Our family is growing.....

And soon I will be too! Yesterday we got a nice photo of the newest member of our family. That's right - we are having another baby! Right now the due date is December 26, but we're hoping that the new arrival will be here in time for Christmas. We're very excited and sure that Isaac is going to be a great big brother (even though he has no clue what is going on right now!). Yesterday we got to have a 3d ultrasound - it's amazing how realistic the images are - even though the little munchkin is only measuring out at around 2" long at this point. The image is sort of looking down on the baby - he/she has their hands up around the face and you can see the legs and even an ear on the left side of the head! The baby was really moving around and even waved to us at one point! Anyway - we are hoping that the next 6 months go smoothly and that the baby and I both stay healthy!

Little boy in a big bed!

Last night was Isaac's first night in his new "big boy" bed. As you can see from the photo - he looks like quite a little boy in it! I'll post more pictures of his room and the other furniture later - I didn't want to wake him up from his nap!

Before we put him to bed last night, John and I made a bet on how many times he would get up from his bed before he went to sleep. We had made the decision that we were not going to lay with him until he fell asleep - that we would just tough it out and put him back to bed as many times as we needed to. I took the number 5 - and gave John the option of over or under....the stakes - a backrub. Well - John took "under 5" and won by a landslide! After I read him some books tucked him in, and John did the same, he just curled up and went to sleep! Not even an attempt to get out of the new bed that he could now actually get out of by himself!!! I woke up once at 3:30am to his crying - apparently he had fallen out of bed because he was curled up on the floor sobbing. After a little milk, though, he went back to sleep by himself again in his bed and slept until morning - what a little trooper!

I was sure that naptime was going to be a struggle - but after just a little crying and not even an attempt to get out of bed he fell right asleep - and as you can see from the photo he looks very comfortable! What a sweet little boy!...it almost makes me forget about that dead wasps nest that he tried to eat outside this morning....ahhh..

Crazy Animals!!

I haven't posted in over a week....and for a good reason! Isaac got the stomach flu last Friday. Then, it was me on Saturday and John on Sunday....Yuck! Luckily we are all feeling better and thanks to John, the house is totally disinfected (so it's safe to come visit!)

These are a couple photos that I took of the crazy animals around our household over the past week. The first is of the new nest of birds that hatched out of the eggs their mommy bird so carefully guarded on our porch for the past several weeks....They are flying now and not spending so much time in their nest. Instead, they are spending much more time pooping all over our porch. Nice. I just can't bear to evict them just yet. (and I can't really reach the nest without a ladder...)

The second photo is of the crazy cat Jasper. He has taken to sleeping on Kalli's bed - she doesn't spend much time on it anyway. I came down the stairs the other night to see him sleeping in this silly position. He didn't even move when I went for the camera - just opened his eyes to pose!

Hello??? Anybody there????

Even though Isaac isn't really saying too many words yet, he still likes to talk on the phone! Ok - he either babbles or just listens to the person talking on the other end of the line.....