So it's been fairly busy. If nothing else, my kids have been pretty busy. Matthew is busy being 2 and getting into all kinds of mischeif... including 2 calls to Poison Control last week because one day I found him playing with Gilbert's guitar polish and the next day he decided to taste a Glad Plug In... yeah... that's Matthew.

Elise has been busy mastering pulling up on to knees. Better late than never =). Other than that, she pretty much follows Matthew wherever he goes and plays with whatever he plays with.

I have been busy baking... both a baby and desserts =). Seriously. My cravings are all over the place. One minute I want something savory and the next minute I want something sweet. Gilbert has benefited greatly from this. My jeans have not. I say that, but the men in my house want to have me committed whenever I complain about how big I feel seeing as I have gained all of 5 lbs and I'm more than halfway through this pregnancy. Although, maybe it's high time I get Aunt Theresa's cherry pie recipe since Gilbert hasn't had it since we moved to Texas.

So Valentine's Day I took some S'mores Cereal Squares to church. Technically, I don't think this counts as baking, but



Then we had some steak and pasta for dinner



The steak was followed by a store bought cheesecake. Mmmmm.

Later in the week I made Bakerella's Peach Crunch Cake for small group. Most people compare it to a cobbler. All I know is that it was easy and sooooooooooooo good. Here's the link.

Last week I made Wookiee Cookies from Gilbert's Star Wars cookbook. Here's the link to that recipe.

I've been busy cooking, too, thanks to the Food Network for intensifying my cravings, but I don't think I've made anything the impressive lately. Other than that time I made some chicken parmigiana... I think this weekend we're going to indulge in some more of that peach crunch cake. Seriously, though, I've been busy.

On to the real reason you're here.



He's a rapper







Elise is finally pulling up on to her knees!!! She's also started making the funnies faces when she sees the camera. These are all intentional.







I see a lot of myself in this picture. It reminds me of one of my baby pictures. Otherwise all I see now is Gilbert.





Gilbert's dad sent this shirt for Matthew and needless to say, he's never worn it out of the house. I did want to get a picture of him in it, though, to send to his grandpas.



Busy Saturday morning with LOTS of errands to run. Both kids fell asleep in the car.





More silliness



Baby Girl is growing and moving around quite a bit. She's still nameless, but at least we have a few choices now so that makes it a bit easier. I've also been busy looking at fabrics online because I can't find any bedding I like for her room. Seeing as Elise will be too young for a big bed when this baby is born, this baby will be getting Matthew's crib and her own bedding set. Now if we could only settle on a name =)





2 weeks until my next appointment. About 6 weeks until Elise's 1st birthday. Holy cow!

Well, our family is definitely growing. Elise is still content to army crawl (slither) around the house but she's definitely wanting to put more weight on her feet. Matthew never stops talking and never stops moving. The things that he says have us laughing all the time. My tummy has definitely grown, too.



Project number 2 is complete. It's interesting trying to learn something new with 2 small children constantly demanding attention. It makes it really hard to sew a straight line when you're a beginner and your 2 year old is asking for four different things at once. The kids can be distracting =). Oh well, that's why I'm starting out making things for my kids and not others. Anyway, Matthew doesn't care that the seams are perfectly straight. He just likes that he can carry his crayons around and it has Transformers on it. Practice makes perfect, right?











I have a few other projects in mind so I can improve on these new skills. It should be interesting.





Matthew ripped a hole in the knee of his jeans the other day. I felt oddly proud of my boy for achieving this childhood milestone.



Elise and her Cabbage Patch doll. She enjoys it a lot more than I thought she would.





My kids are funny... and cute...





Check out the bed head





Well, on to the big news. We had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday. The baby looks great. All of the major organs look good and baby is measuring a little small but nothing of concern. Just a few days behind. I'm sure what you all really want to know is whether or not the baby cooperated... well it did. Gilbert and I were completely wrong and we were informed yesterday that we will be having another GIRL! We were shocked. We both felt so strongly that it was another boy that it took a bit to process it. She doesn't have a name yet and I figure it'll be a while before we settle on something, but I will let everyone know when we do.

Baby Girl's face. Looking right at us.



Her spine =)



The belly