Moving....again.

Well, we are packing our stuff for what seems like the hundredth time! For anyone not up to speed on our lives, we have moved once a year for the last 4 years, and so this will be move #5...but luckily we are only moving like 6 blocks this time. And, as an added bonus, we are probably going to be blessed with 95 degree weather and upwards of 90% humidity...so basically, the sweat will be running like water. :0

Elijah has apparently entered the "fall asleep in random places" phase of his life, and so we were able to take this photo while he was "watching" cartoons.

Two days ago I had taken a break from some serious packing, and was able to get the camera out just in time to catch this photo of a notorious pirate running around our apartment, yelling "I a pirate....jump!"

I have been trying my hand at ebay lately, and was doing pretty well at first, but apparently I just had a run of dumb luck in which the random object from around the house that I had chosen was actually desired by some strange person in either New York or L.A. (with names like Ford Zenabou, and Arubusa Heimendinger-something-or-other). Alas, my luck has failed, and the latest round of clutter I had hoped to turn into profit has proven to be much less desirable. Who knew that a broken computer moniter would sell much faster than a signed, framed, original drawing of Ray Charles? It is a crazy world I tell ya!!

Kim and Elijah and I went for another ultrasound today, and it was confirmed that our baby will most likely be a little girl. Together with the doctor we stared at the strange ink-blot-like shapes that grew and danced in black and white and grey in the odd, rounded portion of the monitor. Every once in a while, the doctor would intimate to us things such as "Those are the ventricles, see, right there, and there are four, which is just how it should be.", or "Mmmm...that thoracic arch looks normal...and the septum too." To these we would reply, "Oh..um, ok, that's good.", while straining our eyes to attempt to figure out what exactly we were supposed to see before he deftly changed the views. However, the good news is that after ten minutes of that, the doctor said that everything looks great (heart, bone structure, kidneys, etc.)! So that is definitely nice news to hear. I was slightly disappointed, though. The doctors had made this ultrasound seem different and more important than the other by calling it a "Level-Two" ultrasound. Ignorantly, I had assumed that up until today I had been forced to view my children through lowly "Level-One" ultrasounds, and that now I would be seeing a crisp, clear picture of our baby, maybe even 3-D, with the blue and red glasses and everything! But, alas, no such luck, and I was not able to tell any sort of differnce, or advantage, between the level one and two systems. Oh well, at least our baby is healthy! :)

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Hello, All! Sorry we haven't blogged in awhile. It was a fun and crazy week, and we lost track of time. My mom and sister, Corrie came to visit during the week, and we took Elijah to the Kansas City Zoo for the first time. After about two hours of animals he was pretty much all zooed out, though, so we had to find him a playground so he could burn off some of his excessive 3-yr-old energy. On his birthday, Kim and I made him happy-face pancakes, and some cupcakes. Then for his party we made two kinds of cakes, chocolate cake with strawberry icing (which Elijah picked out at the store, apparently becuase of its pinkness), and strawberry short cake. Elijah's birthday and birthday party went off without a hitch, and was quite a fun time. Check out more pictures by clicking in the Flickr bar to the left. Thank you to all of you who lavished him with presents and cards; he is truly enjoying all of them.

Elijah's Birfday Plans

Hello, All!

For those of you who may not know, Elijah is turning 3 years old this Friday, July 13th. And so, in honor of the little rascal, we are having a little party on Saturday, July 14th at noon. It will be extremely fun for him, and everyone else will get to enjoy pizza and cake and watch a very entertaining three year old all hopped up on lots of sugar.

The party will be in Lawrence at our apartment, so if anyone can make it and needs directions please e-mail me or if you happen to run into my mom or sister they also know our address. Ooh, also please leave a comment that you are able to come or send me an e-mail so that I know how much food is needed. (on a side note...we fixed the comment box so you don't have to register but it still can seem a little complicated because it asks you to sign in using your google account, but for those without a google account all you have to do is choose the circle marked 'other' and type your message in the box and then type your name in the name space and that's it.) So anyway, we hope to get to see everyone, but understand if you can't make it. :)

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all who have July birthdays! (aunts and uncles and Will and dad and my crafty friend, Larissa's, son Donovan who just turned one today) Yay for birthdays.

Much Fun

We hope everyone had a fun 4th! Ben, Elijah, and I went to Chillicothe (where my parents, sister's little family, and lots of other fun relatives live) for the 4th of July. Ben made very wonderful kabobs which were a big hit, we got a special visit from Sammi, Ellie, Jacia, and Pat since Ellie and I are both pregnant and we had to catch up, and then we went over to my Uncle Jerry and Aunt Diane's for fun and fireworks watchin'. It was good times. Elijah was thrilled with the fireworks and Julienne didn't even cry at all.

The pictures are of the guys (my Dad, Will, Ben, and Uncle Jerry) playing a fancy game that has to do with throwin' bean bags in a hole. Apparently, there are fun games that don't involve electricity, who knew? Oh, and the old guys beat the young guys, I believe it was 10 times in a row, but the young guys finally came through for one game in the end. So anyway, hopefully there will be more pictures whenever I figure out the problems I'm having with uploading them (or when Ben comes home and fixes them for me). Have a fun Friday!

EXTRA PICTURES: so I added some more pictures to this post because they were taken on or around the 4th. The baby is my niece, Julienne again. I just can't help myself. :)

It's a Girl!!!

We did an ultrasound today, and we are pretty sure (like 95%) that we are having a Girl!! :D
Elijah was a little sobered by the thought that he is going to have to share his toys, and he thought the ultrasound pictures looked like monsters. Check out how very curled up our lil' girl is!