Still Breathing

 Well I am feeling better (at 18 weeks), I've started showering on a regular basis, I am starting to gain weight (yay!), and I have begun to cook again.  Seems like the next step is dive back into the world and update the blog. 

Let's just start by saying Jesse got me an iphone for Christmas.  This means I have a reasonably good camera with me at all times, this means waaaaay more pictures of the kids. 

Let's start with Lilsy.  She has cute lips.  She know this, and she makes funny faces with them all day long.  

Marshall.  He plays dress up.  A lot.  More than both of the girls, combined.

 He recently took up fishing, so far he hasn't caught anything, but he loves holding his pole and casting.

 Cooper has also started fishing, and with Amanda's help caught his first fish!

 Leila likes holding Amanda's bird Jean-Luke Picard.  He likes to sit on her head and pick at her colorful rubber bands.

Okay, he likes to sit on everybody's head.

 Marshall is especially gentle with Jean-Luke.  He tells me almost every night as I tuck him in to bed, "Mom, I love birds."

 That's all the photo updates I will post for now.  Stay tuned for more posts on Jesse's training for his 60 mile trail run through Zion and his half Ironman with Nikki,  and for more belly pictures and posts on the preparation for our home-birth in July/August.