17 weeks

Here's me at 17 weeks, with a small bump.

Josh had his friend, Mark, the best man in our wedding, over for dinner and video games on Friday. Mark brought an extra controller and let Megan play with it. Here are the three of them!

And last night Megan was in a silly mood so I asked her to make various faces while I took pictures. Here's her regular camera expression.

I asked her to make a sad face, and this is what she gave me.

Here's her happy face.

This was her surprised face.

I like her mad face!

Josh asked her to make a thinking face.

This was her confused face.

And then she took pictures of Josh and me. She got a little help aiming the camera.

Megan in disguise

This is perhaps the best free item Megan has scored to date simply by being little and cute at a garage sale.

Megan learns to swing

Megan learned how to pump and make the swing go all by herself. This makes life much easier for mom and dad. I wasn't expecting her to learn this quite so early. We are proud of her!

Visit from Aunt Jami

Josh's sister, Jami, is in town visiting. She and Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Bill brought Steak and Shake to the house for dinner this evening and we spent some time together.

 Megan really didn't want to smile for this picture. She wanted to get down and play with Aunt Jami's dog.

Megan and Scooter.

Megan "walked" Scooter all over the yard. He is the perfect-sized dog for a 3-year-old.

Our new backyard toy

Josh's mom and her husband wanted to buy something for the coming baby, but since we are pretty well stocked on the big things like a crib and changing table, they decided to get this swing set, with the idea that the baby, due in late October, will use it next spring when we put the baby swing on. They were nice enough to buy it this spring so Megan can enjoy it this summer. Josh and Grandpa Bill put it together in about three hours this past Saturday, and Megan loves playing with her new toy.

15 weeks

Here I am, with a slight baby bump if you look at me from just the right angle.

So tall ...

Megan walked all over the driveway on these "stilts" the other day.

Children's fair

This morning I took Megan to our school district's annual children's fair, geared toward the preschool crowd. They had games, crafts, sensory tables, sidewalk chalk, and bubbles for the kids to enjoy. They also had emergency vehicles, a school bus, and construction trucks for the kids to look at and sit in along with face painting, temporary tattoos, and lunch- and snack-type foods (available with a ticket they handed out at the door), all for free. Megan had a great time.

Here's Megan enjoying one of the sensory tables filled with birdseed, little scoops, and plastic bugs.

Playing outside.

Checking out the fire truck. The firefighters and EMTs were very nice and offered to lift her up into the driver's seat so I could take her picture, but she was nervous about letting those guys get too close, so I had to climb up with her and help her up. 

They had a school bus, complete with seat belts for the younger crowd. Megan talked all morning about wanting to sit on the school bus, and she was so proud of herself after she climbed into the seat and got buckled in.

We also got to look around inside an ambulance. The EMTs told her she could lie down on the bed, but she told them it wasn't dark outside yet.

The police truck/tank was a popular vehicle to explore.

Megan picked her snacks carefully. She chose a snow cone and cotton candy, which was a novelty for her.

She got a tattoo on her hand and chattered for a long time about how she had to hold still and how the water they used was "a little cold but it was okay."

Ta da!

And then we stood in line to get Megan's face painted, but when it was her turn, she was hesitant to let the girl touch her face, so she got her other hand painted instead.

The finished product. 

Easter weekend

Here are a few photos from the weekend, including Megan enjoying a chocolate bunny for breakfast.

Megan was all ready to hunt for Easter eggs at Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Bill's house Saturday. Megan also had fun playing with Bill's other grandchildren, and we enjoyed burgers and hot dogs.

And she's off to find the eggs at Grandma and Grandpa's house ...

Easter morning at our house. It's become our tradition to take pictures of Megan next to our flower pots full of pansies. The flower pots look a little smaller every year.

Hunting for jelly beans at home.

And a nice family photo.

13 weeks

Here's me at 13 weeks. No real bump yet, but my regular pants are too tight to be comfortable.

And here's Megan sporting a silly face and wearing a dress her grandparents (my parents) got for her. We went to an Easter celebration at our friends' Mike and Mary's this afternoon, and she wore this.