Iowa Vacation

Andi and I spent the past couple days in Des Moines for my company’s holiday party. Iowa is charming in a boring kind of way. What else is there to do in a city with nothing to do when you are in a hotel with the one you love … go out to eat. We ate at Skips, The Iowa Beef Steak House, The Waveland Café and B&Bs Deli – all local restaurants with Iowa flare. We had a really fun time and we always look forward to … the restaurants.

Broken Hand

Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets' star basket ball dribbler) is not the only one with a broken hand. Andrew tripped while racing me to the front door on Friday night and fractured his pinky metacarpal near the carpal joint. This is commonly known as the "boxer's break". He wears a splint for about a week till the swelling goes down enough for the orthopedist to cast him up.

Trip to the Zoo

Grandma gave our family a year pass to the Zoo for Christmas!! On New Years Day we were able to use it for the first time. We had a great day together as a family. We are excited to be able to go as often as we want. Thanks Grandma!

Cupcakes and Crystals

The last couple of weeks we have been working on all sorts of projects that Andrew and Mylie got for Christmas. Andrew got a crystal making kit and Mylie got a cupcake baking kit. Daddy help Andrew make the crystals. It was a quite envoled project and Andrew just thought it was the coolest thing ever. He had a fun time and was especially excited that it came with a set of gogles. He felt very offical. It has been fun to watch the crystals grow. I was just impressed that it actually worked!!


I got the better half of the deal. I helped Mylie bake her very own cupcakes. She did everything by herself (except for the clean up). She made very sure that I knew it was HER project. I thought she did a great job. With the help of Andrew she frosted them and she finished them off with of course sprinkles!! Maybe we have the next Martha on our hands. She was very proud of the final outcome. Yummy!!

Ultrasounds

Here are a couple cool ultrasounds of the baby.
This is the baby sitting criss-cross applesauce.

This is the baby doing yoga - holding on to its toe.

This is the babies profile. You can see the little tooth buds. We could also see the tongue moved when the baby swallowed.

Baby's piggies.

Crotch shot - possible spoiler if you know what you are looking for.

Go here to see an additional picture of the little criter.

Boy or Girl?

We find out if it is a girl or boy tomorrow. Vote on the right to see if you are right. The poll results will be posted on Wednesday with the big reveal.