Baby Girl Names

HELP HELP HELP!
WE need help with ideas for our baby girl. When we named our Pineapple Princess, we just knew what her name was going to be. And now here we are, days away from having our second and we can not seem to agree on names. Pineapple Princess and I have been calling her baby Ava for months, but K, doesn't seem to keen on the idea of it...so, I am asking you, if you have any favorite girl names, that you would not mind sharing.
HELP us OUT!
and even if we do use Ava (which I am about 98% sure we will)
we still need a middle name
and then of course the Hawaiian name she will be given.

Here are some names we have thought of
Ava (Life or Serpent) hmmmm??
Kate Lyn (Pure)
Hadassah (Myrtle Tree)
Abigail (source of Joy)
Julia (youthful)
Corlyn (family name)
Faith (Devotion)
Paige (attendant)
Amy (Beloved)
Lauren (laurel tree)
Anna (favored)
Charlotte (little and womanly)

The Day You Were Born May 19, 2004

(just before we have her)

This is a video Log of Pineapple Princess on our very first days together. As we are preparing for number 2 to come on Wednesday, I have been reflecting on the birth of our first daughter.

So, we want to share her (Pineapple Princess) video with you.
It's a little long,
so watch it when you have time.
Enjoy!

Watching her take her first breath took ours away!

Chloe the Cat

In the spirit of Halloween, I thought I would post our family cat CHLOE.
She is not a nice cat, (well she can be when SHE WANTS to be).
(and in the pic above, she is "smiling" at me)
Chloe is the best attack Cat EVER - She enjoys attacking us when ever she can.
Especially
when we are coming out of the shower.
She waits, she runs, she pounces
then ATTACK!
Much to the enjoyment of those watching it happen.
Unfortunately if your leg is the scratching, biting post, NOT so pleasant!
But we still LOVE our black cat. WE love it when she sleeps on our feet at night
(whom ever she deems worthy that evening) WE love it when she sits
on our wrapping paper, tissue paper, hops in a box or suitcase we are packing
as if to say, mail me away, or take me with you...WE Love it when she wants
to play games with us, as in sits in the middle of the Monopoly game. She also
is GREAT at catching mice, she just doesn't know what to do with them once
she has caught them.
I should ask my mom if I could borrow her again for our little mouse...
We love our black cat Chloe!!!

Showered with Love

On September 22, my friends had a baby shower for me. It was wonderful - to put it in one word. I was truly spoiled - or should we say Baby A was spoiled. This is our 2nd baby so I wasn't planning on another shower. But, when you have such great friends who want to do this for you - who can say no. And I am glad we didn't. There are so many things that you do need, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (etc.) time around. Things I wasn't even thinking of, or thought of. And here I thought I was so prepared. ; ) (are we ever???) I have added all of the pictures onto our family website, to visit that click HERE. And I haven't forgotten all the fun things that Pineapple Princess got too as big sister gifts! There was such yummy food, and the fall decorations were wonderful.

Thank you to all of you who planned, brought food, donated time, money etc.
MAHALO!

I know that everyone keeps asking what I received - so here is a list of all the great things...(thanks to RH who wrote it all out for me)

*cute (hand made) booties and an overall outfit -
*Books - on the day you were born and bear hunt -
*Cupcake outfit -
*home made flannel blanket
*white boots with fur
*black velvet jump suit (to match mine!!) (book for Pineapple Princess)
*pink corduroy dress and sweater
*Winnie-the-Pooh dresses, onesies, jammies
*pink sweats, white shirt and a plaid bubble skirt
*floral onesie and cute socks
*apple jammies and fuzzy blanket to match
*pineapple swimsuit, and great books (magna doodle for Pineapple Princess)
*homemade thank you cards, onesie, hello baby book, (cute hat for Pineapple Princess)
*onesies, pink boots, octopus stroller toy
*diapers, wipes, Tylenol, gas drops, Triple Paste, onesies (dress up for Pineapple Princess)
*white crotchet blanket (homemade)
*Mama Loves Me book, swaddle blanket, and surf board tummy time mat
*pink sweatshirt and onesies (princess cup and brush for Pineapple Princess)
*yellow jammies, bibs, yellow fuzzy outfit with socks, (book for Pineapple Princess)
*jump rope (for pineapple princess)
*photo album and frame, lap pads and burp cloths
*highchair
*Sunshine stroller attachment
*diaper bag wallet (to put wipes and diapers in)
*Einstein Turtle crib soother
GROUP GIFT
*How to be a Baby by the Big Sister - (for Pineapple Princess)
*Gift Cards, Playtex bottles and drop ins , nursing pads, triple paste, loofah, baby wash, Lotion (for mommy), health care kit, crib sheets, hooter hider, burp cloths, sheet saver, baby care timer, noise machine, case of diapers and wipes, car seat base...

