Baby number two . . .

Yep, that's right, I'm pregnant!!! Baby number two is due November 18th, which is the same due date my mom had when she was pregnant with me. That means that I am currently 17 weeks along. I'm at that stage where people wonder if you are getting a belly because you have had a few too many donuts or because you're pregnant. Now no one needs to wonder! : ) We find out the gender on July 1st. We will be sure to let everyone know as soon as we find out.

Ryan is OLD!

Ryan turned 30 on May 30th. So, to celebrate this milestone I bought tickets to the Players Championship (that's golf by the way) near Jacksonville, Florida and I organized a surprise send off birthday party for him the day before we were scheduled to leave. Ryan didn't know anything about the party or the trip to Florida. I actually can't believe that I pulled it off! We had a great time at the Players. (It was especially great to be Carter free as well. Big thanks to Grandma Nancy and Uncle Drew for watching Carter! We missed him, but it was still nice.) We got to see a lot of our favorite golfers . . . including my favorite, Tiger! The player that won the tournament, Henrik Stenson, even talked to Ryan on the 10th hole, where we camped out a good portion of the day on Sunday. We followed Jim Furyk for his entire round on Saturday. Jim is Ryan's favorite golfer. Ryan also got Jim's autograph on a Players hat. Awesome!!! We had to have walked at least 12 miles, and I seriously am not exaggerating. Ryan was like a little kid - I could barely keep up. It was great to see him that way. We weren't allowed to bring cameras into the tournament (not even cell phones) so we don't have pictures from our vacation. However, here are some from the surprise party.

Ryan reading the letter explaining the trip to the Players Championship . . .

A gift for an "Old Geezer" from the Whitakers.
A few girls from Ryan's soccer team. Almost the whole team was there (including parents). It was great! It was standing room only at our house.
Carter picking on his cousin Jordyn.

Easter and Memorial Day

A couple of holidays have passed and I do have pictures for one of them! My friend Brittney invited our play group to an Easter egg hunt at her in-laws. It was so much fun! They put on quite the party. Carter didn't really know what to do, but it was nice because his age group was in a specific spot so we could walk around and help him get eggs. He was actually more interested in eating rocks. We did get some cute pics though and we discovered at the lunch that was provided that Carter loves Sloppy Joes. He was a happy camper. Thanks Brittney and Josh!

Elley giving Carter a hug . . .

On the prowl for eggs . . or rocks
Most of our play group (Hunter, Elley, Carter, and Ryan)
Carter didn't figure out that he was supposed to be collecting the eggs until Easter egg hunt number two. We went over to Aunt Shannon and Uncle Bill's. They had eggs that were just for Carter (the one's with the "Cars" pictures on them). Again, he was protected from the big kids getting to all the eggs first. It was a lot of fun watching him collect the eggs in his basket.


For Memorial Day, my friend Keely invited our playgroup to her house for a BBQ. That was also a lot of fun. They set up their Blue's Clues sprinkler and we let the kids loose while the parents relaxed. I wish I had remembered to take pictures. Carter had a lot of fun in the water. Nothing beats good friends and good food! Thanks Adam and Keely!