It just never gets old to me.

Hooray!

So John told me yesterday that his clinic would do an ultrasound for me if I wanted to. We're not scheduled for our official gender ultrasound till the 21st--18 weeks. We figured, why not? I wasn't getting my hopes up, but if it worked out, great.

John has been so sure this time that we're having a girl. I was secretly hoping for a boy again--I'd be just fine with all boys, and I'd love for Evan to have a little brother to play with as they grow up. The past couple of weeks I've felt a kind of "boy vibe" I guess you could say, but John was just SO SURE. So imagine my excitement when pretty much the very first thing we saw confirmed that Evan's going to have a little brother! Hooray! (He was NOT shy--exactly like Evan when we found out his gender.)

John was pretty surprised. But he's also really excited. It's so reassuring to see that everything seems to be ok. We're so happy to be able to plan for Baby _________ Allen Ketcher to arrive sometime in November.

Our New House

We thought we would put a picture and video up of our new house in Yukon.

Birthday and other happenings

We celebrated John's birthday on Saturday this year, since it actually falls on Mother's Day. He was nice enough to let me have that day all to myself. Evan picked out several presents for his daddy, like the hats they wore in the birthday pie picture, and a soccer ball, balloon, and some candy that he immediately wanted to play with/eat after they were opened. We're still working on the concept of gifts. John only had a couple of meetings Sunday, then he came home and let me take a nap and made me dinner and cleaned up the kitchen. It was a great day!



John got to take a day off for his birthday, so we had a picnic outside to enjoy the awesome weather, then John and Evan kicked a ball around and played some basketball. Evan LOVES picnics.

Below, Evan and John are bonding over some basketball and dream whip pie beaters. They were both pretty content.






Geryn and Evan--best of friends. I am still so disappointed that Geryn's parents are taking her away from us! Still hoping the move isn't going to happen. Sorry Chelsea.

And we recently discovered Evan's love for Jamba Juice. He wouldn't give it back to me!

In other news, we're expecting Ketcher Kid #2 mid-November. I'm feeling great, not having to do the blood-thinner shots this time around, which is awfully nice. No morning sickness, and I can even eat greasy food this time! No idea what it is, but John's hoping for a little girl.

30 months!

Today is Evan's half birthday. Officially two and a half! He wanted to record one of his absolute favorite songs to sing. He mixed up the two verses. But I'm pretty sure he's awesome.

Lately

Lots of fun stuff happening around here! Evan and I checked out the Medieval Fair in Norman (I totally remember going to this as a kid!) and Evan got his first llama ride. He was pretty excited about it. They also had elephant rides, camel rides, and giant tortoise rides, among other things.

Geryn and Evan are just the best of buddies. I've never seen E play so well with anyone! It's so fun to watch the two of them--except when I find them taking turns jumping off the bed together. Yikes!

Evan looked so handsome in his new tie that I had to take a pic. Unfortunately, it's not the best pic. Our camera is on the fritz and so my phone had to do (actually for all these photos.)

Our city had a Mayor's Easter Celebration at the community center. Sometimes I love living in the Bible belt. Political figures actually celebrate Easter! So refreshing. So we went to check it out. They had clowns and the Easter Bunny, and everyone was handing out candy and prizes. They had face painting, balloon animals, a petting zoo, and bounce houses. Oh, and the Easter egg hunts, of course! Everything was donated, so it was free. Super cool. You can see what Evan thought of the bounce house in the photo below. We went on it about five times.









Happy Easter everyone!

What we do

We go to the zoo. A lot. At the zoo with Evan, Geryn and Owen.















And every time we go, Evan requests that he wear his "Gorilla shirt." I usually oblige.














I've found a new cookie love. Peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. They're awesome and easy and soft and delicious. And Evan likes the batter.















We're into cars lately. And construction vehicles. And trains. Owen and Evan sat for at least half an hour playing with the car mat and going "vroom vroom" and "beep beep." Too cute.