see what I mean, showered with LOVE, we are so blessed!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Autumn, By Stephen Brayfield

How blessed are we to have a good friend who is a wonderful artist. As I'm sure you have seen my art work of Pineapple Princess on our side bar, I want to make sure that you also see Steve Brayfield's website. GO HERE (http://www.brayart.com/) he is more than happy to do art work for you, and I know it's worth it!

Here is his latest work - of our Pineapple Princess of course! ; )

ENJOY and Happy Autumn!

She has Bangs

Last Monday, K went to get his haircut.
The women there just LOVE Pineapple Princess . They are always wanting to restyle her hair. Last time they wanted to buzz her head so she would get rid of the "baby hair"
WHAT!?!? and NO WAY!
is all I could say!
This time, they gave her bangs.
K and I were not so sure at first. Maybe because she looks so grown up now. But, I do think it is pretty cute!
What do you think?

Our New Pineapple is Upside Down ; )

I just wanted to quickly add, that Baby A has turned UPSIDE DOWN. She is now in the RIGHT position!
HOORAY!
I am not sure who was more excited, K or Dr. M! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.
And a very SPECIAL thanks to our friends the Stowells who let me use their pool to help turn this pineapple upside down!

mahalo!!!

Spiders and Skunks and Mice - OH MY!

It must be fall! Not only is the weather changing, brisk, to hot, hot to brisk, and the leaves starting to turn, and not because I am hungry for apples all the time, nice crisp juicy apples, but I also have new house-mates. Not this cute little baby that is still brewing inside,

but the unwanted guest.

Spiders of all shapes and sizes, and the yucky sticky webs that come with them, we also have/had a mouse

(which K named Seemore, because I don't want to see anymore of you!) and the smell of a skunk that lingers in our home 2-3 times a week because it hates the
dog next door and keeps spraying it.
So what do we do with all of our unwanted guests???
I have had the pest control out to spray for the spiders, I think all that accomplished is that they moved inside. We have traps all over the house for the mouse (mice) and well, I guess I need to call the city about the skunk problem. UGH!
I wish for ONCE I could live in a nice place that was ANT FREE, MOUSE FREE, SPIDER FREE and now SKUNK FREE!
On the other side, with all the spiders and the mouse, I guess I am
that much closer to being decorated for HALLOWEEN -
And Pineapple Princess has pets???
(I'll say it again UGH!)

Which Jane Austen Heroine are you?

Take the Quiz here!

I am Elinor Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! I am practical, circumspect, and discreet. Though I am tremendously sensible and allow my head to rule, I have a deep, emotional side that few people often see.

Sibling Tour

Pineapple Princess and I were able to book a tour, a sibling tour of the Women's labor and delivery wing at the Evanston Hospital. It is a great little tour that they have for the siblings to be. Pineapple Princess and
I arrived at 11 am and met our tour guide Nurse Sherri. She took us to the labor area and showed Pineapple Princess a neat little flip book of the delivery process - oh if it would only be that easy!

We then headed up to the recovery rooms. They showed us the room where Mommy stays and the phone where Daddy gets to call the Big Sister. Pineapple Princess enjoyed looking in the nursery window at the new baby's in there.

My favorite part was when Pineapple Princess helped Nurse Sherri dress her little "sister". (this doll not only had the right parts, it also sported an umbilical cord!) I was AMAZED as I watched my 3 year old put a diaper on this baby doll, then a tee-shirt. She was so gentle and careful, she even knew to hold the baby's head/neck. After Sherri helped Pineapple Princess swaddle the baby doll, Pineapple Princess immediately started to rock her and sing to her. After she kissed the baby on the forehead she said, "Ms. Sheri, I think my baby sister is hungry." Luckily, nurse Sheri had a bottle all ready. Pineapple Princess fed her doll and then burped her. I was in awe of how much of a "mommy" Pineapple Princess already is.
There were a few other tips that I thought cute to help Pineapple Princess be a big sister. They told her that she should have a picture of herself that the nurses can put in her sisters cradle, so that the new baby can see what her big sister looks like. And that Pineapple Princess should also draw some pictures for Mommy's room,
so that mommy is not so lonesome for home.
I can not wait to see Pineapple Princess with her new little sister!
(and thanks to my Big sister for suggesting this tour for Pineapple Princess !)

