Ultrasound Day

On Thursday we went for the ultrasound. The baby was cooperating so well. The pictures are of a profile and the other of the baby looking at me.

After the ultrasound, Rob said it was very difficult not to find out the sex. I said that we still had time since I had not seen the doctor yet. When I was walking into the exam room, he said let's find out. It is a GIRL. Her name will be Karina.

Santa Visit

Last Sunday we went to visit Santa. Lance loves Santa. He has been watching the Mickey Once upon a Christmas movie so he comes out and asks everyone, What do you want for Christmas. He had a great time talking with Santa. He even gave him a coloring book.

19 weeks and counting

Today I am 19 weeks prego. I am really tired, but am in good health. I still get sick at night sometimes; however, I hope it will pass. The half way mark is in sight. Rob and I have the ultrasound on December 18, but I cannot convince Rob to find out. I have to stick to my word. Sorry to all of those that are ready to find out the sex. I can tell you that we are almost agreed on names. We think that Karina will be the girl's name, but we are not agreed on the boy.

Bad camera

I know I have not put up a posting for a while. I am sorry. My camera has to go in the shop for warranty. It is not working correctly. It doesn't mean that I am not lurking on anyone else's site. I just have no pictures to report. It is so sad because it is the holiday season. I hope to take some pictures from Jasmine's camera that is if I can get it out of her hands. Thanks for being patient as always.

Finger painting

At Sunday School today, Miss Betty Ann let Lance fingerpaint. It was the first time he has done this on paper. He did not have one ounce of paint on him which completely surprised me. A couple of weeks ago she had him put his handprints on the wall of the 2 year old room. She is definitely daring. This is the first piece of artwork that is going to be saved from Lance.

It was a very special day. Lance loves to see Miss Betty Ann. Every Sunday he tells me in the morning, mommy I'm going to see Miss Betty today. Here is an image of it.

Pumpkin Patch part 3

The kids with their pumpkins.
Jasmine wanted in on the action too. She wanted to look like Charlie Brown.
This is part of the orchard that we went to.

Pumpkin Patch Part 2

Jasmine found a magical pumpkin she just didn't want to set done. She thought someone was gong to take it.
This is Seth picking up that Great Pumpkin. I have no idea how much it weighed.
Lance roaming through the patch searching for the perfect pumpkin.
Jasmine guarding her pumpkin so no one would come by and scoop it up.
I thought this cut off was cute.

Pumpkin Patch

Rob trying to lift this huge pumpkin.
Lance jumping up on the Great Pumpkin.

Today we went to get some pumpkins for this year. Rob's friends from work, Chris and Seth, joined us. First we started on the hayride up to the patch. The pumpkins were so picked over already. Who would know? It was a beautiful fall day. We picked out a pumpkin for Jas and Lance then bought some great apples.

Pumpkin Fest

This past weekend we went to the pumpkin lighting. It was the first time we went to this event. We thought the pumpkins were great. There were about 200 hundred pumpkins lined up. We went to the petting zoo, went on the swingset, and saw all the pumpkins. We had a great time. I took a couple of pictures, but the lights don't look that great.

The Rodeo

We took Lance to the rodeo during the weekend of the Southside Festival. Poor Lance his eyes started watering and getting really red. I had to give him Benadryl when we came home. He had a great time watching the bulls and mustangs. We all had fun at the rodeo. We took Jim with us. Jasmine had a football game so she didn't go.

Southside Festival

Jas and Lance on the camel


Jessie and Donita singing with Southside Pride
Lance loving the horse.

We went to the festival for the second year in a row. This year we had a special treat of Jessie and Donita singing for us. They were part of the opening ceremonies. They sang a song from her childhood called Southside Pride. Both of them were amazing there.

Of course, I had to get a funnel cake. Every year I have to treat myself to one. The best part of the day was when Lance and Jasmine were riding a camel. Lance, of course, would not go on the camel without Jas, but he did ride the horse by himself. We had a great time there.

Starting in August

Lance is blurry with his new alligator that Grandma bought for him.
Mom in the hot tub having a great time.
The girls and Lance together.
Wendy and mom floating in the pool. Enjoying their vacation.

My mom and sister came to visit us late July and the beginning of August. As you have seen, we went to Amish country, Bodies Revealed in Kansas City, and had a great BBQ with friends. We were so happy mom and Wendy came. We only wish we could see them more often. Even being a little over a 1000 miles away is difficult.

A Dancing Machine

Lance definitely has his own personality. I videotaped him with my camera dancing to some electronica music station. When you put on the bouncing music he just goes. I am going to try and upload the video. I thought it was so funny.

I couldn't get the video to upload. It has been over a hour.

Big News in the Peters house

I'm pregnant for all of you that do not know. I am now about 12 weeks and feeling really tired and sick at night. If I do not eat on a regular basis every couple of hours, my stomach lets me know. I am not sure of any details about the baby because I have not seen my official new doctor in Missouri yet. I had my appointment with the nurse on 9/30. She did all the past medical information and gave me a lot of paperwork. I will be seeing the doctor on 10/21 (I think) and will have more information. My due date is April 28th according to the charts, but because of the fibroid history I will probably have a C-section before that. No labor for me!

I'M BACK!!!!

I have been so busy with school and home obligations the computer has definitely taken the back burner. I am sorry to all my friends and family that visit my site on a regular basis. Salena dropped me a friendly letter saying UPDATE YOUR BLOG ALREADY! I will be updating some today and make it a goal to update regularly.

Our Amish visit!

My mom came and visited us for 10 days. Our first adventure was to Jamesport which is Amish country. We had a great time. We took some pictures, but they are very upset if you take pictures of them or too many pictures. We actually got to go on the farms because their stores are right on their property.

Jas making cookies with Lance!

When we returned from California, Jas made cookies with her brother. She had a great time. They love to spend the time together. Here is a few pictures.

Jas rides!!!

I rode my first motorcycle when I was 15 so I thought it was time for Jas to experience it also. Our friend, Shawn, is the best rider we know and the only one we trust with our daughter. Jas was so excited at first, but then got cold feet. We had to push her out the door. Needless to say she has a great time and wanted to ride some more. I told her in time she will ride again.

Auntie's Day

We went to see Aunt Ralphene while there also. Uncle David and her miss us just as much as we miss them. She was so happy to see us. We had a nice visit with her. She just adores our kids. They are her grandchildren also.

4th of July

Lance eating just a LITTLE dip. He is a double dipper!! Watch out!

Jas sure misses this gang of girls!!

I know I have a lot of catch up to do since I was MIA for a while, but I am going to try some tonight. We went to Lee's pool for the 4th. It was a HOT day in Cali, but we had a great time at his pool. We had a great BBQ and watched some fireworks from the Storm (minor league club), and the city. I must say they were the best fireworks I have seen since I moved to Elsinore in 2001. Go figure when I moved they got better.