tummy at six months

Why I am so excited to have a little boy...

first handmade TOY for the baby BOY

This is the first thing that I've made for our baby. My sis told me that buttons aren't safe for babies. I spent a lot of time sewing them on, but it's okay because I actually like him better without them.

It's a boy! He is due July 16th. The same day my brother comes home from Italy, and the next Harry Potter movie comes out.

According to the Chinese gender calender Mikey and I are having a boy.  This is actually inline with my prenatal dreams. Mikey still thinks it's a girl, but I have a mother's intuition and the Chinese on my side. I really like the name Ari for a boy, but we have received some negative feed back on it, but I still like it.

 Stuffed bugz for christmas presents.  They're everywhere.

                                                               
                                                               

Some family pictures from this October.   Even though they were kind of a drag this year, we took away the best we could from them. Thanksgiving was good, mostly because of the long, hilarious, conversations about the old days. Years from now I wonder what it will be like sitting around a big thanksgiving table with my kids and their kids, talking about way back when.