My Funny Girl

A Tidbit

Well, for those of you who I haven't gotten to tell yet--baby Axelson #3 is on his or her way!!

Yesterday, we had our first ultrasound at 18 weeks and 5 days. The lady did a really good job, and we got some really clear pictures. Because, honestly, with Mikaela and Elijah I haven't been able to tell much of anything. She also burned some images to a CD for us, which we haven't had in the past, so I can share them! And, of course, I didn't find out the sex again--even Eric didn't find out this time! The surprise is fun :) Baby is due some time in March, so we're about halfway there. Mikaela and Elijah both like to pat my tummy and give the baby kisses :) Well, Elijah just copies whatever Mikaela does :) It's sweet though. Enjoy the pictures--hope you can see them as clearly as I can!

Still Likes to Get Cozy With Daddy For a Nap :)

Bracelet Addendum

I forgot, but half the time, Mikaela has her bracelets on her ankles. And did you know that links are bracelets too? :) Actually, anything that will fit around her wrist can be a bracelet :)

Bracelets

When we were at my parents' house after Ike, Mikaela found my mom's stash of sparkly bracelets. So there were quite a few mornings when she would come downstairs all decked out :) So before we left, Grandma and Granddaddy gave her some money to buy some bracelets of her own. We actually were able to get quite a bit of stuff: lots of pretty bracelets, some necklaces and a pink ladybug watch (thought I might as well start teaching her how to tell time :) ). Here are a few of the items on her wrists--and yes, she likes to wear everything at one time. The main thing missing is the Cinderella locket that she's managed to take off her blue necklace and the cute little sunglasses that she LOVES that she took from Grandma and Granddaddy's house (she usually puts them on upside-down, which cracks me up, and she even pushes them up on top of her head :) )

Blogging Hiatus

Well, I've taken a little break. It wasn't meant to be this long, but it all started with Ike and just hasn't picked up! So what's been going on? Well, for Ike, Eric boarded up, and we headed to Dallas. It only took us 9.5 hours this hurricane compared to almost 21 hours during Rita :) Fortunately, we didn't have any damage to our house or to Eric's car! It did look as if a tornado hit our property, but it's finally coming along. Our pump house was completely uprooted, which caused some damage to the pump, but Eric and his dad seemed to fix it fairly easily. A couple of the old barns that haven't been taken down yet were demolished, but hopefully we'll be compensated for that.

So Eric, the kids and I stayed at Kelli and David's from Thursday night until Sunday morning. Then Eric was anxious to get home to get started with cleaning up, so we met his parents in College Station. He went back with them, and the kids and I stayed with my parents for a week and got to visit a few more friends. Below are some pictures of our house and of the kids. I actually didn't take many pictures while we were gone this time--guess I was a little distracted :)

Warm Milk: To Be Guzzled (and turned away if given cold)