The Park

We took advantage of the beautiful weather we are having and went to the Rochester Park today after story time at the library. It is amazing to see what a difference a year makes in the kid's play at the park. Alex was able to do the monkey bars all by himself. He fearlessly went down the fire pole, no help needed. And for the first time ever, my heart did not skip a beat when I saw him leaping from rock to rock on the big boulders. I was confident in his ability and did not envision him missing the next rock and breaking an arm or gashing his head open. My little Jenna was quite fearless also, taking on every net climbing device the park had and succeeding at every one. She still needed help with lots of things, but her determination to be just like her brother made her try every thing he did. It's so nice to watch them run around together, deeply involved in whatever imaginary game they have chosen at that moment - Star Wars, Transformers, Ben 10, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was a good time. We are headed to the "baby doctor" in about an hour and today we get to see our baby on the T.V. again. (This is how the kids describe it). I'm hoping the baby doesn't spill the beans about it's gender - we've held off this long and with only 10 weeks to go, I don't want the surprise ruined. Hopefully the tech will be very careful and not let us see anything!! I'm getting very anxious to have our little one arrive. Not only because of the increasing aches and pains - but because I just want to see his/her face, touch his/her little fingers, and just have a baby in my arms again!! We really need to get on that name thing. Not having any idea of what we may name this child is starting to keep me up at night. Joe's girl names were less than acceptable and he knows it, so he is starting over. I fear we may end up with Snowmanny Jedi if we don't get a move on it!!