Thorpe Thoughts...: The Great "Halfway" Weekend

This last weekend was pretty significant for the Thorpes! We had our mid-pregnancy sonogram on Monday to reveal the gender of our baby so we invited our parents to come up and join in on the fun. Rob actually had a business conference he was attending on Wednesday so they were already in town and decided to extend their stay! My parents arrived mid-afternoon on Friday and thus began "the great halfway weekend"! Jay had a softball game Friday night so we met up with his parents for dinner before the game and then headed over to the ball field to watch him play. Mom and Dad had dinner with Leslie and after the game was over we all met up for some frozen yogurt at Orange Leaf!

Saturday morning Jay and Rob went to the Covenant Chapel Men's Ministry event while Dad, Mom, Leslie, Billie and I went to breakfast and then garage sale-ing! It was so much fun and we all found some great stuff! I found a rocking horse that I'm going to refurbish, a bracelet and a pair of jeans (that I won't be able to wear until after the baby...). Mom and Billie found several things for the grandkids, Leslie found a pair of jeans and a set of dishes! Wow, we really raked in! After garage sale-ing, we met up for lunch at the house and rested for the afternoon. We had reservations for dinner at Jasper's and had a wonderful time together! I did a terrible job of documenting with pictures - so sorry about that!

Breakfast at Succotash - yummy!

Rocking horse find with yarn for a new mane and tail and button eyes!

Sunday was a special Father's Day for all, celebrating with our dads here and getting to celebrate Jay's first Father's Day, too! We all went to church together, ate lunch at the house again and then Dad, Mom and I went to the Plaza together to see Leslie at work and shop around for a bit. We wanted to make a special dinner at the house on Sunday night, so the boys went to McGonigle's Meat Market while we girls went to Hyvee for a few things. Allison and the kids ended up driving to KC so we had a full house for dinner! Sunday night was fun for all - we watched the Thunder/Heat game, opened up Father's Day cards, played with the kids and had a jolly good time!

Trying out the rocking horse :)

Family pic - that belly's getting big!

Dash loves his "Mimi and Popa"

Father/daughter pic! Love them all so much!

Go OKC Thunder!!

Monday morning was the big day! Our appointment was at 10:30 and we were so anxious to find out what our baby would be! We had quite the entourage: Mom, Billie, Allison and Leslie were there for support. Jay and I went in first to have private time together and find out first; then we brought in the family and everybody got to see our baby GIRL live on the ultrasound! After the actual doctor's appointment we met up with the dads and the kids for brunch at Mimi's Cafe. Everybody was so excited about the new granddaughter/niece/cousin, Caroline Elise Thorpe! When the dads walked in we said, "it's a... girl!" and Lucy quickly responded "I knew that!" :-) We are beyond thrilled to be having a daughter and cannot wait to meet her in a few months. I've been wearing pink everyday this week in her honor. ;) Thank you all so much for your encouragement, love and support during this exciting journey.