Weekend Highlights

Steve came home early on Friday.  It was such a nice surprise after his busy work week.  

Steve and I had a date on Friday night.  We went to the mall so he could look at some frames for prescription sunglasses and then we ate at Vapiano's.  I must be back to my normal self because all sorts of food, including the previously banned Italian food, sound good to me these days.  Except for Papa John's pizza.  I'm not sure Papa John and I will ever be friends again.

On Saturday morning, we visited the Museum of Natural History in DC.  We paid for the butterfly exhibit, and Stephen hated it again.  We visited the Korean, snake, photography, mammal, and bug exhibits.  Mei Li held a tobacco hornworm, which she dropped when it tickled her.

We met up with Christine at Founding Farmers for lunch.  Oh my.  If you haven't tried it, you need too.  Everything we ordered was excellent.  Steve ordered the prime rib dip and I ordered the butternut squash and mascarpone ravioli.   Mmmm.

Afterwards, Christine joined us at Gravelly Point to watch the airplanes and feed the ducks.  The weather was perfect.   The last time we went there, it was Father's Day and I ended up giving birth to Mi Na the very next day. 

Mei Li fell into the Potomac and got her shoes wet.  It took her a while to get over that one.  But taking pictures helped cheer her up.

On Father's day, we had a pancake breakfast and a Hawaiian haystack dinner at Steve's request.  He still had a church meeting to go to in the morning, but at least it was pushed back until 11 AM.  We had a great time celebrating Steve.  I know no one is perfect, but Steve kind of is.  At least I think so.  I am so amazed by the patient way he parents our children and the joy that he brings to them daily.  Being around Steve makes me want to be better in all aspects of my life.  It's hard work keeping up with him, but if I didn't at least try, I'd probably feel so bad about myself I couldn't stand to be around him.  We're all so blessed to have Steve in our daily lives.

Tomorrow, we're going to my 20-week ultrasound.  I usually have a correct hunch by this time about the gender of our babies, but I am totally stumped on this one.  At times, I have felt positive that it was a girl, but then I've felt that it was a boy too.  I don't care either way.  I am just happy to trust that Heavenly Father sent us the child that was meant to be in our family.  Any guesses?  Are you one who can tell the gender of the baby just by looking at my baby bump?