Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day has come and gone, and I don't think there were any kids more excited than ours.  Kale could hardly wait for bedtime on Thursday because that meant Valentine's Day would come that much sooner.  

Rachel had to make a Valentine's box and I was totally dreading it.  She wanted to make an owl, and Jon was out of town, so it was up to me to think up some ideas.  Thank goodness for the internet that could help us figure something out.  Here was her end result.

And here is Sky in her Valentine glory.  She seldom lets me do her hair, but when she does, she almost always insists on curling it.  Oh yeah, and she chose that Valentine outfit all by herself -- all hearts, she informed me, because it was Valentine's Day (of course).

Jon took me on a special birthday date that night, and when we got home, the kids had heart attacked our bedroom doors with Valentine/Birthday messages.  So sweet of the babysitter to help them do that.

Since I wasn't home on my actual birthday, Jon and the kids planned a little party for me on Saturday night with games, presents, and a special dessert.  It was a fun night.

30 Weeks and counting...

Technically I'm 30.5 weeks, but who's counting right?  So far everything is looking good, except that last time they did an ultrasound (which was just 2 weeks ago), our baby was way bigger than expected.  My doctor is going to do another ultrasound at 34 weeks to see if we need to induce early.  Looks like we'll be having another monster baby like Kale was.  Not that he was a monster, but he looked like one compared to all the other babies in the hospital nursery.

And now, just for fun, here's a comparison from 13 weeks and 29 weeks.

The 13 week picture looks like such a dream, but I remember feeling super huge.  The comparison is almost enough to make a girl cry.  Ah well...only 9.5 weeks to go (and possibly even shorter if this baby continues growing at his current rate).  Hooray for our healthy pregnancy.

Washington D.C.

Jon had work in Washington D.C. this last week, and I flew out half way through for a little vacation.  We have talked about taking a trip to D.C. for a long time, but whenever it comes to actually plan vacations, other choices always win out.  So, this was our chance to finally make the D.C. trip happen.

It was so fun being with him.  Our first 2 days Jon was still working, so I spent 2 blissful days just relaxing at the hotel.  My days were full of books, naps and movies, and then Jon would come home and we got to have date night.

When the weekend came, we went into the city and saw some of the sights.  By the end of our first day I was feeling so, so tired.  I was sure we had walked about a million miles, but Jon kept insisting we had probably only walked 2 or 3.  I was so tired, I couldn't believe that it had only been that far; so, when we got back to the hotel I mapped it out.  And sure enough, we had gone a million miles -- or maybe closer to 7.5.  I felt so proud of myself for making it that far without collapsing (remember?  this is the girl who does not exercise when she's pregnant).

It was so freezing!  I was bundled up for almost the entire weekend, but it was definitely worth it to be in Washington D.C. with Jon.

 Mount Vernon (that's code for George Washington's plantation and tomb)

 Museum of American Indians -- Jon thought that the Indian looked like he was holding a microphone.  As a result, Jon was rocking out next to him.

 Jefferson Memorial

 Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial

 Lincoln Memorial

 Jon and I were surprised at how small the white house was in comparison to all the other museums/monuments, but it was still cool.

 The Capitol -- I was too tired by this time to walk all the way over to the steps, so this was as close as we got.

Natural History Museum -- We couldn't get a good picture of the elephant and me, so I obviously voted to just use the picture where you could see me.

We also went through some more art museums and the Holocaust museum, but didn't get any pictures.

It was such a super fun vacation.  I loved being with Jon and talking over the things that we had seen and learned about.  Hooray -- our Washington D.C. trip was finally realized! 

Bowling

Last night we went bowling with the kids for the first time.  The kids really seemed to like it, although Hallie got super discouraged when her score was 10 behind Rachel's.  But, other than that, they thought it was awesome.  I loved seeing them trying to get that big ball to roll all the way down the lane to the pins -- it was pretty funny.