19 months and 1 week old

Our sweet, funny boy enjoys eating with a spoon or spork by himself. He giggles during "Little Bill" and loves talking to the chickens. Today, when I asked him where our baby was, he pulled up his own shirt and patted his belly.



Aedyn is now sleeping, I'm drinking chai and am about to do ironing, Eric is FINALLY on his last 30 hour shift until February.

We miss you, friends and family.

Golden Boy

He is himself again. Now that he feels well, Aedyn is sweet as honey. He happily runs into our legs to hug them and sits with us to read his books and plays contentedly. Last week I was worried that his strong will was turning an ornery shade and now it's back to jolly-ness. He is, of course, still strong willed! But his name does mean "fiery one!" He's napping now. Eric just got home from a call day/night/day and I need a little nap, too.

I'm feeling good most of the time and am really happy with 3 of the 5 days of my water aerobics class. (The teacher on the other 2 days just isn't as skilled.)So far, no symptoms of the nasty liver disorder and we pray it doesn't develop. The baby moves a lot and seems to be resting transverse. Aedyn likes to shout and sometimes his little sibling responds with a solid kick. So fun.

Happier Day

Today was much better for Aedyn. He woke up cheerful and didn't throw any tantrums. He did seem to practice throwing his body to the ground but he wasn't screaming at the same time. We visited E at the hospital and had supper with him. Aedyn went to bed peacefully. Ahhh.

A challenging week

Aedyn was really sick and crabby and then more crabby while a tooth came in and Eric is on hospital service which has a terrible schedule. Ugh. Eric won't have a day off until next weekend, that's after 14 long days (plus 4 nights) of work. Boy, I'm tired. Aedyn really knows how to do a tantrum in big way. Several times a day. No cute pictures this week because none of us were very cute. Except maybe the chicks who are growing beautiful adult feathers.

Chicks!

Our chicks are here! Three of the 5 eggs we incubated hatched. They are in the lower pictures. The little box that Aedyn is inspecting is our mail-order batch of beauties. We have two Black Australorp hens, two Buff Orpington hens, and 5 mixed Aracanas (they lay blue-green eggs.) The hatchery sent a surprise chick and we think it may be a Silver Laced Wyandotte.
They are all so beautiful. We currently have them in a big box with a heat lamp in the dining room and they are so fun to watch. They pile around each other to nap.

Girl or Boy?

We have tried twice now to determine what the new baby is. Unfortunately, both times the baby's position or movement has prevented us from figuring it out. At first, I thought perhaps this was due to my skills at ultrasounds not being as honed as I expected they were, but some lengthy consultations with the OB doctors and their own attempts only confirmed what I was already not seeing! So, we still don't know, and chances are we will not be looking again since I start hospital service this Monday and will become much busier than I currently am. We didn't find out for Aedyn, either, but back then, by choice, we didn't even look.

The baby's very squirmy. I am able to feel it moving now (Heidi has been able to for more than a month). Looks healthy. Heidi has not yet had any liver problems. Please pray for us for that: keep her liver functioning appropriately and keep the baby safe. We'd like to deliver as naturally as possible.

Family Reunion Highlights

The cousins on Rodeo Night: Miles, Aedyn, & Ethan

Family wagon ride through the prairie and forest

The guest of honor and birthday girl, Grandma Peggy, and her daughters, Kathryn (mom), Sue, and Jane

We had so much fun together!