Pregnancy

So why is it when you are pregnant, all these things, horrible things happen to your body??? (OK OK and there IS some GOOD)
Why is it that your feet swell up to the size of WATERMELLON'S? That the ONLY shoes that fit my huge ELEPHANT feet our my husbands size 10 flip flops...
My older sister and I were even noticing that my NOSE is about 2-3 sizes bigger than normal! And, when I talk it sounds like I have a cold.

(and let's not forget these kidney stones my body mass produces...)

But in spite of all of that, I do feel pretty when I am pregnant. I love my belly! I love knowing I have a wee little one growing inside me. I love that she kicks, stretches, hits, and jabs me almost all day long, oh and I love her hiccups.
Now, if she would only somersault back, so she was no
longer a full breech baby, things would be good. I'll add a picture of me and Pineapple Princess at Dr.M's office so you can see my nose, I am serious, it's huge!!!
But I can't wait to meet my new little girl!

I'll Put a Spell On You

After much debating, and changing of the mind, Pineapple Princess has finally picked a costume for Halloween!

We started with Cinderella, then Belle, I think there was even a Princess Jasmine and Sleeping Beauty in there somewhere. Then, we watched Mickey's Treat, and it was
settled, Pineapple Princess wanted to be a witch - like Minnie Mouse. SO,
(after three weeks, of not driving and hardly leaving the house)
I finally felt good enough to go somewhere, and where do we go???
TARGET - of course.
Just our luck, they were busy putting out all of the Halloween stuff. (my favorite holiday -well next to Christmas) So we cruised all around the store, taking it all in.
I adding to my wish list of decorations. But, I held off
(gotta keep to my new budget! -
although I think K would debate whether
I held off or not - but that is a whole other story!)
Anyway, we got to the costumes, and Pineapple Princess saw lots of cute ones, changing her mind all over again. Then she saw it, the perfect one, the one she ALWAYS wanted.
Princess Witch


(And some cute accessories to go with it!) OH, just so we are clear, Marlee is a GOOD witch, not a BAD witch. Pineapple Princess also wants me to add that baby A, will be a baby Jaguar
(thanks to Miss E!)
Daddy will be a knight, and Mommy will be Minnie Mouse...
(we'll see if we can pull that off)

I just LOVE - LOVE Halloween!
Happy Haunting Everyone!


also, one of my MUST watch Halloween Movies is
Hocus Pocus,
I can't wait to watch it with Pineapple Princess this season...

Good Times Are Ahead

Today was a big day for our family. K has been called and sustained as the 2nd counsel in the bishopric in our ward. I can't even describe the spiritual high we are on right now. It is just awesome. I had to make my self not cry today with all the wonderful thoughts, words and spirit that was felt today. I just knew that if I started, there would be NO stopping.
K's setting apart blessing was just amazing. Not just his, but the other men in the bishopric as well. We are so grateful for this opportunity to serve and grow together. I know that I won't be as involved as he will, but I do know, that we will have challenges and blessings together as a family. Right now, I look forward to them, blessings of course, but even the challenges. I know we will grow and develop with our testimonies so much more. I am also very grateful that in each blessing that was given today, specific things were mentioned for the wives. It is amazing how much our Heavenly Father loves us, his daughters, and the blessings that he wants to bestow upon us.
I am truly grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. I am also so blessed to have the calling in primary that I have, to work with those wonderful children to grow and to learn from them and also the wonderful women that I get to serve with, they have really become some of my best friends, or eternal friends as K likes to say.
I am so grateful to be a mother, to be able to teach my child the principles of this gospel. She is such a blessing to me in my life. I am so grateful for the many wonderful friends that I have, because of this gospel, even friends that are not members of the church, I know them because of friends I do have in the church. My friends are truly wonderful to me and a blessing in my life as well. Thank you for all the support you are to me in my life, my dear friends!

