Kayleigh and Ben at Science and Space Museum

Kayleigh and Ben have became great friends over the past year and I know Kayleigh is going to miss Ben a lot when we move to Virginia it is all part of being military brats but it is so hard when your kids are so young. Kayleigh and Ben share the same birthday April 3rd but Ben is a year older. They had a great day exploring the Museum and I had a great time watching them enjoy another outing together.

Surprise It's a BOY!!

So I had my 16 week checkup on Wednesday and Dr Erickson was measuring the baby, and making sure everything was looking good. He told me heart rate was 150 which was low I thought cause it had always been 170 but he assured me that was normal and the baby was fine. He moved on down to my lower belly cause I have been having a lot of pressure there and he said he is the babies legs and I saw something foreign in between the legs and I just blurted out Oh my God (The Dr knows we really wanted a boy cause Tony had offered to pay him to make this a boy at my first appointment) He smiled and said looks like a boy to me. I couldn't believe it I was in shock but trying not to get to excited I asked him how sure he said 75 percent. 75 percent are we looking at the same picture I clearly see a penis, he said you are only 16 weeks but that is what I'm seeing. By now I'm super excited I know I can't keep this from Tony but can't tell him 75 percent we are having a boy. So Dr suggested I go see Dr Higashijima out in town as they do the 3d ultrasounds, so we set up an appointment for the afternoon. I went and saw Dr Higashijima who is the cutest little Japanese man who must be in his 70's if not 80's, he was so short I think him and Autum were the same size. Anyway we sat down and talked about my pregnancy and my pregnancy with Kayleigh and he started checking the baby and he smiled and said 3 girls this 100 PERCENT BOY, wow this is really happening I thought, Tony is getting his son. The Dr smiled and said everything looked great and I was made to have babies I built like Japanese woman he said smiling very skinny all baby. Which I had been told he would tell me I was fat cause supposedly he says that to all the Americans but not me. He gave me some pictures and a cute little book and a video tape of the ultrasound. He said you leave in May and I said yes and he said he was sorry he'd like to deliver, I told him thank you very much and bowed and we were out the door eagerly waiting for Tony to call. Tony knows he is getting his son and is as shocked as I am but we are both very excited about this new adventure. The ultrasound is a butt shot with 2 legs up in the air and you can clearly see our little man.

Judo Tornament in Nagasaki

On Sunday we traveled to Nagasaki for the Judo Tournament. Kayleigh had a great time and sat through 2 hours of fighting. She has been doing Judo since January and really likes it, she enjoyed watching and not fighting though.

Huis Ten Bosch

On Saturday we went to Huis and Kayleigh was so tired she ended up falling asleep in Tony's chair about 630. A wedding had just taken place and they were taking the bride and groom around Huis.

Kayleigh and Kyle playing in the Kindergym

Jennifer and I, she is due in May me in September

Amber's Jump

Amber's turn she went up high but she told the guy not so high in Japanese, funny when I ask her how to say something in Japanese she doesn't know. She had a great time and did a flip, Kayleigh enjoyed watching Amber.

Kayleigh jumping

Saturday we went over to Huis Ten Bosch with Jennifer and Kyle and they had some new activites there, this jumping thing was one of them. Kayleigh loved this and she went up pretty high. She wants to go back with her Daddy :)

What Tony will be doing.

This is the Sendai Airport, Tony is on the USS Essex

USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and USS Germantown (LSD 42) with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit entered the Sea of Japan. In the coming days they will take position off the coast of Sakata on the western coast of Honshu to begin conducting disaster response operations. The west coast affords greater access to undamaged ports and roads, fewer navigational hazards, and prevailing winds that are upwind of the Fukushima power plant. Once on station, one of the ARG/MEU’s primary missions will be to assist in the reopening of Sendai airport for operation.