13 Weeks To Go!!!

So it's not officially 13 weeks until Thursday, but I thought I would go ahead and post some pics while I was thinking about it. These are the same ones I posted on Facebook - sorry for the redundancy! The ultra sound pic is actually from about 5 weeks ago.

The Heart of a Child...

This video is from about a year ago, but I was thinking about it recently, so I thought I would share. I think it's ok to laugh at it now. I had a hard time not laughing when it happened, though.

Dad's Suprise Party

Last week was Ben's Dad's birthday. So on Saturday, we went to Cincinnati for a suprise party for him that Ben's mom orchestrated. He wasn't expecting Ben's sisters to be there until later, and he wasn't expecting us to be there at all. The party was at their church, and several people from the church helped to plan the suprise including sending a fake invitation for a 50th anniversary party for a couple in the church to his house (everyone else in the church got the invitation for the birthday party!). As you can see in the video, it was quite a suprise for him!!

An Incredible Design

I was watching a video about the development process of a baby in the womb, and the wonderful design that God gave to a woman's reproductive system, and all the amazing functions that HAVE to occur in order for a baby to be conceived, grown and born. One of those many wonderful things is the fact that a pelvic bone is actually divided into three separate parts and is joined by ligaments. If it were all one piece, the baby wouldn't be able to fit through it. Well, during pregnancy, hormones tell those ligaments to loosen up so that during delivery the opening can get bigger. Amazing, huh?!! One drawback: at least in my case, the whole loosening of ligaments is actually quite painful especially when I go up and down the stairs, sweep, vacuum, bend over to change diapers, sleep, etc. I'm not complaining about it, I just think I will have to wait until after the baby is born to fully appreciate this wonderful design. ;-)
BTW: the video is "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" featuring Dr. David Menton. (available through Answers in Genesis)

Where Have I Been?!?!?!

I almost forgot about this blog!! Not really!
Has anyone else heard about BabyCenter.com? I have visited the site and received emails from there since I was pregnant with Lucas, but a few weeks ago, I learned that there is a 'community' part of it. You can set up a profile, join groups, ask questions and connect and talk with people around the (English speaking) world. There are all sorts of groups: Large Families, Fundamental Christian Families, even debate groups (which are really cool b/c you can talk to people about Jesus without being told to keep your religion to yourself :-D). It is, however, very addictive, but once you figure out what things you are really interested in talking about, you can save time and check those groups once a day or so. I have really felt isolated lately, so it has been a sanity-saver for me.
In other news, I am 23 weeks pg now. The baby is squirming like...ummm...Lance. The weather had better warm up soon because my coat is getting too small. We are trying to potty train Lucas (emphasis on trying). Lance is starting to talk, but he seems more interested in developing physically rather than verbally right now (climbing, jumping, sitting on Lucas's head, etc). Ben is working hard. He has some interesting videos he put together on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/reconciled2God . I guess everything else is pretty much the same. Ok. Now I am going to really get off the computer and clean. :-P

Pictures

I know I have said that I will post pictures soon, so here are some pictures:

Christmas at Nana and Papa's House

Lucas, Nana and his 'computow'

Lucas and Grandpa (and some cousins)

How old are you, Lucas?

I'm Three!




Here's Lance being cute.

Winter Hibernation

Well, it's been four days since went outside - it would be longer, but I HAD to get groceries for the extended 'hibernation'. There are several inches of snow on the ground and the temp has yet to reach 0. On the upside, I haven't been able to go out and spend money, but I am about to go crazy. One can only take so much PBS and Baby Einstein. I don't know why, but this is the first week ever that the boys have put forth a combined effort to refuse to take a nap. They know they are wearing on me and this is the first step toward the coup they are planning? I'm sure they've discussed it.
It's ok, though. Next week: heat wave. It should be in the mid 20's all week. :] (that's my fake smile). Well, I guess that's global warming - you know, it gets warmer everywhere except the places where people live.