was that it was too female gender oriented and if we ever have a boy, it wouldn't go. Ed didn't agree and said by the time the second one comes around, you don't care too much and so we ended up getting it. The photos are ones from a Craiglist posting but ours is the same model. I love it more and more! PS... I wasn't practical with ALL my birthday $$, I did get some new clothes for me too!

Saturday in DC

We wanted to spend Caleb and Abby's last Saturday with us in DC checking out some sights & museums they hadn't seen before. Of course we had to eat lunch at our favorite restaurant Matchbox so we could eat some mini burgers. They are the best!

Then we headed to the National Smithsonian Museum of Natural History to check out the dinosaurs, rocks, mammals and insects.

Caleb's favorite dinosaur, the Triceratops.

Abby had to take a picture of the Hope Diamond.Look at all those bees!

Abby's Photo Shoot

The other night Abby said she wanted us to take some pictures of her striking a pose. She had so many poses, we could have gone on all night. So here are a few of the best ones. What a ham! And I'm sure you can all guess where she gets it from!

And the doctor says...

It's a Girl!
A few of her bum with her legs out to the right.

A profile shot where she is in her fainting pose again.

That means everyone who voted on our poll was correct!!! That amazes me. I have to admit that the two votes for a boy were from Ed. He wasn't even supposed to vote and he was secretly trying to persuade people to bumb up the boy votes.

Well, we are both very happy, including Ed. Abby is thrilled to have a little sister coming too! Both Caleb and Abby were able to come with us to see the ultrasound, that was a lot of fun. On both sides of our familys we have been blessed with lots of boys so we are super exited to have a girl to help even out the count. Now comes the fun part! I can start making some more of these for every outfit....