Saturday, June 19, 2010

Baby Dickens is a ............. and Camping!

On Wednesday Amber had her 20 week doctor's appointment and gender determination ultrasound (I'm not quite sure if that is the correct terminology, but doesn't it sound cool?). Some friends in the ward watched Greg during the appointment (thank goodness because it lasted almost 4 hours!). Amber's appointment went well and after a lot of waiting we were finally able to see the ultrasound tech and doctor.

I remember Greg's ultrasound and I was so excited to be there for our second child's ultrasound. Amber was pretty sure that the child was a boy and I thought it was a girl (however, with secret hopes it would be a boy so Greg could have a brother). Let's see if you can figure out what our new addition is...


It's a boy! We are so excited. He is currently about 14-15 ounces and is doing great. We should have known it was a boy because on the way over to our friend's house Greg kept saying, "Baby...boy...yeah."

Here are some other ultrasound pictures...


To celebrate we went camping with the Bylunds to Cave Run National Park. It was a beautiful night and we had so much fun. The Bylunds share my passion for cycling and their whole family brought their bikes. Greg was so excited about the abundance of bikes around him. Luckily little Lindsey was super kind and allowed Greg to sit on her bedazzled bike.


Greg also loved playing with his girlfriend, Ashley.


Before lunch and heading down to the lake to swim we took the little ones on a hike. Amber and I were amazed by how adventurous the kids were.



What a good dad Jon is...


I am also a very luckily dad to have such a wonderful wife and one crazy but pretty well behaved son...


What a fun mini-vacation. And for anyone looking for a great camping area...Twin Knobs at Cave Run rocks! The camp sites are really nice with immaculate bathrooms and a beautiful lake to swim and boat in....hint, hint, hint Grandparents.


As a last side-note. I was reading in Parents magazine today and found that Lexington, KY is the 4th best place to raise a family in the US. We would have to concur with that decision. What a great place to live.

4 comments:

angela said...

Oh what fun we had!! I'm glad the weather worked out for us. Noel, you forgot to mention what a trooper Amber was for camping WITHOUT an air mattress while 20 weeks prego. She is my HERO! Glad you guys could come on our first camping trip of the season.

Joy said...

Congrats on a healthy baby boy! cute pictures too!

Lora said...

What a fun trip! We are hoping to go camping there sometime this summer. Congrats on baby boy #2!

Melea said...

Congrats on finding out you are having a boy! We were wondering and hoping it would be a girl for Embree to play with but now she has a suitor...two suitors if Greg isn't already spoken for by Ashley! Hope you guys are having fun. We miss you!