NC Museum of Life & Science...

We made a trip to the NC Museum of Life & Science in Durham this week. Wow has that place changed since I went in elementary school!! What a wonderful place!!

Ivy checking out some bones - this table was for comparing human bones with cow bones...

Checking out the ants...

More bones - these were real skulls from things like a pig, a baboon, etc.

They had a play area for kids under 6 - here is Ivy climbing on the rock wall...

Same play area - dropping a ball into these racks. The ball would keep rolling and end up in a box at the end.

They had some outdoor animal exhibits. This is a turkey and it was part of the farm section...

And they have a butterfly house. It was very fun and Ivy loved it. She kept talking about the butterflies landing on her (she would hold her arms out and be real still) but when we actually got there if a butterfly came near her she backed up and wiggled her arms a little bit. This is as close as she would get (because I made her for the picture!!).

Several things...

Just some random stuff going on around here... Nothing exciting...

34 weeks...

So Ivy has FINALLY learned to jump. She still doesn't jump a lot and maybe only gets a few inches off the floor. But she started by jumping on our bed. I know that isn't a great idea, but I felt like it was safer than her jumping off the couch or something else. Well, I was putting on clean sheets - it was a wide open space for her to jump. She was having a great time!!

There is something wrong with this situation... How come the 9 pound cat is sleeping on the dog bed and the 80+ pound dog is on the floor next to the dog bed? Poor Tucker, he's such a wuss... He won't even argue with the cat about his own bed...

I found this eye patch in our medicine cabinet. It has been floating around here for years and I have no idea where it came from or why we have it. But Ivy has been pretending to be a pirate and so the eye patch seemed like a fun addition to her pretending! Here she is saying, "Arrrrrrgh!"

Richard and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary. We thought it would be a good time to get away for the weekend - by ourselves (before Baby Sister arrives)!! We left Ivy with my Mom and Dave and headed to Manteo. We stayed in a bed & breakfast that we've stayed in several other times. I know it'll be a while until we get to do that again...maybe another 2.5 years!! And I really only took like 5 pictures the whole weekend - this was one from out on the beach. Richard was using his cast net to catch minnows. We really didn't do a whole lot on the trip. We took naps, hung out on the beach, fished (Richard fished, I watched), read books, etc...

32 weeks...

I was 32 weeks pregnant last Friday... Please excuse the bad picture. We were outside late in the day (trying to play outside a little bit after it cooled off (yeah right!) but before it got dark). And please excuse the tired Mommy in the picture. I haven't been sleeping well and it's only been like a million degrees. :)

A Little Fishing with Daddy...

Richard spent all day Sunday out in the hot sun doing car stuff and when he got home, Ivy wanted to go fishing. She has her pink and purple princess fishing pole and her fake worms...

Ivy caught this fish all by herself - Richard does cast the line for her but Ivy reels it in, she says, "Let it sit a minute...." then starts reeling again.

Same fish but look how proud Ivy is of her fish!!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game...

We went to a Durham Bull's baseball game Friday night. Ivy had a great time - she got some cotton candy and even got to stay up late so we could stay for the fireworks.