Lyell at the Jerseydale pumpkin patch
I am now at Week 19 of pregnancy 2. The bumpy road through the first trimester was a bit longer than anticipated, but I finally started to feel like a human being around Week 16. Right around the same time four huge molars emerged in the back of Lyell's mouth, and we all breathed a collective sigh of relief that our long and fussy days and nights might be over. We went in for my second trimester ultrasound last week, and the doctor confirmed what my acupuncturist had told me definitively just by checking my pulse... its a girl!!! We have been getting girl vibes all along, just as we got very strong boy vibes for Lyell, but most of all we were happy to hear that all is progressing quite well inside my belly.
Lyell doesn't really comprehend the idea of, "new life gestating inside mom's uterus," and he continues to play horsey on my belly and generally use me as a climbing gym. Fortunately for me, he is rapidly discovering that the whole world is one giant climbing gym. His main goal for the day is to climb to the highest place possible and once he is there shout as loudly as possible that he has made it. He seems to constantly discover new ways and means to wrestle his body onto the top of the chairs, sofas, tables, fences, planter boxes, cars etc... When he is not climbing (or trundling, of course, which is a nice compliment to climbing) Lyell enjoys the fine art of pushing. He pushes anything with wheels as far as he can as fast as he can. All these hobbies leave him exhausted at the end of the day, which makes for a lovely and uninterrupted night of sleep (yipee!)
The boys enjoying some evening disc golf and refreshments while listening to the Giants and firing up the barbeque. Can we say man time?
Lyell and his ball (which he is about to hurl down the hill)
In between working, gestating, and parenting we have managed to take a few trips this fall. The first was a camping trip to Yosemite with my sister and our parents.
Playing in the Merced River
Bikes around Yosemite Valley
Grandpa on Duty
Lyell helping with the cooler management
We also spent some time in the bay area visiting with family and friends while my sister was on this side of the Pacific.
Visiting Grandpa Tincher with Uncle Rich and his family
Lyell and Georgia shared a few sweet moments before we had to say goodbye.
Last weekend we spent two glorious days in June Lake, where the orange and golden aspens took our breath away. I think we were the only people in the whole region who forgot to bring our camera- Whoops! So you will have to imagine us hiking and biking through spectacular east side scenery- truly a magical weekend and celebration of the change of season.
Today Matthew canned the last of the garden tomatoes in his delicious roasted tomato salsa, and is just finishing his final pickling project. Below is the prize watermelon of the season:
And here is Lyell devouring said watermelon which we brought to a community event at our local park.
All for now... we are off to cheer on the Giants as they start the big Game 6!
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