The Weekend

Today I am 16 weeks pregnant. I called the doctor's office this morning to see if the AFP blood test results came back yet - they did and they came back normal. So another hurdle down - (a hurdle that was big in my mind at least). I'm pretty sure I've been feeling the baby move now for a good week or so. It's small little flutters, but I am almost certain that's what it is. I'm still pretty tired and prefer staying home these days. I'm just tired and happy to lounge around here. This really isn't how I normally am, but I figure it's good and that someone's telling me to take it easy! We've started sharing our baby news with our family and friends.

Saturday was Andrew's Fall Horse Show. The day was really beautiful - a nice, sunny warm day. The students all "compete" with their class - showing off what they have learned with this season's riding lessons. Andrew showed me how he is now using a new saddle where he can sit unassisted with two sidewalkers. He had to stop half way through his "show" as the saddle broke! Good thing he stopped because I was beyond freaked out at how his head was bobbing and bouncing around on that horse. It looked bad. Not sure I'm too comfortable I want him riding with that saddle again. He was awarded his 18,000th green ribbon for participation. Dave and I always joke - Can't they just give him a different color ribbon - just this once! During the show - families bring all sorts of food, hot dogs and hamburgers - so we all had something to eat and enjoyed the morning. The girls enjoyed playing in the dirt on the driveway with the two boys they had met. The photos above are of Andrew on Lightening and Andrew with his prized green ribbon.

On Sunday morning we went to our favorite weekend spot - Baker Park in downtown Frederick. We get our breakfast out and eat it there and take a walk and play on the different playgrounds. The leaves were beautiful and of course I had my camera......Note - Dave's facial hair - slowly we are loosing the beard and back to just his face. :)

Today and tomorrow the kids are off school, so Dave stayed home with us. We took the kids to the Germantown Indoor Pool. The pool was empty - the kids enjoyed the pool and the cool slides.