Cutest Baby Herbs Ever!

Yesterday we went to the Baby & Family Expo over in Scottsdale. State Farm sponsored a photo-shoot, where your picture would be mocked onto the cover of American Baby. It turned out cute of Matt and Thomas!

We got a bunch of good stuff--Parent's Choice gave us a case of baby formula!

Love, j&c, m&t

Catching Up

It's been a whirlwind of a few weeks. I went to Oregon for the Oregon Library Association convention April 1 - 3. I got to stay with Mom, which was fun. Dad and Shari and Troy also came up one day, and we had lunch together. I got home late Friday night, and Saturday we drove to San Diego. We arrived at the hotel and discovered they had no more cribs available. This was terrible! Thomas had to sleep in the stroller, and Matt slept in bed with us. Sunday, there was a beautiful gathering in honor of Kathy, Chris's mom. Maureen and Bill arranged all the food, Staci and Auntie Barbara and Pam created beautiful flower decorations, and Alicia made several picture displays celebrating Kathy's life. Many, many people came to be with the family and honor Kathy's memory. Below are several pictures from the day.

This week on Wednesday night as I was going through B&T boxes in preparation for my trip to Las Vegas and Utah, I got stung by a scorpion on my left ring finger. I had shooting pain up my hand and arm to my elbow all night and the entire day on Thursday. Finally Friday morning it felt a lot better, but today my finger is still numb. Luckily, Chris found and destroyed the scorpion. They can be extremely dangerous for babies.

Thursday and Friday I was visiting North Las Vegas, Las Vegas Clark County, and Washington County Public Libraries. I arrived home last night about 5:00 p.m.

Today I'm looking forward to a fun outing to the Baby and Family Expo in Scottsdale. There will be baby crawling races and other activities for the little guys. It'll be great to be outside walking around and looking at all the vendors' wares.

Tomorrow, it'll be back to working on the properties and the house.

That's all for now.

Love, j&c, m&t

The New Little Baby Herb

I had my doctor's appointment on Monday for some non-invasive genetic screening of our new little one. The baby is twelve weeks along now, and with a combination of some testing of my blood and an ultrasound, my doctor was able to give me a risk percentage for genetic defects. The risk turned out to be incredibly low--1 in 145 for Down Syndrome and 1 in 902 for Trisomy 18/13. So, right now we feel happy knowing our baby seems to be just fine and healthy. I also got to see a 3D image of the baby! It's incredible. Here are some pics.

The little guys both have colds this week, so they're not feeling very well. I hope today will be better for them.

I'm heading to Oregon this morning for the Oregon Library Association Conference. It'll be fun to stay with my mom, and I'll also get to see Dad and Shari. This weekend we will go to San Diego for a gathering to honor Chris's mom. When we get back, we have two condos to get ready for new renters. Crazy busy times.

Love, j&c, m&t