Half Way!

As promised, here are the 20 week ultrasound pictures.  Quatro got a wonderful checkup this morning.  Growth is right on target, heart looks great, spine and brain and limbs are all wonderful.

Front of face.  Arm/hand up by head.

Profile.  Arm bent, hand near ear.

Profile.

My 20 week bump.

So, what are your predictions?  Girl or Boy?  Leave your comment and take the poll (located in the right side bar)!

Quatro Update

Just a quick update on Quatro.  I finally felt him/her move this past weekend.  The movements are subtle and often times I have to sit down and focus, but it is changing daily!  Just in the last two days, I've started to feel baby more and more through the day.

The kids are looking forward to being able to feel/see the kicks too.  Just a few more weeks now and I think they'll be able to!

It's exciting.  Especially because this time around, James and Isabel are old enough to be interested and super excited about it too.

Next Wednesday is my 20 week ultrasound and half way mark!  Wow - is it going fast for you too?  Anyway, look for pictures and a poll to vote on whether you think it is a boy or a girl!  ;-)

Lastnight

Epic boat ride!  We went out right after JL's last meeting and had a total blast out on the lake!  The weather was so nice - warm and not windy!  That's a miracle, considering the wind has been blowing around here since ... well ... January!

Isabel showing off her new suit and cover-up.

The boys trying to wait patiently.

The kids started out with a swim.  The water was a little chilly for me and E, but the boys jumped right in - even Wyatt! - and had a great time!

Woo Hoo!!

After they burned a little energy splashing and swimming around, James and Daddy took their first surf ride of the season.  Wow!  They both did great!  With me not able to surf this season (yes, I am crying) JL was able to put the weight on the side of the boat that works better for him.  He had no trouble riding around.  And James - it was like he never had an off-season!  He had the longest turn he's ever had!  I had to turn the boat twice to keep them going around the lake!  James just had a big, fat smile on his face the entire time!

1st Surf of the Season!

Helping Daddy drain the ballest.

Isabel lookin' mighty adorable

Wyatt watching James.  These two are peas in a pod!

We ended the night with JL on the wakeskate.  With the lack of wind, he had the best ride he's ever had on that thing.  The water was like glass (and that isn't common around here!) and I could hear him whoopin' and hollerin' out there.  He had a GREAT time!

Dirt & Ice

Last Friday James had field day at school.  This is an event he'd been looking forward to for nearly a month!  That's a super long time when you are 5!

The school had planned a day at a local fun ranch here in town.  Buses were to leave the school at 8:45am and arrive back at 2.  One BIG, fun day of outdoor adventure.  (Let me just tell you - the morning of the field day, I had zero trouble getting James out of bed and ready for school!)  He was so excited he could hardly choke down his breakfast!

Parents and siblings were invited to come, but with Quatro baking and Isabel and Wyatt still being so little, I opted to stay home and let him have mom-free fun.  Therefore, I don't have many pictures of the big event.  Just one picture of him caked in mud when I picked him up from school!

 
Apparently they had tug-of-war over a giant mud pit at one point.  And there was a zip line that he loved, and a paddle boat that he rode with his friends.  There was also games and plenty of running around and playing!  I am so happy he got to have such a fun day!

This same day, we had tickets to Disney on Ice.  My dear friend Stephanie had extra tickets, so we were able to go along with her family.  Again, something James and Isabel had been looking forward to for nearly a month!  Especially Isabel - she was so excited to see ice skaters from Disneyland!  In fact, she was so excited, she agreed to take a nap before the show started so she could be rested to stay up late for it.  A tactic that also worked on James post-field day pickup!

JL stayed home with Wyatt.  There were only 3 tickets available, but I don't think I would have done it differently even if we had more seat available.  By the 2nd act, even Isabel was starting to tire and ask to go home to bed.  :)  I can only imagine poor Wyatt.  Maybe in a couple more years he'll be able to join along in the fun.  But for now, it was just me and my two oldest.  

Here they are with friends Rose and Ginger.  Standing outside before the show.

Practicing their skating moves. :)

Waiting for the show to start.

So excited!!

There they are!  Isabel loved the slinky dog.  James thought the potato heads were too funny!

We all enjoyed it!  My favorite part was Mickey and Minnie coming out at the very beginning to welcome us to the show.  There is just something about those two that takes me back to my childhood.  James' favorite part were the army guys.  They even parachuted down from the ceiling and landed ont he ice!  He was in shock to see such awesomeness!  Isabel's favorite part was the skating Barbie.  The show was Toy Story 3, so all their favorite toys from the movie were there.  It was so much fun!

After the show:  James showing off his Woody the Cowboy sword.

Here's Isabel with her Jessie the Cowgirl magic wand.

Haircuts

A couple weeks ago, Isabel and I went in for some much needed haircuts.  JL stayed with the boys, and she and I had a lovely girls' morning out.  

She was a little hesitant at first.  She worried her "princess hair" was going to be cut all off.  I tried to explain to her that a haircut will help her princess hair look even more beautiful and would help with the snarles, but she didn't buy it.  She was sure her hair was already beautiful and perfect the way that it was. :-)  But, after she watched me get nearly 8 inches taken off, she was feeling better about it.

She really enjoyed the washing part.  One of her least favorite things about water is having it in her face.  She loved that she could lay back and not get her face wet at all!  Plus, the shampoo smelled like coconuts and she really liked that.

Here she is right after getting her hair washed.

This is the picture she took of me.  She thought it only fair she was able to snap my picture seeing as how I wouldn't stop taking hers!

She was so patient and still while her hair was being cut and styled!  Totally rare for my girl - she's a wiggler!

Doesn't she look beautiful!  She was very happy with the results, and so was I!