Everything but the rain

At the 23 week ultrasound Aiden was healthy, active, and cleary a 'boy' (don't need to rely on the Dr. to point to anything anymore). Mom and dad are blown away at how quickly his cells are multiplying... cheeks filling in, heart pumping away, legs extending, noggin widening (uh oh). I'm equally impressed by the image quality, although the 3D module was down preventing us from seeing Aiden face to face (trying again soon). Sheri has been feeling kicks for over a week now - although I'm still waiting to see/feel the first external signs of the miracle growing underneath. Truly an incredible experience!

Aiden's sister, Ha'Bibi celebrates her 7 week birthday today and continues to enjoy the expat life... keeping us on our toes with a tremendous energy that makes us feel (and sometimes LOOK) a lot older than our first puppy experience - we're thankful that she's remarkably accurate with her 'potty pad'. We hope she's fully acclimated and self sufficient by the time Aiden starts his stay with us... the upcoming doggy door installation should help. First round of shots next week will let us take her outside and expand her world to include sand, dirt, rocks, and some bits of dead grass (aka our beautiful side yard).

More Visual Updates

Ok... too many fun pics to not make a supplemental post to follow our previous updates (note the curtains have been finished, and Ha'Bibi is settling in). More adventures to come - but it's faster to post photos than full creative stories.

Congrats to Lauren and Tyler on their baby boy's birth - Dash is really handsome. We look forward to your posts to come (new link on the right hand side to their blog).

Ready and Waiting

After a few long nights, with close supervision from our new puppy Ha'Bibi, Aiden's nursery is ready and waiting (sans Dresser)... including our swanky new paint job that was the perfect combination of Sheri's creativity and Brandon's planning! It was so great getting the room prepped, and it's exciting to think in four months there will be even more action in there.

Sheri is looking beautiful and Aiden appears to be growing like a weed. Ha'Bibi is adjusting to her new home and Zona seems overwhelmed by all the changes. In short - where did the last week go? We're off to get some well deserved sleep - more to come later. Love you all!

I Smell like Ha'Bibi

We welcomed Ha'Bibi (arabic for sweetheart) into our lives last night... a 6 week old D-orkie pup, who was one of a litter of five puppies born to our neighbors mini-Dauchsand and Yorkie. What an eventful first night it was! Luckily for me, Sheri's motherly instincts kicked in and she took the graveyard shift until I came downstairs to relieve at 7 this morning. It has been nearly 2 years to the day since we brought 'Zona home, and we forgot how much 'fun' puppies can be!

Ha'Bibi is absolutely adorable, and even though it was tough to say goodbye to her brother and sister last night, we've already discussed a family reunion with mom and dad when she's grown up. It didn't take long for Ha'bs to adjust to her adopted home, with a tendency to climb out of her cardboard paradise and play with Zona. We're so glad to see the girls getting along, even with the considerable size difference. Ha'bs loves to lay on mom and dad's chest and isn't stingy with her kisses - she's even helping me edit my post (quite a curious nature). If only she could help us finish painting the nursery - more pics to follow this week!

We are in love and now have one more thing to be thankful for as the holidays approach.