How Big is Baby?

Well...at three months, my regular clothes don't comfortably button around my growing waistline anymore.  With a little help from the Bella Band, I can still wear them, though!  Baby is the size of a peach/apple, and luckily, most of my nausea has subsided.  Now I'm always hungry and VERY tired after school!  And no (sorry Lea), we are not finding out what we're having...you'll all have to be surprised along with us in March!

D.C/N.C. 2009 continued!

After leaving D.C., we drove to Nags Head, N.C. to join the Deppe crew (25 adults, 24 kiddos) for a week of fun in the sun and sand!

The crew in the pool!

There were lots of sea creatures to enjoy - the kids caught little fish, hunted sand crabs at night, and we saw lots of dolphins! 

The girls had lots of fun playing in the sand and looking for great seashells.

This is the house we stayed in this year...it was so beautiful!

Enjoying the water!  It was quite warm and the water and waves were perfect for playing during most of the week.  G and O are both getting great at body surfing!  It was hard to get them out of the ocean!

Olivia - on her way to catch some waves!

By the end of the week, the waves got really huge (you can see some behind G) and the water temperature dropped from the aftermath of Hurricane Bill.  We couldn't swim in the ocean (although a couple of brave souls tried surfing) so we played in the pool and went souvenir shopping instead.

The perfect end to summer!  

Our last vacation as a family of four!

D.C/N.C. 2009!

On August 13, we drove to Washingon D.C. (well, Mike drove!), for a fun-filled, BUSY weekend.  Cousin Jimmy was so nice and let us stay at his lovely home for three nights; each day we drove into downtown D.C. and had a blast.  Lots of walking!  (I didn't realize I couldn't turn pictures once they were imported onto the blog...sorry!  You'll have to turn your head for now!  I'm still learning!)

G taking a break in the shade - the weather was HOT!!!

We went to several Smithsonian Museums to find the artifacts used in Night at the Museum II.  Here's Olivia with the Easter Island "Dumb-Dumb" statue from the movie!

And of course...Dorothy's ruby red slippers!

Here we are at the Lincoln Memorial.

Future photographer!  

The girls took their own cameras and got lots of great shots of the city!

We HAD to stop for a snack at the Hard Rock Cafe,

where we saw Michael Jackson's leather jacket!

One of our favorite places to visit was Ford's Theater, where President Lincoln was shot.  

The girls were really fascinated by seeing a pillow that still shows blood stains from his actual wounds.

Getting photos of the White House - no Obama sighting!

Mike and the girls in front of the Washington Monument.  We got to go to the top because some friendly lady shared her extra tickets with us.  The view of the city from the top is beautiful and we highly recommend it!

End of Season!

Sadly, summer must come to an end, which means saying goodbye to wonderful coaches like Coach Gwen from gymnastics and Coach Craig from softball.  On Olivia's last day of gymnastics, we got to watch her show-off her skills in an open house.  For Genavieve's last game, the other team forfeited, so the kids played against their parents instead!