20-Week Ultrasound News

We had our 20-week ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and got the great news that our baby is healthy and doing well. We were also able to find out that we are going to have a little boy! It was really fun to watch the ultrasound and see things like his brain, heart, stomach, umbilical cord, face, arms and legs. At one point he even reached up and was scratching his head with his little fingers. That was really cute. Here are a few pictures from the ultrasound. They aren't the best quality and we had to scan them in which didn't help, but you can still tell what's what :)

First of all, proof that he's a boy :) (Look for the arrow.)
Cute little crossed legs...
Head (so it kind of looks like an alien head, I know, but don't they all look alien-ish in ultrasounds?), hands, and knees...
This news was also monumental on my (Emily's) side of the family because all of my siblings who have kids either just have boys or just have girls. And, with the exception of one of my brothers, all of my siblings' kids are the same gender as my siblings (my 2 sisters have just daughters, 2 of my brothers have just sons, and then my other brother has 2 daughters). So it is fun and exciting to change things up and break the trend. The same type of thing happened in Drew's family with Kathryn since she was the first granddaughter to be born on his side (she has 5 boy cousins that are older than her and thankfully now 1 girl cousin who was just born in October). It will definitely be different having a boy, but we are very excited for him to join our family.

Surprise Trip to Seattle

We recently went up to Seattle to surprise Drew's dad for his birthday. Drew's siblings were all able to come as well and his dad was really surprised. It was a lot of fun! Our first night there we all went to a hotel called the Great Wolf Lodge. It has a pretty big indoor water park which was the highlight of our stay there. They had a pretty large infant/toddler area which Kathryn LOVED. The rooms were also nice and when we first went into our room, Kathryn just kept walking around exploring everything and saying "Oh!" "Wow!" in the cutest little voice over and over again. It was so funny. Anyway, we all had a great time there. Here are some pictures from our time there...

Two of our nephews in the top bunk of their little kid cabin area...
The huge fireplace in the lobby...
A view of the water park from the lobby...
Part of the water park...
If you look closely at the above picture, you'll see a big bucket (top center of picture). It was constantly being filled with water and when it was full (it holds 1,000 gallons), it would tip over and drench everything under it. It was actually really fun to wait under it and then watch all that water coming toward you right before getting soaked.

Here's Kat playing in the kiddie area. She loved it.

The day before we left Seattle, we took the new dog, Hugo, to an off-leash dog park. It was a lot of fun and Kathryn was in heaven with all the other dogs around. She was just sad that none of them wanted to let her play with them for very long (they were all pretty distracted by all the other dogs). Here are some pictures from that day...
Kathryn giving Hugo a hug...At least one dog payed a little attention to her. He was just her size...
It was a great little trip and fun to be with family again.