Our quick trip

First of all, we had a great time at Uncle Mel and Aunt Kathy's on Saturday spending time with lots of family, even all the way from Stuart. It was great to see great grandma and eat tons of great food as usual.

Saturday morning we had our 20 week ultrasound and we took Emma with us. Thanks to aunt Stacy for taking Lauren. Anyway, during it, I thought I saw a "boy part" and got a little excited......nope, just the umbilical cord. Anyway the baby was doing flips (imagine that) and so it was at first difficult to find the "parts" in question. But then it became very obvious. We have seen these parts twice before and are getting good at recognizing them. :)

Yep, ANOTHER girl!!! Yes we are thrilled, especially since everything looks great so far. Emma loved being there are seeing her and hearing the heartbeat.

Now for the name game......

Emma has made several lists of possible girl names and they mostly consist of the names of the girls in her class. Luckily we (Dave and I) have more luck agreeing on girl names than we do on boys and of course we have PLENTY girl stuff for her.

Dave already is plotting to have all three of them married at the same time. YEA RIGHT!!

Anyway, we snuck away Sunday morning to the Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City KANSAS! I capitalize KANSAS because we were looking for it in Kansas City MISSOURI and it wasn't there...... leave it to Dave and I to get lost and end up in an interesting part of town. We seriously thought there would be plenty of signs considering it is near Cabelas and the Furniture Mart but when you head toward the wrong state, there are no signs. :)

Poor Lauren didn't have the best of trips. She woke up in the middle of the night (sunday morning) and had thrown up in her bed! :( She acted perfect though so we thought well, worse case scenario is that one of us is stuck in the hotel room for the day so we packed the "puke bucket" and all the necessary equipment and headed off. Yep, she threw up near Percival, IA, (don't ask me where that's at) and we had to change her and Purell Dave off as he had done the "trying to catch it" routine that I have never quite figured out the point of.

The Lodge is great and Emma was thrilled when she saw the pool. Luckily Emma and Dave went off on their own and rode all of the water slides while Lauren and I walked around in the baby pool. Lauren was both tired and hungry so she really didn't enjoy herself a whole lot.

Dave and Emma talked me into going on the "green slide" with Emma so I got brave and tried it. Let's just say I screamed more than Emma. Seriously, we were going SO fast I thought we would fllip the tube over around the curves. I think it must be like the louge (spelling) in the Olympics. Of course when we came out the bottom Dave was waiting with Lauren and laughing hysterically. Emma also thought the mock 3 speed was hilarious....I was not thrilled and that was my last trip down "the louge." I am glad that Dave isn't a panzy like me because Emma isn't afraid to try anything.

We dined on Famous Dave's that night in our room for fear Lauren would puke in public. She did great though and inhaled crackers and Sprite for her meal.

The next morning Emma was up before the sun and asking what time the pool opened. Dave and her went down and swam while Lauren and I walked around and took pictures and packed up the room. We went to a cool dinosaur restaurant for lunch then very briefly to a great mall before it was naptime/time to head home.

We find our way home without a problem! :)

Anyway, since Emma missed school on Monday, she had her regular week's assignments along with Monday's assignments waiting for her on Tuesday. (Guess what we did Tuesday night. )

Dave's first night to work in his new position was Wednesday and he showed up home about an hour before his shift was supposed to end. He informed me that he got the "puke bug." I will spare you the gross details of his episode. Dave was compelled to share all of them with me at 2:30 in the morning but I will spare you the pain.

Emma went to bed last night saying her tummy hurt. Great! Yep, at 1:00 we heard "mom"! She is such a trooper though, not even crying or dramatic about the whole incident. ( I think she is tougher than Dave) Dave basically cleaned up the mess because I couldn't stomach this one. :) THANK YOU HONEY!! So, I got Emma in the shower and she said, "hey mom, I think I saw my salami sandwich!" (ok, I'll stop now with the details) She is perfectly fine today and I'm awaiting my turn. :(

Here are some pics from our trip and Emma's abundance of assignments. (Lauren's "thumbs up" picture is showing you how she is excited to be eating something other than crackers)