A trip to Planet Child!

This outing to "Planet Child" back in August was a lot of fun. It is a children's

discovery play place where they can pretend to be shopping at Whole Foods

or a pirate sailing a ship. Ayden loved dressing up like a pirate!

First photos of Baby #2!

Last Friday, Sept. 7th, Pancho and I went to the first ultrasound for this baby. It was just as amazing seeing a little human move around on that screen as I remembered it with Ayden. Even at only about an couple of inches in length, this baby was moving around, waving its fingers and looking right at us (it seemed!) We got to hear the fast and strong heartbeat, which is always reassuring and could make out all of the body parts. When it was over, the ultrasound tech said, "now wave bye to Mom and Dad for now." The baby actually had his/her hand up and looked like his/her fingers were waving! It was quite a coincidence! We also found out that as she took measurements of the baby, it is measuring at 11 weeks along instead of 8 weeks like we thought. So, I am nearly out of the first trimester and things are great so far, except for all this morning, noon and night sickness! :)

The Big News!!

A few weeks ago we found out that we are going to have a little brother or sister for Ayden next year!! That week Ayden had been asking to have a cake because he loves birthday celebrations mainly because you get to eat cake and also because you can sing the Happy Birthday song. He loves it so much lately that he has been making birthday cakes with candles out of his bristle blocks. :) So, we decided when we knew I was pregnant, we would make Ayden's cake a baby celebration cake!

Ayden's love of trash!

Of course Ayden has been in love with the trash truck since we can remember, watching it drive down the road and pick up the trash from the dumpster outside the Stanford apartment. He is still enthralled with anything trash! These shots were taken in mid August when we had accumulated a lot of recycling. Our Cary apartment didn't have recycling pick up and so we drove down the road and Ayden was excited to help Momma put all the recycling in the correct dumpsters!

Ayden's First Day of Preschool!

Ayden went to his first day at Primrose School yesterday! He loved it so much that when I came to pick him up at 12:30 pm, he looked at me and said "Go away." Ahhh, makes a mom feel good. :( What happened to the days of running over to Mommy with such excitement? :) The teachers said that he had a good first day. He was a great helper at clean up time they said and was happy, cooperative and friendly. He also was so excited that all the other kids go on the potty, he even tried himself. We'll get there. :)

Recent new house photos! Check out the stain on the floors!

If you can't tell what this is, there are two people near the parked cars...Pancho and Ayden went exploring amongst all the construction, I mean neighborhood! It sure will take a while for this neighborhood to shape up. Oh well, at least we'll have a new house. :)

Ayden in his element!

For those of you that know Ayden, you know he has lots and lots of energy! For the last few weeks since we got here, Ayden and I have been attending a Parks and Community of Cary class called "Stretch and Grow." Each thursday morning for and hour, we get to pretend to be animals, sing songs, collect, kick and throw balls, play with hula hoops and oh the favorite game of all...run from one end of the gym to the other. :) If Ayden had it his way, he would start the class playing this game. The teacher says, "Ready, Set, Go!" They all run. What could be better for Ayden? I think I need to sign him up for more of these classes for the fall!

We are moved into Cary, NC

Hi all, I've decided to join the gang who journal about family updates on the web.

We are back from Puerto Rico and are all moved into the temporary apartment here in Cary, NC. Our house is getting closer and closer to completion and we are really excited to move in. We have had numerous appointments already to choose the remaining selections such as light fixtures, carpet and window treatments. Last week the granite went in and this week all the knobs went in on the cabinetry and the light fixtures were installed. Our close date has been moved up to August 31st. :)

We are all having fun hanging out with cousins Frank and Sonja. We all visited the NC Museum of Natural Science the other day. We have also shown them the house and have had a few meals together. It is so great to have some friendly faces near by. We have also explored on our own. We have visited the indoor mall to escape the heat, played at playgrounds and hung out at the pool. Ayden and I have attended a few playdates with our new moms group called the Triangle Mommies. The moms are nice so far and the outings have been well organized and fun. Ayden and I are also taking a fun class called Stretch and Grow at Cary Community Park. They get to sing songs, pretend to be animals, play with the parachute, hula hoops, balls and more. Right up Ayden's alley.

We have found a new preschool called Primrose School and so Ayden will be starting a three morning a week school schedule on August 13th after he finishes a week of swim lessons at the YMCA the week prior. Pancho goes back to work this Monday and they are sending him to Charlotte and Denver all in the first week. He is getting excited to find out what his job will be like, but has definitely enjoyed being a vacationing dad and husband. I guess we can't avoid the real world. :)

We hope all is well with everyone and hope to hear from you soon. We miss you all.