At the Pool

Meghan loves playing in the water. Here are some pictures from the pool at our house in Maryland.

Nom Nom Toes!

We're testing the new-fangled video embedding that Mom has mastered. Here is Meghan having an afternoon snack.

Kyle's New Guitar

Kyle's old guitar has started having problems and to repair it would be more than it is worth. This new one guitar is so that he can continue to enjoy his online guitar lessons. I think it is a very pretty guitar, for an electric guitar that is.

Crib Bottle

Meghan gets a bottle every night in her crib. Sometimes, in the morning she decides that she wants juice from her bottle. The only problem is that the bottle won't fit between the crib slats. Being the clever girl that she is, Meghan quickly found a way to still get her juice.

Toilet Paper Rolls

Meghan likes to play with toilet paper rolls. Here is her with one on each arm.

More Cuteness

Wearing Mom's Sunday Shoes

Crashing on the Floor

Not Wanting to Eat an Apple

Strolley!!

Meghan loves the stroller. She will climb in on her own and then get mad at me for not taking her on a walk. Here she is taking her baby for a walk.

Happy Birthday to Us!

Kyle and I celebrated out birthdays last month. For Kyle's birthday, he got online jazz guitar lessons. For my birthday, I got several movies: The Thief and the Cobbler, The Return of the King (cartoon version), Chocolat, and one more that hasn't come in the mail yet but that I suspect is The Pebble and the Penguin based on what Kyle has been singing for the last week or two. Kyle also got me an ice cream cake! I have always wanted an ice cream cake for my birthday and now I got one! It was delicious. Meghan liked the candles a lot. She even managed to blow one out! She is a very talented little girl.

Update: OK, my last movie wasn't The Pebble and the Penguin. Kyle tricked me. Instead it was A Troll in Central Park. Tricky Tricky Kyle.

Playing Outside

Meghan LOVES being outside. And the weather has finally warmed up enough that she can be outside to her heart's content. Well, she's never there that long because she always screams when I bring her in for trivial things like dinner or to stop her eating dirt. "Outside! Outside!" is on of the many phrases I hear everyday, along with "Strolley?" "Walk!" and "NO!! NOOOOOOOO!"

These little garden statues are some of her "babies." She loves her babies although her loving has caused tippages and broken babies.

And this is Meghan's favorite activity. Digging in the dirt. I frequently have to sweep the patio because she likes to fetch it from wherever she is digging.

Baby #2

24 Weeks Pregnant

Well, I guess I forgot to make an official announcement. Baby #2 is on its way! August 21 is the due date, but since due dates are really just approximations (Only 5% of women deliver on their due date), I generally say I am due in August.

So is it a boy or a girl?!?!?!?! We don't know. We had the ultrasound, but the baby was very shy. I've heard that if its legs are together then its a girl and if its hand is down there its a boy. But Baby had both its legs together AND its hand down there, so either it this is a case of identity confusion or the baby just doesn't want us to know.

I do have ultrasound pictures, but since I don't have a scanner, you'll have to be satisfied with a generic picture.

Swiss Family Butt

We're going to live in my parent's treehouse! Well, we would if it looked as cool as this. Florida has enticed Kyle with its siren song promising warm, sunny beaches and verdant growth. So, we are moving south in June. Don't worry, we won't be destitute bums living off my parents. Kyle has a job lined up. Now my only problem is finding an ob-gyn who is VBAC friendly...

More Hat Pictures

Meghan loves this hat. It is her favorite. Actually, now that I think of it, that is probably because this is the only hat we have...

Helping Clean Up

We had finished cleaning when Dad decided his dance pad needed to be wiped up a bit since it had gotten sticky. Being the helpful person that she is, Meghan took his rag and finished up for him.

Promoted!

Promoted from Shelf Stocker to Can Stacker, that is. I was making dinner listening to Meghan play with the cans as usual, but when I turned around, she was doing something quite different than just rearranging them. So we stopped to help her and minimize the number of crushed toes.

Here is Dad helping her. He built a stronger base so that she could stack with less of a chance of them tumbling.

Mom, I'm BORED

Meghan likes to sit on my lap as I work or play on the computer. Sometimes, we do fun things like watch puppy movies which she now asks for by name. According to Meghan, the only reason we ever need to have the computer on is to watch puppies. But sometimes, Mom does boring things like balance the checkbook, pay bills, or read the news. She won't get down though. She'll either help or fall asleep. Here is her just plain being bored.

Fun in a Basket

I have learned that if it can be climbed in, climbed on, put on, tasted, picked up, or in any way moved, Meghan will do so. Here is her playing with the laundry basket.

Her Favorite Movie

Meghan's favorite movie of all time is Swan Princess. She likes cartoons, but gets scared easily. For example, she whimpers a practically the whole way through Thumbelina. But she would watch Swan Princess all day if I let her. We've had to cut down her TV time though because she has started throwing fits for it and even turning on the TV herself if I ignore her.

Bucket-Head

This is the REAL purpose for buckets. Honestly, she does this herself. I don't suggest it or anything.