I am so far behind...

As you can tell, I am a little bit behind the power curve these days. I'd like to think it's because of the pregnancy but to be honest, I have been quite a lazy daisy. As you might have noticed, I posted an entry about finding out we're going to have a boy in June. I actually wrote it in April but it's taken this long to post. Well, I suppose in the grand scheme of things 2 months isn't that bad. Some of you are still waiting on Christmas cards from 2005. :)

I will try to get a little more motivation to update the blog more often in the upcoming months. We can't have you all forgetting about us over here. So what's been happening:

- Over our snowy Easter, we were thrilled to have our New Jersey neighbor, Kelly, come and visit us for almost 2 weeks. It was the most tourist-like we've been since we landed in London and it was fantastic. We went to Stonehenge, Bath to see the Roman Baths and eat a Sally Lunn bun, Camden Town, the London Bridge, the Tower of London, the London Eye and we even went Ghost Hunting in the center of LondonTown (nope, we didn't see any).



- We went back to the states to New York for a little refresher since the girls had 4 weeks off from school. It was nice but COLD! There wasn't much going on but we definitely made use of the strength of sterling compared to the dollar!
- We moved house in May. We are now in Chiswick which is a lovely place that feels like a village but is still very much in London. The house is awesome and we have some space to spread out and breathe.
- Sloane had her 3rd birthday on the 27th of May and was thrilled to find out that she did get the cake she wanted: one of Iggle Piggle. Iggle Piggle is a character in a TV show out here that has friends named Upsy Daisy, the Tomblyboo's, Macca Pacca and the Ninkie Nonks. Sounds ridiculous but she's infatuated and ate just about every bit of fondant on that cake. Despite the fact that it was an English style cake: they're usually incredibly dry with fake jam in the center and fondant icing that you can use to patch drywall, this one was actually really good.
- In early June, Matt took his first test for the CFA and is the only person in the world I know that would come home and say to me "I think I over-studied". Talk about opposites attracting! We haven't found out the results but will shortly and I'm positive it will be good news.
- Avery competed in her 2d Club Championship and did really well. She placed 2d in the range portion which has to do with flexibility and strength. This girl has lats like you wouldn't believe, biceps that are bigger than the boys in her class and abs to die for. She is such a little machine and she continues to love every minute of it.
- I am growing in size by the minute. As of today (26 June) I'm 29.5 weeks but feel like I've been preggers for an eternity. So far everything is going great and he's head down. Keep your fingers crossed that he stays that way (unlike Sloane) or else I will find myself with chiropractors, acupuncturists, hypnotists and priests. Anything to avoid the c-section.

Hmmm....what else. That's about it I guess. We're getting ready for summer and Avery's last days of school at her current school. She won't have much of a summer this year since her last day is 9 July and she starts her new school on the 21st of August. But we'll fill it fun nonetheless. Hopefully we'll get some good sunshine and be able to put up the pool in our back garden. So, until next time...

And it's going to be a....

BOY!

That's right folks...the London Dunker's are no longer going to be a sorority with a den daddy. We are actually going to have a B.O.Y.

The girls are over the moon and dad was almost beside himself. I have to say that I was in a bit of shock as well considering I just didn't believe that it was in the cards for us. I figured I had done something in a previous life to "blessed" with all girls that, no doubt, would be raging teen-wannabes at the ripe old age of say...8.

Alas, it is not to be. And thankfully so because the deal was, that if the sonogram showed another little girl, Matt could get a dog. A boy dog. I actually promised him two boy dogs just to try to even out the numbers a bit. I was starting to feel a bit guilty for all the estrogen despite the fact that it was all his fault from the git-go anyway!! We women are merely hosts and the guys really have no one to blame but themselves. :)

This was at only 19 weeks