It's a Girl!

Mommy made us shirts that tell the world we are the big brother and big sister of Baby Karis!

Hello, World! I'm here and ready to check things out . . .

This is Karis on day 6. She spends time with eyes wide open but still sleep a lot. This is her baby doll that we are using to measure her growth this month.

Karis is going home from the hospital. She was not crazy about the bow but she tolerated it for Mommy and Granna to get a few shots. My grandmother made the blanket. Each kiddo has come home wrapped in Meme's blanket. I think it's a great expression of love from the oldest one of us to the youngest. I only wish she could be here to wrap Karis up herself. Maybe soon.

Life around here has become quite eventful. The older 2 are doing fine. Right now they want to hold the baby and kiss her all the time. I'm reminded that one day they won't feel so excited to have a baby sister so I'm letting them do whatever they want to with her.

Cade isn't sleeping well, which is hard on Matt because he gets up with him each time. Hopefully we will outgrow that when I am back to 100%. I think he just misses his Mommy and whatever normalcy we had a few weeks ago.

Jayci is doing great. However, she is disappointed that we did not name the baby Ariel. She brought Karis's picture to school and told her friends, "Her name is Karis. I wanted to name her Ariel but Mama said Karis." I love her resignation to the fact that I RULE!

Hugs and Kisses to you all!

Bellies and Babies

Ok, here we are 3 days to go until baby girl gets here! I am getting a little nervous. Not really about the delivery but about the whole family thing. It seems crazy to throw another kid into the mix. I guess there never is a perfect time for that and everything will iron out eventually, but it just seems insane to think that things will ever be smooth again.



So last Saturday, I got brave and let my photographer friend take some belly shots of me. She just bought some new studio equipment and needed to practice so I became the guinea pig. I only like this one, mostly because you can't see anything but the baby - no face, arms, etc.



We'll keep you posted!

Meet the Family

This is Matt while running his first trail race here locally. He LOVED it and will run as many of them as we can stand. In this race, he finished 2nd in his age group and 7th overall. YEA! He also ran the San Diego Rock 'N' Roll Marathon on June 1st and survived. He has finally found a culture that supports his habit - running!
This is Sharon and Cade at the Zoo. We rode the gondola across the park so it was a bit windy up there. I'm usually the one taking the pics so I couldn't find many to choose from to post.
Here is Jayci riding her daddy's shoulders at Point Loma, her new favorite place to visit. They have tons of "cremmy crabs" (hermit crabs, even though they aren't really hermit crabs but plain ol' ocean crabs) in the tidal pools. She loves to see them but will NOT get close.
Here's Cade. At 16 months he's quite a handfull. Tonight he bit his sister so hard it left red marks on her face until bedtime. He's such a boy. What's odd is that even though the biting is an issue from time to time, he's very loveable and cuddly.
That's right, you're looking at the latest addition to our family, Sprout. I'm 11 weeks pregnant and sick as a dog! This pregnancy is so much different than the other two, I'm not sure it's a boy or a girl! I'm betting on a monkey. One thing's for sure though, it's only ONE!!! The baby's due in early Feb. and don't worry . . . . we'll keep you posted! (Pun totally intended.)