Baby On Board!! *NEWS*

Guess What!?!?


Liv's gonna be a big sister!!


warning: creepy ultra-sound pictures below... :)

so, obviously, judging by the size of my belly... we've known for a while;
just haven't made the big global announcement.

Here it is:

Jeff, Emily & Olivia are expecting a new baby January 24th (-ish)
which means we're about 1/2 way through the pregnancy.

I went for the standard 20-week ultrasound this morning.
Everything looks pretty normal according to the tech & the dr.

The technology is amazing. The detail and the clarity are impressive.
However, amazing as it is; it's also a little creepy and bizarre.

We got to watch & listen to the heart. We got to see close-ups of each ventricle.
It's a beautiful, symmetrical, rhythmic little heart.

We saw the pretty string-of-pearls spine; long and even, with graceful little curves.

Big round abdomen, big round head.
All the limbs and fingers and toes in the right numbers and in the right places.

And what appear to be sweet little girl-parts between two strong leg bones!

Here are a couple of profile pictures of our "reclining" baby
Head (right/center) chest & belly (left)

If you're grossed out - I don't want to hear it!!

:)

I warned you!!!



BTW: I tried to send out a mass email with our new email addresses & current mailing address/phone number. I think it got marked as spam in some inboxes... if you didn't get the email and would like our current contact info... let me know!! XOXO

Happy Livvy

happy kid, full attention from BOTH parents - WOO HOO!
jumping, hugging, general cuteness.

Upside-Down Baby

More UpSide-Down Baby!

Slides - How Fun!

Liv is a big fan of the slide - any slide.

Yeah, I don't know what she's saying either. :)

The second slide is a big steep double corkscrew - pretty exciting!
She went down it by herself, too!!

Where is the Bag Lady?

it's getting silly around here!

(And by the way, I did not do this...)
She started this all on her own!!!

Birthday Party Last Weekend

We went to visit our friends at their home in Genoa, NV for the twin's 5-year birthday party!

It was a fun weekend, as always, and Liv had a great time playing outside with the big boys!

Here's a photo of the neighborhood children enjoying the pinata & its spoils!

Birthday boys & birthday cake!

Birthday CAKE!!!
mmmmmm....

Finally! -- an Update with New Pics!

I'm sorry that I've been so delinquent in updating here!

I finally have some new pictures to share.

Liv's been learning lots of new things this summer, she's talking more, she's starting to steer her trike - consistently & as expected! But, she still likes to stop frequently and explore other things she finds. :) We've started playing with crayons and dry erase markers on the glass door. We've started doing color and shape sorting - tho not always accurately or consistently - but even so, its fun to see her mind putting things together - sometimes in really fun creative ways.

And imitation is of course a fun part of learning! Last month she watched a friend of ours do a headstand.

Here's Liv's version, I call it "Upside Down Baby"

Last weekend G'ma & G'pa King came out to visit as part of their cross-country train trip! It was such a great pleasure to see them again so soon! We spent most of Friday at the King Tut exhibit at the DeYoung museum. It was really awe-inspiring. WoW!!

Unfortunately, there is no photography allowed, but we took our lunch at the cafe in the sculpture garden, where Liv discovered these great "apples". She loves to play "peek-a-boo" and when she squatted down behind these she would disappear! then POP up with a big old grin and a "BOO!" It was too funny!

On Saturday morning, we made a quick stop at the farmer's market for some peaches and tomatoes (and other yummy stuff) - Here's a pic of Liv enjoying a strawberry.

From there we went over to the Oakland Art & Soul Festival. There was a lot of interesting and beautiful art; Some of my favorite art was Karin Turner's H2Omelon Girl. It was joyful and colorful and her slogan "Live Lusciously" simply made me happy!

We didn't go to any of the concerts, except for the kid's stage while we had our lunch. They had a huge area of the festival for "family fun" Here's Liv playing with the parachute & beach balls:

and face painting by the gymnasts!

We had a really nice day!

Here's G'ma & Liv playing with a pile of pennies.

Other fun stuff we've been up to:
Of course, our frequent excursions to the beach across the street.

And coloring... here's a fun piece that I couldn't resist keeping. Liv does some pretty controlled scribbling, and is great at "keeping the colors on the paper!" and she loves to ask me to draw things, she'll indicate what she wants us to draw by signing "sun", "bug", "flower", "bubbles", "moon", "car", etc, she also loves to have us trace her hands and feet.

That's us waving "bye" for now...