Sugardoodle.net

One of my most favorite sites on the internet is sugardoodle.net. I seem to be on there several times a day. It has such wonderful ideas for primary, nursery, singing time, relief society, young women, it even has a page with family home evening ideas. It's just great, I draw so much creativity from there. I have been encouraged by many a friend who works with me in primary to post, "publish" my ideas that I use in primary, mostly the games I come up with. Last year K and I came up with Musical Jeopardy for singing time focusing on the primary program songs. As I was redoing it for this years program songs, I thought, I should send this to sugardoodle and see if it is an idea she would like to post for others to use, get ideas from. I sent it to her this morning, and when I got home from church, I checked my e-mail and there was a letter from Ms. Sugardoodle herself, saying that she had added my -quote "wonderful idea" to her site. I was so so happy! This must be how people feel when they are published. Anyway, I wanted to share with you my game on sugardoodle. Go HERE.

You'd think...

That I would have enough to do in my own life, that I would have enough to write about in my life, but I don't, or maybe I just am bored...what ever the reason, I helped my baby sister with her blog, and now enjoy adding stories and pictures to her site. Guess I don't have enough to do while passing kidney stones... : ( So here is Miss Jorge's site, or Miss Keokilani, or Miss Jes's is site.
I Heart My Life

Stones

Just thought I would do a quick update. Haven't posted anything for a while. Not because I didn't want to, but because my stones are back and with a vengeance! So I really just lay on the couch or our bed, read to Pineapple Princess when I am coherent, sometimes we watch t.v. and sometimes we make cards. But mostly Pineapple Princess just hangs around calling my name as I have drifted off once again...
Thanks to all my friends who have taken Pineapple Princess this pass week, and who have brought us meals, and who have also offered to help out next week. And believe me, this is one time I won't be saying no. I have learned I really need all the help I can get, and K can only take so much time off of work. K and Pineapple Princess have been so wonderful to me this last week too and I feel so lucky to have them here to take care of me. I hope the next time I Blog on, I will have news that I have passed all these stones and am pain free!

Happy Birthday Grandma

My Mum flew out here for her birthday. The day of her arrival (her actual b-day)
I had Pineapple Princess make her a poster. Pineapple Princess even wrote out the letters all by herself!
And then she listed all of the reasons she loves her Grandma.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

I love my Aunt Keoki because...

* she paints my toenails!
* she does my hair!

* she plays dress up with me!
* she let's me watch my t.v. shows!
* we have fun shopping for cute clothes!
* she call's me her little BUG!
* we always have so much fun together!
* she is awesome!
*she is beautiful!
*she plays spiderman at the park with me!
*she let's me do her make-up! (and she uses
the fun kind - MAC)
*she Sings to me!
*she let's me take SILLY pictures with her camera!
*she takes care of me when I am sick! (we had a fun "Tupperware" party -
that's what my mom calls puking in the Tupperware bowl!)
*She comes to Chicago just to see ME!!

Thnks fr th Mmrs

Growing up, my Mum was not much of a rock-n-roll type mom. I did get to listen to the music, but not loud and only on my own. No loud music blaring from my room. SO it comes as a HUGE surprise to me (and to my sister Aunt Keoki) to see our Mum rocking out with my little three year old to Fall Out Boy. Pineapple Princess's newest favorite song -
Thnks fr the Mmrs.
I will always have this memory in my head of my 3 year old and my Mum rocking out in the back of my mini van to this song, over and over again. Picture them with their hands held high over their heads clapping to the beat of the song. My sister Keoki saying the words to my mom because Pineapple Princess wants Grandma to sing. It is by far one of my favorite memories!
THNKS FR TH MMRS!!! I guess it just proves that a Grandma will do anything with her Granddaughter!

Gone Fishing

Last Saturday was a big day for us! We started out at Lovelace park fishing with the primary. It was a wonderful activity. Pineapple Princess had so much fun catching the fish. Thank goodness there were so many willing hands to help her out, I suppose if I had, had to put the worm on the hook and then take the fish off the hook, I would have. But I lucked out with all the great help! Pineapple Princess caught her first fish with HC, and then spent the rest of the time with Miss B and her daddy taking turns with the fishing pole.Pineapple Princess and Miss B caught 6 fish between the two of them. Pineapple Princess still talks about wanting to go back fishing. I hope to do it again soon, when K can be there, I know the two of them would have a great time!

