Luke gets a brother!

The good news is we have a small, but healthy baby boy on his way. We are so happy for Luke to have a brother just 2 years younger. Hopefully, buddys for life! Now we need to pick out a name (submissions welcome!) and get ready to have "all boy" household....

Tomorrow...we find out! Boy or Girl?

Finally, our 20 week scan is tomorrow. Who can believe how fast this is going! We are planning to find out if its a girl or boy tomorrow during the scan. A girl would be nice but a boy would be great for Luke. Either way we will be excited! We just really hope the scan shows a healthy growing baby...whatever the sex! Stay posted...

Luke and Emilyn's Big Date

Luke and Em went on big date last week. Luke picked her up and they took the bus to the Children's museum. "Em looks very pretty" said Luke. "Luke has cleaned off his nose bouggers" said Em.

There was a lot of splashing and fun at the water room. Em followed Daddy's instruction of maintaining modesty and kept a large pink raincoat on at all times.

Later, while they watched Toy Story, Luke realized all parents had left the room to get drinks and decided to make his move...................

SUCCESS!!!!!! What a great date!!! "I'll call you Em!"

Welcome....Patrick McCarey

My sister just had her second son, Patrick McCarey. He was born last night, within 2 hours of labor starting! No time for any pain relief! My mum had the same experience with her second delivery so I hope it doesn't run in the family.

Christmas In N. Ireland

We just spent Christmas with my family in N. Ireland. It was a wonderful time. Luke enjoyed the attention of his grand parents and playing with his cousin Alex. He spent time with his great grand parents and ran around outside a lot. Barry and I got to go to Geneva, Switzerland for 5 days (Thanks to my parents for minding Luke!). There are no photos of Switzerland in this posting but I will post more later.

Overnight appearance of Baby Number 2!

Finally, at 15 weeks, I have had my first overnight "pop"! As if by magic, I woke up yesterday with a fully fledged bump! Yeah! For anyone who has been pregnant, you will appreciate the joy in starting to look pregnant and not just "bloated after a large lunch". Time to dig out the maternity clothes!

Good Irish country air!

Luke and I have been in N.Ireland for over a week now. Luke is enjoying being outside a lot and loves to walk down the lane behind my parents house to feed apples to the local horses. We have also been to Belfast Castle, where a group of Chinese male tourists followed him around taking pictures! They have never seen a toddler run "soooo fast"!! We are having a great time and looking forward to seeing Barry next week.