IT'S A.....

GIRL!!!

We are soooooo excited to finally know that our little baby is a girl! we have all been convinced the whole time that it was a boy, and we were happy with that, but know that i know it's a girl, i can tell that deep down i really wanted a girl!! we had lots of obstacles to overcome to finally get the ultrasound today (including having to find another place to have it done because the woman i had an appointment with was on vacation...go figure! and also having to go to 5 different atm machines to find one that worked) She weighs exactly one pound right now, and everything looks great!

We tried to keep ourselves busy this week to make it go faster, we were so anxious about the ultrasound! We had several fun adventures, and several days just completely relaxing and watching our new obsession, Prison Break! Someone loaned us the first season, which we devoured this week. It's definitely a show that is best to watch from the very beginning, and on DVD so you don't have to wait a week to find out what happens next!

We spent one day up in the mountains with friends, and yesterday several of us went out to the Hippy Hideout at the lake. We also went to the Sheraton hotel one day just to hang out by their cool pool all day, and had a fun picnic with Lulu (David and Lucy also!). Here are some pictures from the week:

pictures from the mountain trip:

i'm reallly enjoying my chocolate mint frappacino here...the most caffeine ive allowed myself to have in the past 5 months, but totally worth it!

Picnic:

And now, lake pictures:

Lulu is getting to know the puppy Lulu sharing her cookie with the puppy (which Lulu continued to eat later!)
Can you find Elvis??

So, we took a boat ride all the way across the lake (which is about 6 miles) in a little bitty boat, and the skies were blue and beautiful. however, on the way back, as soon as we reached the middle of the lake, we realized we were the only boat on the whole lake, and we could see the thunderstorm slowly overcoming the lake! we were soon tossed from side to side, and completely soaked to the bone by the waves and rain. we were laughing so hard and were so scared (i just kept thinking about the fact that dad has been struck by lightning twice and it could run in the family), we didn't get pictures of the mayhem out in the middle of the lake. but can you believe we took this picture literally 5 minutes before the storm starting, while we were already heading back to the other side of the lake??

here, is everyone is starting to get worried about the clouds, the lightning in the distance, and the fact we are in a tiny boat with metal rods sticking up...

We made it across safely however! Now, back to the real world on monday after 2 weeks of vacation!