Bubbles, Sesame Street and more

It seems like all we have been doing lately is working, but we have found some time to do a few fun things too. First of all, our Sesame Street Live experience was terrific. Stephen and I had a great time....and I think Cate liked it too. We had really good seats at the show, so it was easy for her to see. When the characters all came out, the look on her face was priceless. I really think she couldn't believe her eyes. There was a short intermission about halfway through and we got some popcorn and drinks. During the second half of the show, she was a little preoccupied with the popcorn, but she sang along to some of the songs and clapped her hands. Afterwards, we asked her what she wanted for dinner and she was very firm that she wanted pancakes. We found an IHOP and she ate five small pancakes. I guess she really wanted pancakes. All in all, it was a really fun evening.

We have not been able to do much outside because the weather has been just terrible. When it's not raining ice or snowing, it's freezing cold and windy. We've spent quite a few Saturday playing in the play area at the mall or just hanging out at home doing play doh, baking something and watching some Elmo on TV. There was one day back in January when it was fairly warm (although there was still snow on the ground) and we ventured out to blow some bubbles. I posted a few pictures here.

I'm still not feeling great, but at least we are past the halfway point on the pregnancy! Only 3 1/2 more months to go! We haven't made much progress on a name for this little guy, but Cate calls him Allie. We have no idea where she came up with that, but there are lots of things she says that are mysterious. One recent development that is cute and has us mystified: when she really wants something, she will beg "puleez" and then "pretty puleez." If that doesn't do the trick, she resorts to "puleez for the good Lord." The first time she said it, we kind of looked at each other as if to confirm that's what she really said. Not sure where she picked that one up, but I guess there are definitely worse things she could say.

I am still trying to figure out how to get Flickr to do what I want with photos. I have tried posting another slide show here. Click on the i in the middle of the slideshow to get captions.