So, what is this almost eleven month old so excited about?

Well, beside the fact that it will be his big b-day in one month (yikes!! I gotta start prepping…), he’s going to be a big brother to a little sister!

That’s right. We had our ultrasound today and got to see our perfectly healthy, wonderful little girl waving and stretching out her legs.

Jerome and I are absolutely thrilled. Not that it wouldn’t have been great to use all the boy stuff we saved (I’m sure a lot of it we can still use..), but it will be fun to have another girl. Poor Jerome and Henri are going to be so outnumbered! So we are over half way to meeting little MS. Bean.

Besides the anticipation of waiting for today, we have been busy with trips to the cottage and fireworks.

We headed up this weekend and Henri had his first experience in Lake Michigan. Here are a few pics including some totally amazing wind turbines that we saw on the way up, Henri and I at a fabulous little diner we found in Neenah, and misc. water and family pictures (Grandpa is one of Henri’s favorite people…)..

Last night was Rhthym and Booms down the street from our house. Evidentally it’s something like ‘the midwest’s largest fireworks’ or something… Henri was asleep, and stayed that way, which is amazing since it sounded like bombs were going off in our yard, so Jerome and his sister Jenni took Zoe down to the park to watch them (Darby is at her dad’s still but Zoe has to come home for summer school…). They had a great time and I could even see the grand finale from our front yard!

You really can’t tell what this is, but it is still pretty cool… part of the finale :

Time to finish lunch, throw in some laundry, put my feet up and read for a little bit, and try to get some bracelets started. I also seriously need to start planning Henri’s party. With the girls first b-day’s I would have already had all the invitations made (by hand, of course) and be planning the menu! At least I have relaxed, well, a little bit, in my older age..

I feel refreshed after the weekend and relieved after the ultrasound. Here’s to wishing you all relief and refreshment as well…
xo