Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

For his second official Father's Day, Sean opted to do a few things his daughter might enjoy (what a good Dad), including a trip to our favorite (and oft cited) park!

Swinging with the Man of Honor

Whee!

Dad borrow's C's shades

Up they go!

The celebration continued at Rock Bottom (aka Caroline's favorite bar - and Dad's too) where Father showed Daughter a little about playing pool, and Daughter reminded Father (and Mother) that she can easily eat a 3 egg omelet. Long naps for both rounded out a great, relaxing day.

Happy Father's Day!

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Boats, Bubbles, and Baby Nathan

Summertime is FUN!

Last weekend, the Connors trio (plus 1/2) met the Roeschlein trio for brunch in Alexandria. After CEC downed the adult portion of eggs (the kid's menu included only 1 egg and seriously - that was not going to do it for our egg-loving girl), made googly eyes at Nathan, and released one of the balloons into the pitched roof, we headed outside for the real fun.

Oh my. How can you resist this face?

Or really... this one?


Round and round the tree we go

Go, Caroline, Go!

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A Different Kind of Zoo

We enjoyed a beautiful day at the Reston Zoo, where we got to pet(!) and feed(!) a bunch of animals, and Caroline got to perfect her goat impression. Seriously - it's pretty good. We even got to ride a tractor (or more accurately, a wagon hooked to a tractor) and see a dinosaur (or maybe it was an iguana?)!

Chickens! Cluck Cluck!

C's favorite - the "birdie" (goose)

Do lambs like bottles?

They do!

Daddy helps C pet a turtle

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Diva in the Sun

Some entries require very little introduction.

Let's just call this "Shades, Swinging, and Singing"...

Swinging and Singing from Sarah on Vimeo.

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MORE Sesame

Our little Sesame is halfway here! I suppose that means mom and dad should start to think a little more about his/her arrival in logistical terms, and not just in the "we can't wait to meet you!" terms, but that's another story.

He/she is now the size of a banana. Though I love all food-relative measurements, I think this is my favorite. The 20 week mark also, of course, means that we got to have the "big" ultrasound, complete with up-close-and-personal views of this little one.

This time around (we're not sure why, but afraid it's related to my "AMA" - or "advanced maternal age"), we got to go to a fancy radiology place for the U/S, where I got to kick back and watch the action on a flat-screen TV, hotel-style.

The pics from the big event:

Profile shots

Our baby in 3-D!!

Don't you think he/she looks like Sean?

And we really can't wait to meet you Sesame.

I promise we'll be ready. Or at least as ready as we can be.

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