Ultrasound Results

I had my 20 week ultrasound this morning. Everything is measuring normal. At the ultrasound they do measurements on the femur, abdomen, and head. They also check to make sure the heart is beating correctly, the stomach has fluid, and the spine is inside the skin. I think they do other things too, but I don't pay attention that closely. It was easy to tell that we are having another girl pretty early in the appointment. Since we already have everything that we need for a girl, it should make for an easy remaining 4 months.

Ultrasound Tomorrow

We have our ultrasound tomorrow morning! We are looking forward to finding out the sex our baby. If we find out we are having a boy, then I have all summer to rummage for cute boy clothes. If we are having a girl, I will have to teach Liddy to be a bit more gentle on her clothes! Either way, I should have news soon!

If we find out we are having twins, I may need to select a few people to drink for me tomorrow night since I don't think I can handle 4 kids under 3.

As long as everything looks normal at the appointment tomorrow, we are going to book our first vacation as a family of 5! We are going to Colorado in October for a wedding and Grace is going to be the flower girl. The baby is due 2 weeks before the wedding! Just the thought of Paul and I traveling with our bags and kids makes me nervous.

Diesel Lost... and Found

A couple weeks ago Diesel ran away after Paul took him with as my dad taught Paul to shoot clay targets. It seems quite obvious now that Diesel would have been scared of the shooting since he is also afraid of thunderstorms and fireworks. He went missing on a Friday about 3 1/2 hours from our house (at my Grandma's house). After searching and calling for him Friday and Saturday, we had to leave to go to Haley's first communion. Sunday we headed back home dog less for the first time in almost 4 years. Apparently he had been sighted a couple times between Friday and the following Monday. Someone had even seen him and called for him, but he ran away. We decided to drive back up to where he was last seen and look around the area again on Wednesday and Thursday because we figured he might return to a stranger, but he would certainly want to return home to us. We still didn't have any luck. We drove back home Thursday night without Diesel again. Friday morning my dad found him, brought him to the vet (where he got a massive Frontline dosage), and met Paul's dad halfway to our house. Paul's dad drove him back to our house Friday night! Yeah! We cleaned off the numerous ticks that he had acquired in his outdoor adventures. He was pretty tired as both girls doted on him all night long. Grace insisted he eat, so carried his dog dish around whereever he went. Lydia did her part and carried his bone to whereever he was lying and tried to get him to chew it.

During the week Diesel was gone, I knew that I missed him, but I wasn't prepared for the heartache of knowing how much the girls missed him. Both Grace and Lydia adore Diesel (or D. Buddy if you are talking to Grace). He has to be included in all the little games we play including Ring Around the Rosie and catch. I seem to always be stuck beween Lydia and Diesel when we play catch. We missed you Diesel!

Lydia Walks

I think Lydia has had the coordination and the balance to walk since before Christmas. She's been steps for quite some times, but always had reverted back to crawling. She has just recently decided that walking might actually have more benefits than crawling. She thinks she is quite cool now as she walks freely around the house.

I was starting to wonder if she would ever walk, but she seems to do everything else just fine. She loves to jump. She will hold onto furniture and jump her little heart out. This weekend she climbed the neighbor's tall 8 foot slide backwards up the slide. She also figured out how to climb up the ladder. She is only 14 months old. I figured she would at least be able to use the Little Tykes climber for this summer. Apparently she has loftier goals.

She's also quite the chatterbox. Her favorite words are Daddy, Dog and Mommy. Most of the stuff that comes from her mouth sounds like gibberish to me.

Lydia heads back to the doctor at the end of May for her 15 month appointment including lots of vaccinations. Hopefully she doesn't contract any viruses like she did with her last round of vaccinations.

Running Errands?

Grace has reached the age where she demands an explanation and details about everything we are going to do each day. She will let me know if I fail to follow through on the agenda as planned. Usually I have to the list the next two or three things that we are going to do. Monday morning I told Grace we were going to run errands then take a nap. At dinner Grace tells Paul about our day. Monday night I was ratted out for not following through on the given plan. This is how our dinner conversation went.

Paul: "Grace, what did you do today?"

Grace: "Me ran errands. Mom, no ran errands."

Paul gives me a confused look wondering if I am delegating my work too much.

Then Grace elaborates. "Mom, walked errands, but no run errands. Just Grace. Lydia no run errands either."

She was completely accurate. When we went to Target, she insisted on running through the store. I didn't put it together that we were actually supposed to be "running" until she told Paul the story later. In the future I guess I will have to be more specific.

Easter

Last week our village had an Easter egg hunt for the children. Grace and Lydia both had a great time. Lydia made no attempts at getting any of her own eggs, but another little girl gave Lydia some to fill her basket. Once Lydia realized that there was candy inside of the eggs, she figured out how to open them and quickly shove candy in her mouth, wrapper and all. Our Mom's Club had a little Easter egg hunt and party. A special visitor hopped on over for the party. Lydia was quite curious about Easter Bunny and inched her way closer and closer to him. Grace on the other hand, wouldn't come on the same half of the room.

Grace enjoyed the Easter egg hunt though.

Friday we decorated eggs. First we had to color them.

Then we had to put the Tinkerbell stickers on each egg.

Easter at our house! Easter Bunny hid the eggs at our house while I slept in. He was kind enough to take a picture of each egg that he hid in case he forgot where there where hidden. Paul - the engineer!

Lydia with her basket.

Lydia figures out there is candy in these eggs too!

Grace finding eggs in the leaves.

Lydia finding eggs behind the picture frame.

Easter at the Bornemans!

Why look for eggs when you can play the piano instead!

A helicopter landed next door. Both Haley and Grace were excited and had to check it out. Grace has seen a few helicopters in the sky before. Every time she sees one, she says "I can't reach it." She was thrilled to finally reach it.

The coolest thing about Grandma and Grandpa Borneman's house is their golf cart. Grace likes to go fast!

Last stop is Great Grandma & Grandpa Murphy's house. Here are the kids in the basement getting their Easter baskets.

Outside looking for eggs

Lydia looking for eggs with Grandma Borneman.

The highlight of the Murphy's is the kitty.

Random Photos

Many posts seem to be have more pictures of Grace than Lydia. This may be the exception or Lydia is finally demanding more camera time!
Lydia loves to crawl up the stairs and then sit on her butt and come back down. Sometimes she needs to dodge Grace as Grace likes to come down on her stomach.

Grace loves to make pizza at home. Usually she eats lots of cheese and pepperoni as she makes it. Sometimes Lydia helps. She likes to eat while we make the pizza too!

Sometimes the girls (or just Grace) get antsy during church. When they do I bribe them with being able to play on the playground equipment after mass. Lydia loves climbing up to the top and sliding down. It makes me so nervous though. She's so little young!

Lydia is fascinated with her tongue and mouth, as well as the sounds she can make. Here's her KISS impersonation.

What a ham!