Jenny and Jim

Saturday, July 12, 2008

And its a.....

BOY! Went to the ultrasound yesterday and found out we're having a boy in November. Very exciting, but I'm a little nervous since I really only understand girls. But we'll figure it out. We got ultrasound pics, but none of them are very good, so we'll just have to wait for him to take better ones. Due in late November.

We told Laura today about the baby. I think she understands and she's excited to teach him all kinds of things. Her reaction right after we told her was pretty much: "well, OK. Can I have some more syrup on my pancakes?" But she has brought it up several times the rest of the day and it seems to be sinking in more.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Stop off at Jim's parents

We stopped at the Jim's parents' house on the way back home from my families' reunion. Laura had a great time with everyone and even rode Aunt Rosemary's horse!

Pictures of Laura my parents'

Taking it easy

I love the toes!

One of Gramma Ann and Laura's favorite toys.

Blowing bubbles

Sporting fancy bowling shoes

My Grandma and a little bit of Laura peeking out.

No, the ball didn't make it. Grandpa Phil had to go "help" it to the end.

My favorite shot of the weekend. ALL the adults read this book to ALL the kids at least 5-6 times each. The Best Nest was hit.

Jenny and Laura

not too many pictures of me with the kid on here since I'm usually behind the camera. Here's one Jim happened to snap the other day.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Oklahoma Reunion '08

We drove down to my family's small reunion last week. My brother, sister and I all in the same place at once! That hasn't happened in about 3 years. It was great to see them all and I got to meet my brother's youngest and get to know his other kids a little bit better. The drive down and back was surprisingly easy. Laura did awesome, although she never slept in the car once. She was up until 11:30 the first night. The only time she cried was when I tried to make her sleep, so we gave up on that and she was a happy camper. She slept great in the hotel and great at my parent's house. We also got to stop by Jim's family's house for one night on the way back. Laura rode a horse and was very brave with Papa's dog Jill. It was a great vacation and I will try to get pictures up here ASAP.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Laura's 2 favorite things

Her Easter dress and Grandma M's blanket, her 2 favorite things.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Boundary Waters '08

Jim and I just got back from a trip with some friends to the boundary waters (between Minnesota and Canada). Lots of canoeing, camping, and mosquitoes. The weather was very schitzophrenic, with 10 mintues of rain, then sunshine, then cloudy and cold, then rain again. But the weather never really ruined any of the fun, thankfully. And the thunderstorms at night were fun to listen to from the safety of the tents!

These turtles are about the extent of the wildlife that we saw. There was also a friendly beaver that lived near our campsite who we saw several times. And we heard some loons and eagles. No bears or moose, though, for better or worse.

Michelle and John getting ready to portage their canoe. None of the portages were too long, thankfully. Some were slippery and tricky, though. Jim and John did great carrying the canoes and Michelle carried all the heavy packs. They were all very protective of me in my "condition", haha, and I got away with mostly just carrying day packs and paddles.

Jim's steering away!

Self-portrait

John and Michelle navigating some rapids.

Bye-bye canoes! Not really, we had them anchored to our bodies while we stopped on a rock in the middle of the lake for lunch.

This is the only thing we caught all weekend. It didn't make for very good eatin'.

Here's my failed attempt at making english muffins. The dough didn't work out quite right.

But the dough did make tasty pancakes!

And last, my sad little feet after we got home, all calomined up. I have mosquito bites in places I never realized possible. But it was well worth it.