Ben's Room

We're still toying with some other air plane decor but for now this is Ben's room. It's small and cozy but will be big enough for our little guy!

Preggo Belly

Here I am on February 16, 2009. 11 days before my scheduled c-section. We'll see if I make it that long.

An update...finally!

We have made it through half of an Alaskan winter. We've endured several weeks of below zero temperatures as well as the weather phenomenon known as the Chinook winds. I never thought I'd see rain instantly turn to ice when it hit the ground!

Amelia is just loving life and having fun. Since mommy has to go to the hospital for appointments at least twice a week she has been spending a lot of time in the hospital's YMCA program known as Teddy Watch. She seems to really enjoy the time to play with other kids and not be stuck with mommy all day long! She also seems to finally understand that her baby brother is in mommy's baby. She likes to "tickle" him, listen to his heartbeat (with spoons from her play kitchen), and give him kisses. It's pretty cute.

Here are some recent pictures of her playing in the snow. We spent some time in the front yard playing in the snow while daddy shoveled the driveway. The big snow plow working in the street helped daddy out a little with the driveway but it still took him about two hours to clear the several inches of snow we'd gotten over the last few days.

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful quiet Christmas Day in Alaska. It was cold (of course) and started snowing during our late breakfast and continued until the next morning so Michael had plenty of snow to shovel on the 26th! Amelia finally understands what "present" means and she had lots of fun opening hers and is still enjoying the new toys. Santa brought her a tent (with a tunnel) and a tricycle this year. Hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas as well.

Baking Christmas Cookies!

Amelia got some new baking toys from Aunt Elaine and Uncle Dean to go with her play kitchen. Mommy decided she needed to help with the Christmas cookies this year so she got her own ball of dough and later some icing to finish off her special cookies. Amelia had a great time and was disappointed when it was all done.

Welcome Back to Alaska!

These were the views from our front door on Monday morning. That moose had been outside our back fence and then moved on and was nibbling on the trees right next to the front door of Miss Karen's (our occasional babysitter) house. Of course, by the time I grabbed the camera the moose was moving off. Michael had fun cleaning all that snow off his car. There was probably 8 to 12 inches of snow on the ground as well!

Oklahoma Fun!!