Florida Vacation= Blog Vacation

Just a post to let our blog stalkers know we are Florida bound tomorrow. I am so excited to see everyone and we have some really fun activities planned while we are down. We will be back in Va on the 16th, so check in then for a blog update and pics of all of our Florida fun!!!

22 weeks

Here is an update of Baby Ryker's development this week:

Baby measures about 7.6 inches and weighs about 12.3 ounces. His muscles are getting stronger, and his eyelids and eyebrows have developed. Your baby's acrobatics are pretty constant, and since he responds to sound, rhythm and melody, you can try singing and talking to him.

Shannahan's come to town...

This post is a little behind...but at the beginning of April we were so excited to have my Mom and brothers up for a visit. It was a busy week, and time seemed to fly by, but I did manage to snap a few pics:

Bryan, Travis, Trey, Me, Cheyenne, Tyler and Trevor in the Natural Bridge Caverns.

Trey and Cheyenne in the caves.

Trevor and I sporting bat hats at the cavern gift shop!

These pics were taken at the Drive-thru Safari in Natural Bridge. This lama looked like he was about to spit on Bryan!

Tyler feeding a lama.

This is a clip taken during the Safari. As you can hear it was very exciting:)

Travis reading to Cheyenne.

Trey showing of the mohawk hair cut I gave him while he was here!

Mom getting pampered during our pedicures.

We had a great week and hated to see them go. We are now counting down the days until our vacation to Florida. Only 17 more days to go!!!

It's a...

BOY!!!!

The Volpe Three (soon to be four) are so happy to announce we will be adding a boy to our family! Here is a video clip from our sonogram:

Bryan and I at the DR office.

This is our little baby boy is some sort of contorted baby yoga position. That is his foot up by his face!!!

Cheyenne showing off a pic of her baby brother!

Everything went great at our appointment. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!

Growing belly!

Back on-line!!!

Well, our computer troubles took a little longer to work out than I had thought, but we are back in blogging business now! I will just recap our very busy March for you:

We started out the month with a visit from my bestie, Christy and her beautiful family! Hannah, their oldest daughter was bound and determined to come to the mountain and see snow...and it just so happened that they picked the perfect week. The night they arrived we got about 5 inches of snow. Of course, I didn't get many pics that day because my camera battery died:

While the McFarlands were here we took a visit to Washington, D.C.. We had a wonderful day and saw some amazing sites---and I had a new camera battery! I know this sounds crazy, but little 3 year-old Cheyenne knows exactly who Barack Obama is when he come on TV and can pronounce his name perfectly( guess that comes from living in a house where Fox News is always on). She was so excited to see where he lived but when we told her it was in the White House she got very disappointed---she wanted to see the "Pink House"! :) Here are the pics:

Cheyenne riding the metro
into the city.

My new fav pic of Cheyenne. Taken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Also in March we had a church snow tubing trip at Wintergreen. Here are some pics of the kids playing in the kiddy area while the "big kids" did some tubing:

As for the baby, no new pics yet... we have our next ultrasound scheduled for the 9th of April. If the baby cooperates we will also find out the gender on that day. My belly is starting to poke out and I have felt a few flutters of movement. Here is an update on the development:

Baby measures 5 to 5.6 inches from crown to rump and weighs about 5.25 ounces. The rapid growth spurt is tapering off, but reflexes are kicking in. He can yawn, stretch and make facial expressions, even frown. Taste buds are beginning to develop and he can now distinguish sweet from bitter. The baby can suck and swallow, and he may even get the hiccups. The eyes have become sensitive to light, so if a bright light is shined on your belly, baby will probably turn away.

Stay tuned for more post this coming week---we have some exciting things planned. My mom and brothers will be up for a visit next week, we are throwing my in-laws a 25th wedding anniversary party and we have some fun Easter festivities planned.

I am so glad to be back to blogging!!!

Hang in there blog-stalkers!

We have been having some computer problems this week...this is the first day I have been on-line in over a week. Our computer is still not back 100%, but I should be able to post a new blog soon. Tune back in this week...we have been busy and I have lots to blog about!