Coquille River Lighthouse, Oregon

As you can see we love lighthouses! A few years back we took a trip to Washington state and along the way tried to see as many lighthouses as we could fit into our schedule. I especially loved the picture of this one in Oregon. The weather was perfect and in the picture you can see someone up in the light tower.

In baby news... last Thursday marked the beginning of my fifth month (17 weeks pregnant). It really feels like my second trimester is zipping along. This is supposed to be a period of rapid growth for me. My belly seems to be getting a little bit bigger by the day. I am currently taking a Calculus class at night and beginning to wonder how I am going to fit into my desk towards the end of the quarter. ; )

Monday morning we are going in for genetic counseling, a level II ultrasound (long and detailed), and a possible amniocentesis. We have gone back and forth a bunch of times on whether or not to have the amnio done. I am still not sure what we will decide. Mostly, we are leaning towards not doing it, primarily because it does pose a small risk and we had to work for these little ones! However, if they find something questionable in the ultrasound then I think that might sway our decision. We are also hoping that we will get a chance to find out the genders. It will depend, of course, on if the babies position themselves for a nice view during the ultrasound. We are crossing our fingers! Finding out would make a nice birthday present for D! On Sunday he turns 3* (age withheld to protect the aged)!!

Tonight, we got invited to attend a JPL Mars Rover landing event for the second Rover (Opportunity) landing, which should happen sometime around 9:05 pm Pacific. We are very excited to get the chance to go and see the live feed as well as experience the excitement of all the scientists/engineers that worked so tirelessly to make it a reality. (Thanks Steve!)