King's Island

The long awaited trip to Kings Island occured on Saturday. Aunt Granny and Uncle Pal were generous enough to buy each of the girls a ticket to Kings Island for their birthday's this year! We could not have planned it for a better day...60 degrees and sunny! We were trying to wait until the weather was a little cooler than July and in between UK football games. Our timing was perfect. This, along with our annual trip to the Louisville zoo on Derby Day, will be part of our annual outings that will always provide such great memories.

The day was full of a few firsts...Kate's 1st trip to an amusement park, Aunt Granny and Uncle Pal's 1st trip to Kings Island; Kate's 1st face painting experience, and our 1st trip to the kids section of the park. Last night, Kate said her favorite was the Backyardagain's Swing-Along and the Blue's Clue's ride. The girls looked sooo cute with their faces painted. There were a few meltdown's, all at different times of course, but all in all, the day was PERFECT.

I think Kate is going to be a roller-coasting expert by the time she is big enough to ride the big rides. She was a little too short to ride the big ones in the kiddie area but LOVED the ones that she could ride. The picture of her on the small roller coaster says it all. Beast...here we come :)



Thank you again to Aunt Granny and Uncle Pal! We had so much fun and look forward to next October's trip!



As for the baby, we are all doing well. 16 1/2 weeks and feeling good. Still able to work out most mornings, thanks to my support system April. Went to the doctor last week for my 16 week check-up and all was normal. The heart rate was a slow 130 bpm, which according to the old wives tales...it is a boy. I asked Dr. Nett what the odds of that being correct and she said 50:50! Ha! Guess only time will tell. I have had a feeling it is a boy all along so again, we will see. Kate is coming along with the idea that it could possibly be a boy. She even said the other day that she wanted a brother. We have been given the advice to take her along with us to the ultrasound so she can see for herself. She is still so excited to be a big sister she can hardly stand it :)



Enjoy the pics from King's Island!

http://picasaweb.google.com/whitneymardis/KingSIsland#