Sweet Sixteen

I am 16 weeks along and Eleanor is 16 Months old. I feel like I am bigger than what the picture shows though. I am starting to feel less sick and my apatite has picked up quite a bit. I am still really tired by the end of the day, but overall I still have more energy than a couple of weeks ago. The sunshine has really helped a lot. I am hopeful that things will only get better from here out. Our next appointment is May 8th and we have decided that instead of finding out the sex right away we will have them write down what we are having and put it in an envelope. That way we can find out when we choose. I wouldn't be surprised if we can't wait past the parking lot of the hospital though. I am not good at waiting.
I almost forgot but the baby just reminded...I can feel him/her moving. He or she is moving right now. The movements are getting stronger and more frequent as the days go by. I first felt movement on Sunday while in church.

Visit from Papa and MaMaShell

My parents came for a visit this week. It was really nice to have them here. They were a big help to me as I am still feeling sick. It was nice to not be trapped at home. We went out every day and did something. My dad has more pictures that I will try and post. We went to Jordan's which has a liquid fireworks show, a flying trapize, and bean town made entirely of jellybeans. Eleanor enjoyed riding in the stroller that was a taxi.
Today before my parents left we went to the Boston Children's Museum. It was packed full of kids, but we managed to have fun. Eleanor missed her nap so she was really tired. She is going to miss my parents so much. They tried to spoil her, but now its back to her routine.
We have been and are still on a water ban because of the rain. It has been raining for days. In just one week we will go from 30's with sleet, rain, and high winds...to almost 80 degree temps on Monday. The warm weather is definitly welcome!

Squirrel, Blue Nose, and Ping-Pong

So this will probably be embarrassing to Eleanor one day, but it was so cute I thought I should share. Eleanor has bath crayons that she loves to use. On this particular night she tried to stick the blue crayon up her nose. It was really funny. Thankfully she hasn't tried again.

We got a bird feeder and Eleanor loves to watch the birds and our friendly squirrel as they fill there tummies. What is so funny about the squirrel is that he eats hanging by his feet. Eleanor will tell him to get down. She pronounces bird, "berk" and squirrel, "curl". She can say a surprising amount of words.

John and our next door neighbor and good friend Ian played in the ping-pong tournament. I wish that I could say that the won. They lost in the first round, but they play often now.

Easter

Yesterday was Easter and we put Eleanor in her fancy dress, went to church and had dinner with some of our friends. Afterwards, we took Eleanor to the big field on campus for and Easter egg hunt. The wind chill was about 25 degrees so we didn't stay long. Eleanor didn't have any interest in finding eggs, but enjoyed playing on the playground. She actually didn't want to come back inside despite the cold. It would have been nice to have been with family over Easter. We miss you all very much.

Last week we went to the midwife for our second appointment. Not much has changed and I am now 14 weeks and I have gained half a pound...which is more than I had gained when pregnant with Eleanor by week 14. Next month we find out if we are having a boy or a girl. I am tempted to wait to find out until the birth, but not so tempted that I will actually wait. John doesn't want to wait, but I still think the surprise would be fun. Any ideas on waiting as opposed to finding out now? The biggest reason that I want to find out now is so that I can clear out all the girl stuff if it is a boy. Is that a good enough reason for finding out now?