12 Weeks...

I don't have any editing software right now, so this is the best you will get of the ultrasound pictures. Sorry. But you can see a nice little profile there, each pointing a different direction. The scan went great today, heart rate was still 165, which is so much higher than William's was. It already had all of the major organs pumping away, we even saw it's stomach! It was measuring a few days bigger than my due date, but William always did too. All in all I am starting to feel much better than I did. I am still sleepy, but I have a few good productive hours a day when William and I can do fun stuff and I can get the dishwasher loaded. William is feeling better after his bad cold and was bouncing off the walls at the Dr's office. We went to his favorite place this afternoon, Target and got some shampoo, since he had dumped a whole bottle in the tub the other day. I also got trick or treating candy since we will probably have some kids show up here since we are in the townhouse now. The only other issue that has been plaguing me is what to cook for dinner. I am in a severe rut without the brain power to think of anything exciting...ugh. I need to get out the cookbooks again and search for inspiration!

Pumpkin Pickin'...

Ready to pick!

He looks quite pleased with himself...

The best part of the day was finding the farm equipment...

Notice how huge this thing is...Will is barely visible behind the crawler track!

We headed out after I got home from work today to get our Halloween pumpkins. William had been looking forward to this, so even with a pretty bad cold, we headed out. The fields were already pretty picked over, so we had to settle for smaller ones this year. William had a good time in the fields, but he was THRILLED by the heavy machinery. This kid is destined to be a heavy equipment operator!

Hiking with Daddy...

Waiting for everyone to show up at NIST. William kept himself busy on this lawn tractor.
The view from the hike...

William spent most of the time checking out the view, it even impressed a 2 year old!

Walking on the rock wall over looking the valley...

William and Jason headed out with some co-workers to hike in the Shenandoah National Forest on Saturday while I was at work. They had a great time and William was very excited to tell me all about the valleys he saw, and the walking stick bug. Jason hiked most of it carrying William in the back pack, which I think is pretty amazing. William is now 35lbs so carrying him miles over rough terrain is no easy feat! Go Daddy!

Contemplating...

Spidey...

Will and I picked up this amazing costume for 7 dollars and we have already gotten our money's worth! I think he looks so cute with those fake muscles!

Children's Garden...

Today William and I ventured out in this beautiful weather to the Brookside Gardens. I had heard that they had a children's garden there and it was just as nice and as sweet as I had been told. He loved all the little buildings they had made and playing with the gardening tools. They had a worm farm that was pretty smelly, but William liked watching the worms crawl through the compost. My camera seems to be off these days, I am not sure what's wrong, but please forgive the funky lighting and blurry-ness.

A Fun and Busy Weekend....

Saturday was Alessandra's 5th Birthday Party!

Gabbi is ready to party!
William liked playing outside away from the maddening crowds...

The Birthday Girl and her Entourage...

Sunday we headed over to Virginia to hike in the foothills of the Appalachians...

William loves climbing with Daddy...

He's getting really good!

He is, however, the world's slowest hiker...

He found a large vine to swing on, pretending to be a monkey...

He adores throwing rocks in the river, like all boys...

Doing his Liza Minnelli impression.... pretend the water is Vodka, and he's pretty close!

Doing his Mommy impression... pretend the water is a Caramel Macchiato and he's pretty close!

Throwing more rocks off this rustic bridge....a little scary, but the water was shallow.

Jason chasing him down on the bridge. I got quite a few shots as they came across and William's shirt gets tighter and tighter as he comes nearer!

We had such a nice day hiking in the woods. William did really well and walked about 2/3rds of it. It was about a 3 mile hike so that was really good for his age. He also crossed into the Brotherhood of Man by peeing on a tree today. We need to work on his aim though, it mostly landed on his pants. It was so nice having a weekend off and spending time with both of my men. I miss them so much on weekends!

William has been OBSESSED with Toy Story, which I finally let him watch. He is convinced that he is indeed Buzz Lightyear and that he can fly. I keep telling him that even Buzz can't really fly, as the movie proves. Try and reason with a 2 year old. He keeps trying though, mostly by jumping off dangerous spots around the house. He knocked my lamp off the side table in the living room, thankfully only breaking the shade and not my lamp, nor his head. Yesterday at the Birthday party he climbed up onto the back of Solon and Andrea's couch and jumped onto Andrea's step mother! Terrible! So embarrassing! I am not sure what to do, I don't want to put a damper on his imagination, but this flying has to stop! For everyone's safety and my sanity!