It's a.....

I had the big ultrasound today. As far as I know everything looked good.

And for the news that you all want to know (if you don't know already)....

It's a boy!

Pictures

We finally got Melina's 3 year pictures taken. She did really really good and we got some great shots. I just thought I would share some of them.

Trying to get a jump shot.

There was a motorcycle in the room and of course Melina just had to sit on it.

Zoo

We had a fun time going to the Zoo a couple of weeks ago. Melina did a lot better than last year. (She was afraid of the animals and would cover her eyes.) She had fun seeing all of the animals and of course didn't want to leave. We saw some of the baby animals...the baby elephant, a baby giraffe, the lion cubs who aren't so little anymore, and the snow leopard cub (we couldn't get a good enough view for a pic).


Melina got to go on the carousel and she loved it so much that she threw a major fit when we told her she couldn't go again.


How does Melina measure up? Apparently she is about the size of a "juvenile primate."

The Great Outdoors!

I am finally getting around to posting this. Over Labor Day weekend, we went camping at The Spruces with Russ' family. It was a relaxing weekend for the most part and Melina had a blast. Here are some pics.

Mm...Chocolate milk!

Melina and her Daddy
Russ with his dad when they went hiking

Melina "cooking"
Elizabeth all bundled up with Grandpa
Here we are just before we went home.

Update

Well, we've had a lot going on lately, so I figured it was time to do an update. Plus, I have some cute pics to share. Sorry, it might be kind of long.

First off, let me just say that I am doing much better. I'm still feeling nauseous, but I guess that's normal for after having surgery. I've been a little stressed lately (we all have) because there has been so much going on and I have been super super busy with work. I am finally caught up and it feels so good. We are also gearing up for our camping trip this weekend with Russ' family (Melina is so so excited). I had an OB appointment on Monday and my fears and paranoia were relieved (I was a little worried about the baby after the surgery and because of all the medication I had taken). All is well with the baby. Actually he or she is quite active. My doctor would find the heartbeat, but then would have to find it again because the baby moved. We are down to less than 4 weeks until we get to find out what we are having. The big ultrasound is scheduled!

We had a fun filled day last Saturday with a reunion and a swimming party. The reunion was for Russ' family on his mom's side. Here's a pic of our little family.


Melina had fun playing on the playground and she found a little friend (a distant cousin) named Brooklyn.


We then went to a swimming party for Anni's birthday. Melina was so excited to go swimming. This was the first time she had ever been to a big swimming pool (I know, I know we've been slacking) and well....she got a little scared. She wouldn't go in--all she would do was sit on the edge and splash her feet.


This was the extent of her getting in the pool and she immediately wanted to go back to the edge.


She actually fell in once, luckily Russ was right there to catch her. That didn't help any in trying to get her to go in the pool. She had fun playing outside of the pool though.


And she of course wanted to go back to playing by the pool once we were done and dressed back into clothes.


Then on Sunday we went to dinner at my parents. As usual, Melina had fun playing with her cousins. When we left, we discovered that somebody had hit our car.


It was parked on the side of the road and I guess someone got too close when they drove by. The mirror was completely broken off, there was a dent and a bunch of scratches, and the hubcaps were broken off (one of them was in pieces). The person that did it was gone, but luckily she came back and we were able to get insurance information. I took it in yesterday to get an estimate to get it all fixed and lets just say we're really glad we don't have to pay for it.

Well, that's about it. We're headed into another fun filled weekend. Yay! I packed up Melina's backpack and she had to put it on. The thing is half her size!


Here are a few more random pics that I wanted to share of Melina "holding" her baby cousins. Too cute!