Exciting News at the Dukes' House!!!

Yep! That would be a picture of Baby Dukes #3! We are expecting a baby sometime near the end of November/beginning of December depending on when my doctor schedules the C-Sec! I am 15 weeks 1 day pregnant and finally feeling better. The first trimester was much more uncomfortable than the pregnancies with the girls! Maybe it will be a boy this time around. Our big ultrasound is on June 30th so we will let you know what the gender is! The girls are very excited...Logann says it will be a baby brother named Landen, and Peyton says it will be a baby sister named Reagan! We will be happy with either one! Our second piece of big news is that Brent took a job with Southwest Washington Medical Center (the hospital where the girls were born) here in Vancouver! His first day was Monday and he says it has been going well and he is learning tons of new things already! His commute is a short 10 miles each way straight down I205. Besides a much shorter commute, we will no longer have to pay Oregon Income Tax...yipee! It will be nice to have him working right here in Vancouver...we are so happy! Oh yeah, he is a Clinical Informatics Analyst II...and you'll have to ask him what that means because I have not a clue :)

Peyton's 2 Year Pictures

We had pictures taken recently! Peyton is 2 years and 2 months old and Logann is 4 years and 5 months old. Uncle Jeremy bought the girls the outfits for Peyton's birthday...he has pretty good taste huh! The shirts have strawberries embroidered on the front, so they wore them to the Strawberry Parade too!

Strawberry Festival

Last weekend we went down to Lebanon to take the girls to the Strawberry Parade. It was the 100th anniversary, so it was pretty neat. We saw lots of people in the parade that we knew...including Brent's Uncle David Anderlik! He hopped off his float and gave handfuls of candy to the girls! Peyton loved the motorcycles, horses, and the candy. Logann's favorite part was the candy of course! After the parade we went and had naps, then went out to the farm for the rest of the evening. The girls enjoyed looking for treasure with Papa and his metal detector!

Last Weekend in May!

On Saturday, Logann and I went to Elle's 3rd Birthday Party at Felida Park! Peyton didn't come with us because she was at home sleeping...I would have posted a picture of her but I think that it exposed too much to be on the internet...she fought her nap that afternoon until about 2pm. I checked on her and she was TOTALLY naked, diaper off and all...with her little "dinner rolls" (bottom) facing up in the air. I, of course, took a few pictures...it was so cute! She looked so much like her Uncle Jeremy...he would be so proud!

On Sunday afternoon, we took the girls down to Esther Short Park here in Downtown Vancouver. Surprisingly, after 8 years of living here in Vancouver, this is the first time we have visited this park. The girls LOVED playing in the water fountain. Such a fun thing to do on such a hot day! I am sure that we will be visiting this place a lot more often this summer!

Muffins with Mom

The "Muffins with Mom" event at Preschool was last Thursday! It is an annual gathering that Miss Connie enjoys doing with the students and their moms...just another way to let the kids show their moms that they are appreciated! The binoculars are from a lesson they did the Tuesday before. They have been learning about the 5 senses this month and they learned about eyesight...and that is where the binoculars come in!

Chocolate Ice Cream Cones!

One evening last week, I made the girls chocolate ice cream cones for dessert...and served them outside, thank goodness! Logann is usually pretty clean with things like this, but you never know with Peyton! They enjoyed every last drop!

Zoo Field Trip with Papa Dukes

On Wednesday, May 20th, we met Papa Dukes at the zoo. He was assigned to a field trip and he drove the school bus up from Lebanon! The girls absolutely had a blast! We rode the train, looked at lots of animals of course, got cotton candy, and had a picnic lunch! It was a fun day for all! I just love the first picture. We got there first, so we got our tickets then sat on a bench outside the front gates to watch for Papa's bus! The girls were SO excited!