It's A.......

Adam said this to me after the ultrasound: "See, I could've told you that. I only make boys."

Now That's A Belly!

June 22, 2006 (Friday)---24 weeks along!

LittleMan

My greatest blessing calls me mommy

(this is pre-haircut, by the way...)

Zoo Trip

Just a couple of monkeys we found at the zoo....

They are doing construction on the elephant exhibit, so it's hard to get a great look at the elephants right now. However, if you look closely at this picture, you can see that these boys were more interested in the construction than the elephants (the elephants are to the right of the boys, past the fence).

Look at how close the hippos were!

Alden and Nate at the Hippo exhibit



We had a great trip to the Calgary zoo with our buddies Alden and Carter (and their mommies too). The Calgary Zoo has some great things about it, but it makes me miss the New Orleans and Dallas and Fort Worth and Kansas City zoos. We've been really lucky to live in cities with such amazing zoos!

Calgary Picnic

Adam and I really wanted to spend our Saturday in the mountains, even if it was a little chilly and looked like rain. We drove out west of the city towards Banff, but ended up pulling off the highway onto a little road that led us to this beautiful place. We have no idea what the name of the lake was, but we pretty much had it all to ourselves (except for the aggressive water bugs) for a picnic lunch and mini-hike around the lake. Nate really enjoyed skipping rocks (rather, throwing them into the lake) and running through the fields. What a beautiful place we're living in! Canada does actually have some redeemable qualities............

Remember the Alamo....City!

Ah, the Riverwalk, one of my favorite places on earth

Nate and I had such a great trip at the end of May, visiting my family in San Antonio. They are moving (next week, actually) to Cleveland, Ohio, so this was one last hurrah before the big move. My brother Thomas graduated high school, and so that was the main event. He also got his Eagle award in Boy Scouts, and my other brother Jeff got his Arrow of Light. It was also Jeff's birthday. We partied all week and felt like we needed another week just to recover from all the fun we had. Of course, I downed Mexican food and Chik-fil-A like a pregnant woman (oh, wait....) because there is such a lack of good food in Calgary. Most of all, it was nice to be with family (my grandparents came too) and remember why San Antonio is the greatest city in the world. (No one needs to wonder if this was the last time I'll ever visit San Antonio....because I cannot stay away from that place! Adam and I will go back for sure, even if we have to pay for a hotel!)

Nate and me in front of the Alamo

(no, my belly wasn't that big, it's the shirt being blown in the wind!)

My family (missing Ali my sister) in front of the Alamo
(Wow, that shirt has got to go...)

Nate loves being in Nana's bathtub!

Nate with his aunt Angela and uncle Jeff, keeping cool