First of all, I hate a post with no pictures. Its not fun for me... but my other computer with the pictures is giving me some SERIOUS issues. I just hope I don't loose all my pics.
The baby is getting more mobile and he has been practicing his karate kicks for when he has to beat up his older siblings :). Dave has felt the baby move several times. I think its awesome to share that with him. The last few day s my belly has felt big. I am hoping that will help me not eat as much since I have gained more weight than I would have wanted at this point.
We have been having a really hard time coming up with a good name for this baby. Our other kids had names well before this point. But we are undecided. We keep "trying" names during the day and calling the baby that name, but nothing seems to fit just right. The kids feel like they should have a say in the decision and I think... they will have their turn with their kids, so let me do with mine what I want! :)
I am excited that we only have 17ish weeks left. That just seems crazy! Soon it will be 10 weeks left and in the blink of an eye he will be here. Time is going by really fast! So much to do and so much to move around in the house and organize I feel like I need to tackle at least one project weekly. Then trying to keep up with the house. I am completely out of breath if I do to much so, I need to pace myself.
This has been an enjoyable pregnancy (as my others) after the scary first 17-19 weeks were I feel like its not going to work... but I feel blessed to have this opportunity again. I can't wait to meet this little guy. I wonder what he will look like, white or brown :). All we need is a red head in the family and we can be TOTALLY multi-cultural looking.
For now I will keep loving my big belly (and rear end :))
Ingredients:
This is Leah holding her sugar crystal that sat on the window sill for about 5 days. It got really big and really "crystally". It has some great crystal formations. 
After carefully chipping it off the bottom of the jar we were able to pull her crystal out. She was obviously very pleased with her project. 
I just LOVE Mylo's face as he is showing off his crystal. Those sausage fingers are too cute :) He too was very proud of his project, however... it did not turn out as cool as Leah's. We did his too fast and the sugar crystal formed on the bottom and sides of the jar rather than on the string. still it was fun to see how different they were. 
This is Mylo's tiny sugar crystal that was left on the string :) Still he thought it was pretty cool. 
(Picture was taken by Mylo July 2009, in Sun Valley, ID) 
Dave is in Norway for work (yes, his job is very tough!) We always miss him when he is gone. But we are able to still talk through skype or just emails. I love technology!!!