*you can see more great fishing photos on Pineapple Princess's website

Surprise for K

Last Saturday, K called me (like he always does) in between flights. He mentioned to me that he wished he had a ticket to see one of his favorite Hawaiian music groups who were going to be playing that night, especially since he would be home to see them. I tucked that little bit of information away. When we got off the phone, I pulled over (cause I was driving to the airport to pick up my sister) called one of K's friends who I knew would have information on how to go about getting a ticket. SB went on line for me and helped me purchase a ticket for K. In the 10th row! I left a message for K, that he had "won" a ticket for tonight's concert of the Makaha Sons. I think K was on a high the rest of the weekend. I wanted him to write a blog about the concert but he said it's my blog and I should do the writing...so I will just say, this was on of the BEST weekends K has had in a LONG time! He had an awesome time at the concert and the next day he was even able to go and meet the Makaha Sons at an autograph signing in Des Plaines. When he got home Sunday night he was on the phone for hours (so it seemed) telling his family about his amazing weekend. It's so nice when you can pull of fun surprises like this for loved ones - or anyone for that matter!

Emergency "Tee" Time?

This week has been crazy busy, but welcomed. The "girls" as Pineapple Princess calls them are back from Alaska, and I have started to watch them this week. I also took a couple of other jobs. It was so fun to be watching extra kids, and playmates for Pineapple Princess. But some time during this week, I started to feel that oh to familiar pain in my lower back. A horrible pain, one where sometimes I couldn't even walk. Then Wednesday the pain started to spread around my side, into my front (bladder area), I felt the need to go to the bathroom frequently, with no results other than more pain. Finally I started passing those horrible little stones. It's amazing how something the size of a grape nut (if you can picture the cereal) can cause so much pain. I promptly called my urologist, and made an appointment for Friday - the earliest he could see me. No, he would not prescribe me any pain medicine because I had not been in in the last year. So, Tylenol and I became inseparable, but it didn't do much for the pain. Over the next two days, I passed 6 stones. And was very much looking froward to seeing my urologist. Late Thursday afternoon, a messages was left for me on my voicemail by my Dr's nurse, that he had an emergency scheduled for Friday afternoon and had to cancel my appointment. But to contact another urologist (the one who I had to deal with when I was in the hospital pregnant with Pineapple Princess and unable to pass the huge stone...) He and I did not get along at all, so there was no way I was going to call him. Luckily I had my check up with my ob on Friday morning. I told him about the stones that I had been passing, and how I had tried to make an appointment to see my urologist but both appointments had been canceled. I told him about the "emergency" he had scheduled for Friday afternoon and that I was told to go see a different doctor. Dr. M was a little puzzled how an emergency could be scheduled the day before? I jokingly said to Dr. M, I bet he has an emergency tee time. I guess I wasn't too far off...Dr. Miller's nurse called over to Dr. McG's office and his nurse said oh, Dr. McG is out on vacation and will also be gone all of next week. So where exactly was that emergency??? I guess the next thing for me to do is to find a new urologist! Or to take up golf and maybe I could see him on the course.
this is the ladybug size stone I passed when I was 29 weeks pregnant with Pineapple Princess - the good news with the stones I have now, I am passing them! And really it only hurts when they move.
; ) Can I just say, I am so glad that my baby sister will be here tomorrow!

ALOHA!!!

Hey, I know it's been awhile, and it seems as if our life has been on fast forward. We have had Lot's of company this month, and we are ending this month with house sitting for the family I use to Nanny for. It's wonderful to stay in this big beautiful house by the lake. I would not want to clean it though! I can't even keep my little house clean : )
We have been busy getting Pineapple Princess and baby's room ready. My sister has been a HUGE help and well let's just say if it wasn't for her, Pineapple Princess and the baby would have a CARS CARS room. Which I am sure is still good enough for Pineapple Princess. But she (Pineapple Princess) picked out the theme in her new room. Surf room. L picked out an awesome wall color, one I wouldn't have thought of. Donald Duck orange - (picture his bill). So cute, and then she made these big letters A L O H A that hang on the wall. I'll add some pictures so you can see it, or you can click on Pineapple Princess's website (on the side of the blog page once there, view the page titled Color Splash.) It shows the progress of the room. WE love it!
Other things that have happened in the last 2-3 weeks, K's Mom was here visiting from Hawaii, it was WONDERFUL to have her here. She spoiled us all, as any good Grandma should! We had my niece for a long weekend, we have friends over for bbq's, sleep overs eating yumm-o food and play dates. We've played at the parks, and swam, and hope to hit the beach this week!
OK, it's Monday, and we are off to the Library. Pineapple Princess loves to give her book reports, last week the weekly prize for reading was a gift certificate to Chipotle's (Pineapple Princess's favorite restaurant!) so K and Pineapple Princess have a little lunch date today.
I have so much more to say, to catch up on, but this is all the time we have for today!
Hope all our friends are doing well!

