Lucius Stats

I was cleaning my office and found Lu's "stats" from his pediatrician visit 2 months ago. Thought I'd post them so I could throw out the post-it note.

Height = 37.25''
Weight = 33 lbs.
Head = 49.75

Trip to VA

Well, it took me a year to visit "home". Now that I'm much closer I hope to be visiting more often. Lu and I had a great weekend visiting with family and friends. Thanks again for all of the hospitality!

We said "Happy Birthday" to Auntie Daniela.




We had a play date with cousins Bria and CJ.






Lu played in the leaves.

Where is he?


Wait, I see a head!


There he is!



And of course we visited with the rest of the clan.



This is the best shot that I got of the cousins. We need to take it outside next time.

(L to R: Ryan, William, Alex, Lu, Scott, Bria, CJ, Cameron)


Playing chase with CJ.

20 Week Ultrasound

Ok. So this picture isn't that different from the 12 week ultrasound. And we didn't get one of the girly bits...I'm still not convinced that it's a girl. However, it does explain this pregnancy! She supposedly weighs 12 oz.

Oh, so based on the last ultrasound and my estimates I thought that I as 21 weeks; however, this ultrasound estimated that I was 20 weeks. It's still within a normal range (the tech said that she could be up to two weeks off of the estimate and everything was still considered normal). But, the due date could be off a little bit and put us closer to Lu's birthday. I guess we'll find out in a few months!

Say what?!

It's a girl. I'm in shock...still absorbing this information. I'm already worried about adolescence...Tom's already worried about paying for a wedding.

Everything else appeared healthy.

Ack! A girl! What am I going to do?

Will post pics later.

Lu Observations

"Lucius say 'yes', Mommy say 'no'".

"Daddy say 'no', Lucius say 'yes'".

Lu hasn't quite grasped the idea that Mommy and Daddy have the final say. He thinks that everything is up for negotiation. Classic two-year-old.

The baby is kicking and other happenings

Tom felt the baby kick this week. We can't remember what night it was, but it was recently!

I started painting the nursery (while trying to not breathe in the fumes). It's going to take several coats to cover the ugly dark blue trim and matching blue pineapples but then it shouldn't take too long.

I had to take Lu to the university the other day to drop off some scantrons from my test and wouldn't you know they had a bowl of Halloween candy sitting out on the desk. Of course Lu spotted it immediately and asked for some. The lucky duck got a bag of M&Ms. Now when I tell him that I'm going to work he says "Mommy go to work, eat candy?". In his mind that's what I do all day at work. In actuality I sit at home at my computer and eat candy all day.

Visit from the cousins

Darren, Kay, Cameron, Ryan, and Scott came to visit for the weekend. Boy, did Lu have a good time with his cousins!

We played Bingo. "I-49" was a popular number. It's the only one that "caller Lucius" would say.


We ate s'mores



We played at the park



Lucius got pushed around in the tractor


We ate donuts (Lu ate two. As much as his cousins!)


We went to the park, again.


Lu really wore out his cousins, and vice versa. Lucius kept poor Scott up until almost 10p on Saturday night. Scott kept trying to go to sleep, but Lucius kept chatting away. "I want play. I want talk. Go Mommy." He was not the party-pooper that night!

Trick or Treating!

I took Lu out trick or treating for the first time this Halloween. The weather was beautiful and Lu got lots of candy even though we only made it around the block. Tom stayed home to pass out our candy. A lot of kids come to our neighborhood. It's a great place to trick-or-treat.
Lu was shy and didn't say "trick-or-treat" and rarely said "thank you" unless I repeatedly reminded him. Perhaps next year he'll have the whole thing down. It was great to see our neighbors and meet some new ones though. I haven't really seen anyone since we first moved in.






"What dat Mommy?"


He made it 1/2 way around the block and decided that he needed a rest -- right in the middle of someone's yard.

Carving Pumpkins with Daddy

Unfortunately Mommy's pumpkin was rotten inside and I had to take it back to the store to get a refund...so no pumpking carving for Mommy this year! And the jack o' lanterns didn't even last until Halloween. Never buy cheap pumpkins from the grocery store...they were probably leftovers from last year.

The Wedding

Long live the lab!


A grad school friend.


Two more grad school friends.


The beautiful bride and her new husband. Another match made in the psychology department at Kent State.


For some reason blogger is uploading the pictures in the opposite order of what I intended...not sure what's going on but I'm not changing the order!