Baby Girl Marquiss

Moving to a new area means having a new doctor - it also apparently means lots more ultrasounds. With my pregnancy history I had to have a new full anatomy screen, meet with all new OBs and Maternal Fetal Medicine teams, will have a check up every two weeks and have at least two additional ultrasounds scheduled. That is a lot of trips to the Doctor! So far I feel like I am in great hands though. Everyone I have met has been great and Hershey Medical Center is the best in the region. Here is our little girl as of 7/5/11. I might have more next week if they send some home with me.

Fun Times with Daniel

We are trying to keep Daniel busy so he doesn't get too upset that things are a little crazy. I took him home to help clean up the house a bit so we could take pictures of the house and we made one (probably last) visit to the zoo there. We went to visit Jason's grandparents for Father's Day where Daniel got to ride a tractor and do some yard work. Over Independence Day weekend we took him to a safari/zoo place called Lake Tobias where he got to feed "wild" animals from an open bus. That was a really cool experience for everyone and Daniel was so brave that he even let the big animals take food right from his hand. We have been going swimming as much as possible and Daniel is starting to have a great time jumping in.

Update

Things got a little crazy the past month or so. Jason went for an interview at TRAC in Mechanicsburg the first week of May. He was called back right away to come in the following week. That next Friday he had a job offer. . . give two weeks notice to boss. . . move in with Kat's parents over Memorial Day weekend. . . Kat's sisters in Mechanicsburg for extended visits. . . Jason starts new job May 31. . . run back and forth to home a few times to clean up, move clutter to storage unit, and take pictures for the sales listing. . . list Kat's little two door sports car to sell on Craigslist. . . sell car in two days. . . get home listed with flat fee service. . . sell house in 24 hours. . .

So now we are waiting for settlement of our house and starting to look for a new place near Mechanicsburg.

It was difficult to manage all of these details while trying to visit with my sisters and their families and deal with just being pregnant!

Here is a photo update of some of the fun we had though. Sharon was here when we arrived so Daniel and Ella got to play together and Daniel got to love on his little baby cousin Leo too. We tried to let the kids sleep in the same room but after two nights they realized they were together and no more sleep was to be had until we moved Daniel into the Den at night. By the end of the week they were the best of friends and had adorable conversations at the breakfast table. He missed her terribly when they left.




After a week at home, Laurel and her family came in. Everyone was there for three days in a whirl-wind of fun and activity. The kids had a blast playing together but we were all so busy chasing after them that we didn't get many pictures of everyone together. We did have a professional come to do a photo shoot - I'll put some of those up later.




The following week was mostly quiet while the Eriksen's went to Long Island to visit some of Lars' family. Then they came back for a full week. Luke and Leah didn't play as well with Daniel but we were able to do some fun activities together. (I missed out on some of it while being on the phone trying to settle details of the home sale.)
We went to Lancaster County and rode the Stausburg Railroad Steam Engine. Thomas was there getting ready for his big weekend and we saw him resting.







Most of the time was spent just keeping busy. We played ball, bounced a lot, and rode/fought over the tractor.

Two Years Old!

Well, Daniel is officially Two! We had some friends meet us at Monkey Joe's in Camp Hill for a morning of bouncing fun and then had lunch and cake at Grammy and Pappy's house. Daniel loved playing with the other kids and keeps asking to go back so he must have had a great time.

New Friends

We have recently been hanging out with a sweet family across the street. The girls are 5 and 3 and the little boy is about 18 months. Daniel loves to play with them (they have toys and we don't for one thing) and asks to see them all the time. Here he is playing in the sand box with Ryan.



Whenever the rain lets up long enough to get out of the house, we like to go to the park. If there any any other little kids there, Daniel makes new friends in an instant. I love listening to their little conversations and watching how they interact so sweetly.

Spring at the Zoo

With less than 1 day in 10 having any sun, having a day nice enough to go to the zoo is a joy!




Finally the new wolf exhibit is open with some amazing animals! I could have sat and watched them play with each other all day long.

I Wanna Make Picutres

Daniel has discovered that when I tape him doing something, he can watch the video right away. He tells me that he wants to make pictures, then he'll go and do something silly and run over to me saying, "I wanna watch it!"