Oregon Vaughns

Happy Leap Day.

Lily said yesterday:

“Mom, I was thinking and thinking and in my dream I thought we should name you rnew baby Owen like the boy in my swim class who can swim by himself.”

Super cute, but Owen is not a name on our list, sorry Lily.

Today, she said:

“Owen is my best friend because he talks to me lots during swimming class.  He can hold my hand if he wants.”

Oh great.

And to brag about her problem solving skills (and people-caring skills)… Today, while ordering sandwiches at Togos *yum*, I watched her move a chair away from the table she had chosen.  She placed the chair at another table.  When I came over and asked what happened to the chair, she said “We don’t need 4 chairs, we just need 3 chairs.  Now, someone else can use that chair.”

What-a-girl.

22 weeks pregnant, and according to my “pregnancy app” the baby should weigh about 1 pound.  I feel lots of movement!

Last Monday, Lily did her first somersault all by herself.  She is taking a toddler gymnastics class, and she had a whole cheering section watching:  Me, Andy, Nama and Papa, and Uncle Erik (Andy’s friend from California who came to visit for the three day weekend).  With the excitement of everyone there, she tried new things!  Now she somersaults everywhere around the house.  Very fun.

As mentioned, Erik came for the three day weekend.  We bored him in a super-long poker tournament on Sunday (part of a 12-week series, where points are accumulated, and big money prizes are given to the top twenty point leaders at the end of the series).  Anyhow, Andy took first place at Sunday’s tournament and I took second place *sigh*.  This moved Andy into second place overall and me into third place overall as far as point standings.  6 weeks left!

Lily loves movies.  We do our best to try to limit her screen time, some days are clearly better than others.  There is a direct relationship between the amount of screen time she gets and the lack of sleep we get.  Her current favorite movies include:  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the old one, which she calls “Willy Wonka”), The Princess Diaries, and Alice in Wonderland (Disney Cartoon version).

Also, we are trying to emerge Lily in classes through Parks and Rec:  Monday Gymnastics, Tuesday Swimming Lessons, Wednesday Soccer, Thursday Swimming Lessons.  She does great at class — she loves hanging around the teacher, and is very good and following directions.

I will get some photos up soon.

In pregnancy news:  I felt the first external kicks last night.  Andy has yet to feel them.  They were subtle, but they were there.  I think I am 21 weeks along about now?

Just had our first major ultrasound today.  Everything looks great — and it’s a boy!  I am approximately 18.5 weeks pregnant.  Baby Boy Vaughn weighs approximately 9 ounces.

Here are some ultrasound photos: