I'm slowing down... believe it or not.  The past few days (I think the heat has helped), I've spent time on the couch relaxing each afternoon.  I was telling Susie the other night that for the first time since I can remember, I watched an entire movie and did not move (Trey was napping).  This is very hard for me to do because I often don't finish a movie or song or book before moving on to the next.  It wasn't really a very good movie... but atleast I relaxed.  The pregnancy is going quickly and I was surprised this week to realize that next week will be the third trimester beginning.  Wow!  I'm 27 weeks now.  Next week I have another doctor's appointment and after that they will be every two week instead of once a month.  My big sonogram is a week from Wednesday so be praying about that.  We will find out if I still have placenta previa or not!

We received some good news that WCA is switching to CareFirst insurance which means... drum roll... we get to go back to the old pediatrician and OB/GYN and primary doctors we love and miss!  I can't wait!!  We can deliver at Shady Grove Hospital where we had Trey and maybe we'll even get Dr. Martin again... we'll see.  Can you tell we're excited?;-)

Ethan has been making his existence very known to me today!  I was at the mall walking around with Trey when all of a sudden he started kicking me so hard that seriously I was in pain!  I'm just thankful it wasn't my rib (yet).  I believe it was Pj or his brother that kicked their mom in the rib and broke it... I'm hoping that Ethan doesn't do that.  Perhaps he hears Trey constantly kicking and throwing around the balls and is practicing to play with him!  He is a very active baby like his brother was.  He is the worst right before I eat... I suppose because he's hungry too;-)

Trey of course has no clue why Mommy is putting newborn diapers and clothes in his room and reorganizing the closet and putting old toys away.  He keeps himself busy most days either building block towers, reading books, stringing beads, watching his new favorite show "Bob the Builder", or kicking around balls (or throwing them at lamps... something we're working on stopping;-)).  He still LOVES to go outside and tries to open the front door.  He is still trying to put on his shoes by himself but usually needs help.  He is talking alot now!  He says alot of longer sentences, although only those close to him would know what he is saying most times.  He will repeat almost anything we ask him to say.  The other night we were at Pj's parents house for dinner and he was patiently waiting with his hands folded for prayer.  So Susie said "Dear Jesus, thank you for our food, Amen." and Trey repeated it.  Wish I had videotaped it!!

Trey's favorite thing to say is "Hi" and "Bye" to people or objects or animals.  The ladies at the mall today got a kick out of this!  We've learned that Trey is not afraid of people or animals, any shape or size!  This is great, except we're going to have to teach him about dangerous animals and not going up to stranger too!  Let's see, what else... oh he still loves the pool and bath.  He loves to run!  But Mommy can hardly keep up with him these days.  Pj and I just love having him in our life.  It's true what people say... children make each day more exciting.  They notice the little things that we take for granted.  So we're very thankful that Ethan is on his way.  Three months left:-)

We've been pretty busy here this spring!  The spring at WCA is of course full of events, but thankfully the summer should be fairly slow so Pj can relax a little bit!  I've been busy the past few weeks designing a commencement program for the school among other design projects.  That's been fun!  Alot of nights we go to the park for bbq and playing on the playground. 

Pj and I got away over the Memorial Holiday weekend for a two night babymoon in DC.  We had such a great time!  We stayed in Rosslyn, but were close enough to walk to our favorite restaurant in Georgetown for Sunday morning memosa brunch (I just had plain orange juice though;-)).  Then we took the Metro down and toured a few museums (I visited every single bathroom about every 15 minutes of course).  We had a tasty dinner at really well known burger spot in DC called the Trolley Stop or something like that?  It was just fun to get away just the two of us.  We didn't even think about Trey much because we knew he was fine and having fun with Pj's family!

Last weekend we went strawberry picking at Baugher's Orchard in Wesminster.  I grew up picking strawberries there every year and so it was fun to take Trey there.  My family came with us!  It was like old times... except it wasn't:-)  Trey loved the tractor ride and homemade icre cream and petting zoo.  He wasn't one bit afraid of the animals... but I was. 

Other than that, nothing much happening over here!  I'll update again after our big sonogram in a week and half.  Please be praying!  I really would rather not have a c-section;-)  Here are some recent pics I thought I'd share with you all!