June Wrap-up

More gymnastics:
  
Walked down to the lake after gymnastics to check out the fish:
 

We have a great, local ice cream place that is the perfect price to visit rather frequently.


John took the kids to MSU and the Capitol to help their cousin JD in PA with his Flat Stanley project:
 


Another park, another picnic.
  
 
 

Playing at the lake with Syd:
 

Another gymnastics night:  It's hard to get pictures of Hannah during her class because Noah's is a parent/child class, but she loves it!!

 

Another day at the lake with the Vogel's:
  
 
  

Noah's first night in his new, big-boy bed!!
 

He did it!  Didn't fall out of bed, didn't wake up screaming, slept all night :)


Had a few Owen days in this month:


Love sleeping kid pictures!
 

More gymnastics:
  

Celebrating Father's Day:
John is a wonderful dad to these kids.  You can tell how much they love and adore him.  He is always willing to spend time with them, even when he has a million and one things that he needs to get done.  I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful husband and father to share our life with :)
  
  


Relaxing with my kiddos:


Just a typical day watching TV with daddy:
 

Hannah just loves Owen.  He was crying and crawling all over her, but she loves it :)
 
 

Revealing our 1st Ultrasound picture of the new baby to Hannah and Noah:
Baby looks healthy and growing just as he/she should be
 

Hannah snapped a few pictures of me with Owen:


I took the kids on a spur of the moment Potter Park Zoo trip:
  
 
 
 
 
 

More swimming fun in the lake:
It was a quiet, peaceful day
 

Baby LaMacchia #3: Half way there -- 20 Weeks!

Well, we've made it to the halfway point for Baby LaMacchia #3!

Its been quite the rough road so far.  I was pretty sick for the first 15 weeks, at least.  I never felt nauseous this bad with Hannah or Noah's pregnancies.  It's not just morning sickness, its All-day-wake-me-in-the-middle-of-the-night to puke sickness.  Nothing I eat or drink helps, naps don't help, so I've pretty much had to just suck it up!  (and whine about it from time to time as well)  My OB did prescribe me a medication that helps from time to time, but it is better than nothing I guess.

Because I've felt so awful, I've done a horrible job taking pictures of the pregnancy so far with Baby #3.  Poor thing is already falling to the third child syndrome where they don't have the sheer amount of pictures and documenting that Baby #1 did.  Even Noah has fallen to that issue as well.  But we do our best :)

So here are the half-hearted attempts at baby bump pictures we've taken along the way so far...

1st bump pic-  Around 14 weeks:                                                            Around 16 weeks:
(picture credit to Hannah!)                                                        (I was actually modelling my new purse)
                                        

And here are the 20 week bump pictures:

-Baby is the size of a banana and weighs about 10 ounces.
-I've been feeling a lot of movement for the past 4-5 weeks as well.

 
 

This pregnancy has been rather fun to experience with Hannah and Noah.  Hannah is genuinely excited and constantly asking how I'm feeling, how the baby is doing, hugging and kissing my belly, and asking details about what the baby is doing right now!  We've been looking at a baby growth app on my phone when she asks, so I can show her how big the baby is and what it is up to this week.  She is truly excited!

When we ask the kids what they think Mommy is having, we have mixed answers all the time.  While Hannah is insistent that she will only be getting a baby sister, Noah changes his answer based on his mood I guess.  Sometimes he says girl, sometimes boy, he has no clue!  When we tell Hannah there is a chance she could get a brother, she tells us no, it's only going to be a sister.  Let's hope she can handle things if this baby ends up being a boy!

Here are the Ultrasound pictures of Baby #3.  Baby was very cooperative for the US tech and she kept commenting how easy this was going for her.  Thanks a lot for taking it easy on someone else Baby!

Baby is measuring exactly where he/she is supposed to be, and my dates were spot on.  We are still looking at November 16th estimated due date!!  See you in 20 weeks little peanut :)
 
 
 

June trip to Boyne

John's work had their annual board retreat at Boyne this year, so we were able to enjoy a little get-away together.  

We took advantage of swimming in the outdoor pool when we first got there.  The water was insanely warm and the kids had a great time! 

 

Noah and Hannah checking out the ducks:
 

On Thursday we were able to go to the indoor water park.  Both kids LOVED it!  But it was also all they talked about leading up to the trip.
Hannah started off going down the waterslide with John, but after a few times, she was set to go completely on her own.  Noah was content sitting on his daddy's lap and sliding down.
 
  

John took on the free fall slide, he is just crazy!
 

"Let's do it again!"  All we kept hearing from both kids immediately after they got off the slide.
 

The loud alarm would go off signalling the avalanche was about to erupt.


My happy, water babies:
  
 

Headed back to the room to catch a nap:


Dinner at sunset by the lake:

 


Hayride after dinner:
 



After we left Boyne, we drove across the state to visit John's Grandma in Roger's City.
We walked from her house down a nice trail that opens up to Lake Huron.  It was FREEZING!!
 

We enjoyed a nice lunch and visit with them, then drove to see John's Aunt and Uncle just a little ways away.
Noah was so exhausted, he actually slept on me for over an hour!  That hasn't happened in quite some time.


After dinner we drove back home to Lansing.  It was a fun, relaxing weekend to get out of town and enjoy a little vacation.  We are pretty thankful for these opportunities to travel with John for his job.