Last Sunday, K and I were sitting on the couch flipping through the tv channels. I decided to check my e-mail one more time before heading off to bed. I had a surprise message from K's mom. She was on her way! (we knew she was coming, but not that soon) She got into O'hare at 5am. Luckily K had the day off, and was able to pick her up - well lucky for me, I got to sleep in.

And so started our week of family visitors. Tuesday, K's cousins arrived. They spent a couple of days with us. K took them down to the taste of Chicago on the 4th of July. Grams, Pineapple Princess and I headed over to a BBQ at Love lace park. All enjoying our 4th of July's different destination. We met up later that night with the Lund's to watch the fireworks - through the trees ; ) .


Friday morning we headed up to WI for K's uncle's memorial service and a family reunion. (I'll put the pictures on Pineapple Princess's website) We really had a great time in WI. Pineapple Princess was fascinated with all of the nature, cows, horses, corn, rabbits, fireflies, and yes, she even picked up a tick! She had so much fun just running outside and playing with her cousins.

Uncle's memorial service was really nice. K gave the eulogy and we (K, myself and his Mom) sang a song during the service. And Pineapple Princess sat so nice and still while we were up there singing. I did notice at one point that she was trying to take the camera out and take some pictures...(got to actually prove that Mommy got up and sang in front of people...). After the service, K sang as everyone mingled. We even had a special treat from his Mom, she Danced for all of us! It was wonderful!

Saturday was the family reunion, and K was the entertainment again. Very much enjoyed. It was so hot outside, that I didn't spend much time outside. After eating, Pineapple Princess and I headed back inside to the air conditioning - 95 degrees plus humidity was just way to hot for my pregnant belly! Pineapple Princess looked like she was about to melt, and had no objections to a nice cold bath, mostly to wash all the sand out of her hair - I am not sure that she left ANY at the beach!! In the early evening we headed into the "bigger" town with a bunch of K's cousins to see Transformers. I had tried to get Pineapple Princess to stay at the house with Grams, but she just wanted to be with me. So, yes I took my three year old to a PG-13 movie. She LOVED it! And is still talking about Optimis Prime and Megatron. She calls it her Robot movie. "Can I tell you what my favorite part of the Robot movie was?" is a question we have been hearing often in our house.

Today, in nursery, Pineapple Princess found a toy airplane and she told K, "Look Daddy, it's the bad Robot, Magatron." All the dad's that were in the nursery, ears perked up, and they all wanted to hear about the movie. And yes I am still a but embarrassed that Pineapple Princess went to see a PG-13 movie, especially since I have been so opinionated about it in the past...OH well.
I guess we will soon have Transformers around our house along with Cars Cars guys (from the movie CARS) and princesses.
And that was are most exciting week. Lot's of yummy food, family and not one emergency trip to see my OB! Now that's a GOOD week!

Cousins

We have had a busier week than usual. K's family came in for a little stay on their way to WI. It was fun to have them here, and visit. Pineapple Princess had lot's of fun with her cousins, Miss ML and Mr. DL. I think that she enjoyed the slumber party the best. We had a wonderful visit with them - though short, but look froward to seeing them in WI, next week.

Friday, Pineapple Princess had another cousin day - this time with Miss E. Miss E is my sister L's little girl. How fun it is to have a cousin close by for Pineapple Princess to play with and grow up with. Miss E is growing up fast now, and it is fun to hear her new words, and really be able to understand her. She is so good at asking for help when she can not do something. And of course, melt my heart all day yesterday we played the game "I Love Abecka" "I Love Miss E" "I Love Pineapple Princess" very cute! I think Pineapple Princess also got a little taste of mommy sharing affection with someone else. We will have to have more practice with Miss E before the baby comes. (And I just want to add, that I love that once again I am being called Abecka. When I first moved here, I nannied for a family and the youngest boy, couldn't say Rebekeh yet, so he came up with Abecka, (hence my e-mail abeckalyn)...

And so ends yet another wonderfully exciting week !! - : )