New photos in the Gallery!

Hundreds of new photos are up in Our Photos! Anya's Months 11-14, including her first birthday, our Thanksgiving trip to Virginia and our family Christmas photos.

Homebirth Again!

Some of you have been wondering if we will have another homebirth, and the answer is a resounding yes! I firmly believe that homebirth is a safe and wonderful option for healthy pregnancies. Our midwife is still practicing, and I have been seeing her for prenatal care.

You can read my article on "Why Homebirth" by clicking here .

There's a new movie out called "The Business of Being Born" that I can't wait to see - just reading the synopsis and director's statements made me feel uplifted in our decision to have our daughters born at home.

Ultrasound and Baby Pool

For more Willow pics,
click on Our Photos from the menu above.

UPDATE: The pool is now closed, and it's a GIRL!! Willow will be joining us on or around May 2.

We had our ultrasound on December 12. The pool is now closed, but you can look at everyone's guesses by clicking on the banner below:

Dragon*Con 2007

We just returned from Dragon*Con 2007 and had a blast! Lots of great panels, cool costumes. I met a group called Fans for Christ that I'm excited to become a part of - there was a service held Sunday morning.

Our costumes this year were: Jayne and Vera (from Firefly/Serenity), Zorro and Elena (didn't end up with any pics), and then I had a couple of faerie/elf costumes.

We enjoyed the build team from Mythbusters and the session with Data, Dr. Crusher and Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Buffy Horror Picture Show, where the musical episode is acted out with audience participation was hilarious once again.

We had our pics taken with James Marsters and Juliet Landau (Spike & Drusilla from Buffy and Angel), Jonathan Frakes (Riker from Star Trek and Xanatos from Gargoyles) and Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek and Puck from Gargoyles). All of them seemed very nice, James complemented my costume!

Check out the photos in Our Photos under the Dragon*Con 2007 set.

New Anya Pics

Check out the new 9, 10 and 11 month pics in Our Photos. Yes, I was really off my game for Month 9.

Cayman Islands

Okay, I've decided to be better about updating the frontpage of the site! You can also now sign up for an RSS feed to be notified when I make updates.

We were in the Cayman Islands July 13 -21. It was wonderful! I got my scuba diving certification (Sean already has his). The water was 86 degrees with 60+ feet of visibility. God's creation is truly a wonder to behold!

You can check out our pics by clicking on the Our Photos tab from the menu above.

10 Month Checkup

Anya is doing great! Here are her stats:

Weight: 17 lbs, 8 oz (35%)

Height: 29 1/3" (84%)

Head Circumference: 44 cm (56%)

No shots this time!

Doctor thinks she will walk early as she is already cruising and attempting to stand on her own. She still alternates between a commando style crawl and regular crawling and is quite fast! She says Mama, Dada and we think we've heard both "Belle" and "milk".

She's still not really big on food, particularly her solids, but she really enjoys feeding the dogs her veggie puffs.

She waves "hi" (we're working on more sign language) and make sure to tell her to do her "tough potato" next time you see her!