The Rigsbys: September 2011

It sounds like Summer will still reign as princess! Paul was so proud today when we got an ultra sound of the baby. We took a look a couple days ago and saw what might be boy parts, but were still pretty undecided. When we went in today the tech scanned my belly, gave Paul a friendly shove and said, "Are you kidding me? That's a BOY! Look at that thing, it can't be a labia!" Of course Paul was beaming with a "that's my boy" expression on his face :) We looked around a little more and could see the baby opening and closing his mouth, moving his hands, sucking his thumb... it was unbelievable! We are so excited to experience raising a boy. It will be completely different, but so much fun.

We shared the news with our families....

Lola: "What?!?! Yay!! We're gonna have a batotoy!!" (Don't ask...she has her own way of expressing things) :)

Lisa: "Oh mi goodness.. I'm gonna be an uncle!" (Wait a minute...??)

Lolo: "Whoa that's big, it looks like he has an erection!" (Would you expect any other comment from my dad?)

Paul's parents were a little confused at first...

Lora: "Hi...Paul wanted me to call you because he was too embarrassed to to tell you the news himself...."

Grandma R: "awwww...it's a GIRL!....well, maybe next time..." :)

We finally came out and told them they were having a grandson and they shared in the excitement, too!

So this is a shot where you can ("clearly") see (per the radiology resident) that this is a boy with an image of the bladder and two ("obvious") testicle sacs:

I'm no radiologist, but there IS something pointing up between those two legs, right? :)

The summer came and left in a hurry this year, but you won't hear a peep from us! There's a few things we are looking forward to a little more than the nice weather we enjoyed this year...like the end of Paul's weekend call, an exciting Disney vacation, a Vegas escape, and finally the addition of another baby to our growing family :) Of course this is a favorite time of year for us since we've been in Michigan because of the cider mills, beef stew & cornbread muffins, crisp nights, holidays... well....you get the picture.

Summer is growing up SO fast! She is our little angel and we know she will make the best big sister ever. A few developments over the past few months:

She is a HUGE fan of Caillou and has almost every line of any episode she's ever watched memorized. Sometimes she likes to incorporate the lines into her own life: "ewww! that doesn't taste very good." (with eyes closed and looking away) "mommy! daddy! there's a scratchy monster..," "no daddy, I want some water applejuice."
She has recently developed a love for the musical Annie and watches it over and over and over again. She sings "it's a hard knock life..for us, it's a hard knock life..for us" all day long and says "we love you Miss Hannigan," too!
Summer is our little Miss Independent and likes to do everything "by myself"
It's so cute when says "on your 'march', get set, GO" and "mommy, you're a geel" instead of "girl" :)
When she makes a mess, she announces "ay ay ay, I made a MESS!" with her arms out to her side showing just how big of a mess she made.
She still loves the merry-go-round, but has recently feared the real ponies (?) silly girl
I think Summer has a bright future helping me with things around the house, especially sorting laundry, cooking, and baking. She beats everyone when it comes time to lick the frosting off the spoon!
She is a master of the potty....except for #2 (no matter what we use to bribe her, she still insists on pooping in a diaper)
Other loves: bubbles, computer games, stamps, coloring, markers, painting, playing doctor, reading books, finding "treasure," "baby Paul," little Lady, being barefoot, singing, Just Dance on the Wii, watching videos of herself, climbing and hanging on the monkey bars, riding her "bicycle" (the chariot attached to our bike), running on the treadmill, tumbling, mornings, dressing herself, sprinklers, eating, Talking TomCat game ..
Dislikes: other kids getting too close to her (esp boys), not getting attention, getting her face wet, taking off her poopy diaper, dirty feet (she has a little OCPD in her)

However she DOES love splashing in the rain:

She is a character during bathtime!

Especially if her daddy is in charge...

Spent the first Saturday of September at Yates Cider Mill. The weather was perfect, the donuts & apple cider were delicious, and we even took a small jar of apple butter home to enjoy for later!