I know its hard to tell- but I thought the picture on the right was so cool...I've never had as sophisticated ultrasound as this before- you can see what he looks like a little bit! He looks a little squished- but I can't wait to meet him! :)

ultrasound

The official due date is February 3, and if the little guy doesn't come before then, we will be in the hospital that morning for induction. Hopefully all will go as well and as fast as the girls!

Rachel also did a good job waiting for the parade to start!

Alyson is also patiently waiting for the Christmas parade to start!

Here is Jacie- we were waiting for the annual Springfield Christmas parade to start.

Here is some of the loot Rachel raked in for her birthday- the chair she's sitting in is like her throne- when we visited her cousin- he had one- and she took control of it. He was a good sport about it! Thanks Joseph! So- now she has her own- and an Elmo potty book- she's starting to get the bug- and an elephant to go along with her little piggy that has seen MUCH loving- She seemed happier with all this than her Christmas presents!

so- Rachel loves her piggy...so I thought I'd make her a piggy cake...but I couldn't find my food coloring last minute- so I used pink sprinkles. It still turned out- but I think it could have been better! And Rachel didn't even notice it was a pig- but it was a yummy cake!

So- its apparent that I'm not that great at blogging as some others that I like to read-

We bought a new camera and video camera on the after Thanksgiving sales- our last camera lasted 2 months- it got ran over by an ocean wave... but it has taken me until tonight for me to install the new software for the new camera and get our pictures downloaded. So- I thought I'd take another stab at this blogging thing... pictures are always more fun to look at than my prattling on, right? So- this is going to show mostly Rachel's birthday- because like the bad mom I am- I didn't take any pictures of Christmas! How could that happen, you ask? Well- Jared videotaped it- and I haven't taken the time to download software for that yet.... so- here it is- hopefully it will turn out!