First day of school - the aftermath

When we picked up Kaylee and Erin they were all smiles and said they enjoyed school. Kaylee said some other kids in her class cried, but she didn't. She told us she played with toys and play-doh, painted, went to the playground, read books and saw a turtle, plus ate her snack and lunch. We asked if it was a toy or real turtle and she said a real one - she said it ate leaves and water and was in a box, so it sounds like it was a real one. I didn't know they had a turtle at the school, but she has talked about that 3 times (so far), so I think she liked it! Sounds like school is a success so far...let's hope it lasts throughout the year!!

First day of preschool!

Kaylee's been saying she's excited to start preschool and today is her big first day! She'll be going 3 days/week (T, Th, F). She did great this morning! She was so excited and had fun riding to school with her friend Erin, who's in a different class, but with whom we're carpooling. The girls were very cute in the car. We unbuckled them in the carpool line so the teacher could take them out of the car and as soon as those buckles were off they were ready to jump down and leave, even though we still had a minute or two to wait. Once the teacher had them both out, they walked off without even a look back! I'm looking forward to picking them up today and hearing all the stories they'll have to share.

Last baby tooth

Kaylee's 20th, and final, baby tooth popped through while we were on vacation last week! Her top left 2nd year molar. I noticed it on Wed as I was helping brush her teeth. Now we wait for those to grow and then start falling out in a few years. :)

More beach

Yesterday Stephen went snorkeling and brought some snails back for the kids. Kaylee thought it was funny that she got to hold one. She keeps talking about how slimy it was.


We went to Pompano Joe's for dinner and the kids loved the fish tank. Some photos from after dinner:



After dinner we went to The Track, where there are go karts for adults, putt putt, a kids' area and more. The kids had fun on the rides; Kaylee really enjoyed pushing the buttons in the control seat of her airplane.



Other funny things...rather than bringing her pack & play, we rented a crib for the week. Before we left home we told Kaylee she'd have a special bed at the beach, and she is so excited about it. Every day she's excitedly told at least one person about her "special bed" and sometimes brings them into her room to show them. She also has been calling Stephen, Stephanie, Jason & Kimberly "the mommies and the daddies" and the first thing she asks when we go in to get her in the mornings is, "where are the mommies and the daddies?"

At the beach!

So we made it to the beach with Kaylee before she turned 2.5. She often doesn't like getting her hands dirty, so I wasn't sure how she'd react to the sand, but she loves it! Luckily, as we're here all week. We're here with my cousin Stephen, wife Stephanie, kids Ethan and Brennan and my cousin Jason, wife Kimberly and son Ryker. Here are a few photos of our first beach outing...Ethan and Brennan are in one of the photos with Kaylee.

Fire Truck Party

Kaylee had two 2nd birthday parties on Saturday! And they overlapped. The first was our neighbor, Caroline's, and Kaylee had fun playing with Caroline's baby stroller and baby dolls, as well as various other toys (she was still talking this morning about the baby Stella doll with the magnetic pacifier and bottle :) ). She played a couple games - stick the nose on the clown and Simon Says, but we had to go after the games. After leaving Caroline's party early, we arrived at Nate's party a little late, but just in time for the fire truck and 3 firemen to show up! The birthday boy was so excited to see the truck - he ran out there saying, "fire truck! Oh my gosh! Holy moly! Fire truck!" Then he got about 5 feet from the truck and did not want to get any closer. It was very cute. Here are some pictures from that party. (I forgot to take the camera to Caroline's! :( )




Kaylee was the first one to sit in the fire truck and the last one to sit in it. Not saying that other kids didn't get in, she just got to take two turns because she was so excited about it. Maybe we'll have to see about having a fire truck come for her next birthday??




And here is Uncle Jerry (aka Grampa) with Nate's sister Emily!

It's a...boy?

Today's early ultrasound indicates it's a boy (see 2nd image); we'll have a couple more scans to confirm later, as this is pretty early to tell for sure (just 12 weeks and 4 days pregnant). The ultrasound technician said the umbilical cord was down around the baby's privates, so while it looks like a boy it is possible that it's the cord in the way. As long as the baby cooperates, we'll find out for sure at our 3D session on Sept 4!

Profile of the baby, with head on the left and a hand near the mouth


Showing us the goods? Best way I can think to describe this is to imagine the baby sat on a copier machine naked...rear end is near the bottom right of the image, thighs are the whiter parts to either side of the privates (the ultrasound tech put the cursor (+) by what she said looked like boy parts).