A new Keiki

Most everyone knows by now that Mandy is pregnant again with our second baby. We went for the first OB visit today and got a dating ultraound and it seems she is now 11 weeks along so the due date will be in early July. It's too early to tell if we are having a boy or girl but so far we can see 2 legs 2 arms, a beating heart and a brain, all good things and it's still a pretty exciting thing to see the baby at such a early age. It definitely made the whole thing seem real.


This picture wasn't the best but it was the only one the tech handed me and everyone seemed to be in a hurry. I hope to get better ones at future visits.

Jake is feeling better now and back to his playful self. He even is taking his antibiotics without a fus tonight which is a great thing considering we nearly had to tie him down the first few times.

Some days are sick days......

We officially have a nanny now and we are very happy so far. Part of the reason for the nanny is to keep Jake from getting sick so often. Out of the past several months his nose seems to continuously run and at least once a month we had to scramble to find someone to watch him at the last minute. Unfortunately Jake had one more bad cold/flu left in him. Jake has been sick in the past but no matter how bad he got he always played and laughed between the fevers and puking. He seemed to get sick enough on Friday that we started him on Augmentin and we are glad that we did that. All day Saturday Jake was had high fevers and cough that made him puke and was generally miserable. If it didn't involve watching Nemo or drinking apple juice he wasn't interested. It took some serious coaxing to get him to take the medicine because it tastes bad and Jake pretty much likes everything. One cute side to the illness is that every time he coughed and woke himself up at night he would cry out "mommmmmy.....mommmy" This was too much for mandy to handle and even though he would fall back asleep on his own she would go downstaris to give him a drink (or poke me in the side until I did). Today he is at least playing some and seems to be on the mend as you can see from the picture he was more interested in playing with the laundry basket than helping fold the socks. (I can't blame him)

Tis the Season for Napping

Winter seems to have arrived here in Atlanta. Tonight we are supposed to see our first true freeze ith the possibility of snow and the days have been pretty cold (by our measure) recently. So far jake has not seen snow but if he doesn't see any by Christmas we may have to go up to Mount Hood for a day trip when we come to Portland. Jake at first would have nothing to do with gloves and hat but now wears them all the time when going out. Kili and Hobbes are taking every opportunity to get warm whenever we are around as you can see below. Even Jake couldn't resist sleeping on the couch with Mandy. We decorated the living room and tree today. So strange since this is our first Christmas on the mainland in 6 years.