Trader's Point Night

on this beautiful spring evening we decided to head out to one of our favorite warm weather Friday night activities - Trader's Point Creamery. We go to the farmer's market and then have dinner. The dinners in the field don't start until next week so we ate in the loft. Patrick did get tired waiting for his food, but other than that it was great and we look forward to many more Friday's there.

Carson's Confirmation

We had to leave Lexington in a bit of a rush to make it back for Carson's Confirmation, but with exactly 12 seconds to spare we made it in the church as they were closing the doors behind us! It was a nice service and we had a good time (and great food!) back at Mary's afterwards. The kids looked spiffy (though Patrick couldn't take his jacket the whole time.) They are characters...

More Lexington

While we were in Lexington, we also took a walk around McConnell Springs - a nice walk and even though Patrick says "nature hates me" I think he enjoyed it a bit. I don't think they are true tree huggers yet, but we figure if we make them practice they might grow into it...

Visit to Lexington

A fun-filled though short visit to Lexington this weekend. Brian took us out to Keeneland for breakfast and a chance to take a look at the horses practicing on the track. It was a little chilly, but a beautiful day. Maggie even tried on a fancy hat fit for the Derby at the gift shop - we didn't buy it, but she knows where to find it if she needs it.

Almost 19 or almost 20 weeks pregnant depending on whether you belive the doctor's office or the ultrasound people - at any rate - this is me. Not pretty pictures. It was the end of a long day and I was on my way to the gym. But, I figure I might as well share. Today, a woman at work told me she couldn't believe how I all of a sudden got big, that it looked like I was having twins and that she was 6 months pregnant before she looked like this - nice. The black is a bit slimming; I'll admit that in the gray sweater I had on at work I did look kind of giant. Either it will go like this in fits and starts and I'll have "growth spurts" along the way where I just sort of "pop out" more or I'll just become as big as a house by June. I feel that these are my options. I'll try to track the progress unless my double chins become too much and I can't abide photographs - or maybe we'll just do from the chins down. It's all excitment. The bean (that's what we call it) didn't give me heartburn too bad today so all is well. We're almost halfway there and we wait to can't meet the bean! (We should find out for sure next week if it's a boy bean or a girl bean!)