Nauseous but happy

I have been a bit nauseous for this 1st Trimester of the pregnancy but very happy to be pregnant so of course it it is cancelling out the sickness. It is my way...other than my growing belly that lets me know about the cute little person inside of me. The last ultrasound was kinda lousy and I couldn't see a thing. What I saw of the baby was a little peanut shaped coming in and out of focus. Apparently I didn't remember this time how much earlier I need to drink water before an ultrasound than the Dr tells me. I am always at least a 1/2 hour behind. They based thier due date on thier measurements from the ultrasound but I dont know the accuracy of those measurements because it was so bad. We will see what they say at the end of this month when I have my second ultrasound. I am of the belief from the date I recorded my period on that I am still correct on my due date of April 8th. We shall see.

Memorial day weekend I took a little time off and Liesl, Ota and I went up to meet mom and dad on the boat in Traverse. We had a great time in Traverse, Mackinaw City and Macinac Island. We had dinner at Fred and Robin's. It was very nice. Fred made a bunch of perch for dinner and some wonderful tomato salad. I was only able to eat the tomato salad but Liesl ate more that hers and my share of them. We are guessing she had at least 15 perch. She was stuffing her little face so full of them we all couldn't stop laughing.  The next day we trolled around the cities on the coast while dad was sailing with cousin Fred. Went to the beach, got some dinner at a polish restaurant. It was a beautiful lawn out the back with gardens and Liesl loved running around there while we at exploring the properties. On the beach we found a frog swimming in the lake among the waves, found lots of rocks for Liesl's rock garden and did a little wading. Liesl was filthy when she was done. There was sand all over her. We ended a long gorgeous ride in Mackinaw City waiting for Dad and Fred. In Mackinaw City we were planning on catching a movie but missed. Got some cupcakes at the cupcake factory, did a little shopping and got really cold up there. The nights we slept on the boat were really stormy so we were bumping up against the dock alot at night. When dad and Fred finally made it to Mackinaw I was so happy for it finally to be dinnertime! Again Liesl shocked Fred with the amount of food that she could put away at the buffet. She woofed down 3-4 pieces of fried chicken and some fish. We spent 1 night in Mackinaw and 2 on Mackinaw Island. Liesl got a little seasick on the boat going over saying that the trees were dancing on her. Pretty funny. Liesl's favorite restraunt on the island was the Pink Pony... I am thnking this is only because of the name and the placemats. the second time she insisted on eating there she told me she even had her order planned out. No objections other than from Grandad. She behaved herself rather well in there so definately no objections from me. She begged us from the moment she got there to go on a horse and buggy ride. We thought we would out last her but no.... Tuesday we ended up doing the Carriage ride. I think she finally got it out of her system thank god. We did a couple runs around the island on the bikes and visited the school playground which she loved because they had a climbing wall. Then we got to take a ride back on the ferry. She slept a long time in the car. When we got home daddy and Stormy were quite sick. Unfortunately now our poor Stormy didnt make it and we again are dogless :(. It was short lived.

We have been visiting the zoo quite a bit this past month too. Liesl got her face painted the last time we were there. We saw the new Lion's den which is awesome, getting ready for the new carosel opening at the end of September and Zoo Boo. Liesl loved the face painting... after it was done. She was a little shy about getting the paint on. We said goodbye to the Dinosaurs for an unforeseen time which was sad. I hope they come back soon.