Introducing...

Baby B (we haven't thought of a more original prenatal name yet).

As if I wasn't emotional enough today with Adrian's birthday (and pregnancy hormones) we had our 20 week ultrasound on top of that. The ultrasound went well and we are happy to announce that we are having a very active, healthy baby girl! Jamie and I are estatic and were really on a high yesterday after the ultrasound. She was extremely active therefore the technician had a hard time getting all of the precision measurements they needed. So our ultrasound lasted well over an hour. The technician was very sweet and took the time to give us lots of details about the baby. We got to see her moving her perfect little arms and legs, see her little feet (3cm at this point) from the bottom view and see her trying to suck her thumb. (She'll have to get lessons from her big brother when she gets out.) I know it happens all the time but when you experience it first hand you realize what a miracle a baby really is! We are so blessed in the Underhill-Jonses house it is overwhelming to think about.

A couple of ultrasound photos. They had a hard time getting her to stay still long enough to get these.

Jan and Baby at 20 weeks.

Ready for potty training?

I am not sure he quite gets the concept of 'underwear' yet. This seems to be what he always wants to do with his.

Kayak

I had a work function at Greenhill Lake Camp this past weekend. We were very fortunate that the sun came out for the few hours we were there. Adrian puttered around the edge of the lake and was more than happy to sample the large buffet of treats. He's not used to packaged food so all of those shiny foil packages were mesmerizing. He was obsessed with the kayaks but a little scared once he got out. Look how cute Jamie and Adrian are in the kayak together!

Monkey see, monkey do

Adrian has started copying some of the everyday things that we do. It is really quite amazing to me because it is nothing we have ever explicitly showed him, he just observed us doing it in great detail. One of the funny things he does is put my sneakers on, grab the dog collars and tries to take the dog for a walk. He even goes to our drawer of plastic bags and grabs one for "Barkley's poop".

Sunday morning he made me breakfast on his play kitchen and it strikes me as so sweet when he brought me my 'eggs' and told me they were hot and blew on them for me. He never stops amazing me.

He is also really blooming with his language skills. Again, it amazes me how children pick up on all of the intricacies of the English languages just by listening to others talk. We have a little game in the morning where Adrian always tells me his eggs are 'hot'. Well yesterday he said 'Mommy, eggs TOO hot'. Now where did he learn how to use the word 'too'!?!?! Oh yes, and he started singing 'Happy Birthday' out of the blue the other day. I didn't even know that he knew that song... it must be Lisa's (babysitter) doing. Neat.

A day of fun at the cottage

We went to our cousins' surprise 25th wedding anniversary (Jan was their flower girl back in the day) at their cottage on First Eel River lake. It rained the whole drive there but miraculously it was dry the entire time we were there. Adrian sure enjoyed his time at the cottage. Not only was there another girl his age to play with, there were an unlimited number of vehicles to play with.

It was a great afternoon seeing our extended Underhill family. Jan has such fond memories of going to that cottage as a child so it was neat to see Adrian having a ball there as well.

'Driving' Peaches on the ATV

Going for a kayak ride (by the shore) with cousins Adrian didn't even know he had

'Driving' the big boat

An after dinner cruise.