Bun in the Oven

We are finally pregnant! The baby is due September 23rd (my uncle Paul's b-day), and Maiki desperately wants a sister. Of course we'll be happy w/a boy or a girl. I'm hoping for a girl, so we can reuse Maiki's stuff.

Maiki came up to me the other day and randomly told me to open my mouth. (I obliged.) Then she said, "Open wider. . . I gotta get in there! I wanna see that baby!"
She is also practicing making her tummy big and small.

Catching Up, Part I

I had no idea how stressful this year was going to be. I'm teaching English 7 for the sixth year, but switching to the block schedule and adding yearbook has really kicked my butt.

Here are my favorite pics from the last few months:
HALLOWEEN

Chris, Annie, and Maiki
Yes, Chris really did shave so he had a handlebar mustache.
(Maiki wearing her 1st Halloween costume.)
Maiki and Great Grandpa Kaz
(Halloween costume #2, Maiki really wanted to wear a dress)
A SPONGEBOB BIRTHDAY
Maiki and her BFF Morgan
Josh dressed up as Spongebob for Maiki's b-day.
Is it just me, or does he look like a pedophile?
Slone crawling through the tent/maze "mambo combo" Maiki got for her b-day. Maiki turned it into a gauntlet by hiding in the middle and randomly hitting people with her gigantic balloon.

A miscellaneous pic that's too good to skip.
Josh, Alyssa, and Maiki
Maiki spent an entire month showing everyone her "owie"
on her middle finger. =D
FYI: Alyssa is Josh's new girlfriend that we all love.
(It's been just over a month.)

Pray for Pete

One of my good friends (and one of the healthiest guys I know) just had a massive heart attack and is on life support. His family is posting updates on this blog:

http://www.vanderlindenclan.blogspot.com/

As you know, I'm not a religious person, but if you pray please pray for Pete!

Maiki is 3!

Maiki's birthday was yesterday. To help remember the year we had her pictures taken Friday evening. If you want a good deal check out Target's Potrait Studio. We used their online coupon and got six sheets of pictures for $21.25!!!


Three Year Recap:
I don't know if it's because she's mine or because she really is how I think she is, but this kid is hilarious! Maiki is bursting with personality.

Maiki is a music lover!
Her favorite songs include:
Good Girls Go Bad (Cobra Starship)
Boom Boom Bow (Black Eyed Peas)
Love Story (Taylor Swift)
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)
Give You Hell (All American Rejects)----Chris won't let me listen to this around her because she is really good at singing along.

Maiki is a flirt!
She will always tease and tell people entertaining things.

New Hobbies:
-Riding her sweet tricycle (it now has a pink basket and a pink horn)
-Flipping people off (she has an owie on her middle finger)
-Dressing girly (if it's pink or frilly she LOVES it)
-Playing dolls
-Putting on make-up
-Reading
-Drawing/coloring (she holds a pencil correctly and stays IN the lines)
-Giving kisses, then grabbing your lips to get her chapstick back

Homecoming & Hang'n w/Dad

A few weeks ago we enjoyed an awesome football game. Tim Toone played an amazing game and Maiki got to cheer him on wearing her new outfit from Grandma Sherrie.

http://www.weberstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=39328&SPID=3468&temp_site=NO&DB_OEM_ID=8600&ATCLID=204817090 (The link feature wouldn't work; cut & paste this site if you want to read about Tim Toone.)
Slone & Maiki
Myah & Maiki
Chris is the best dad ever!

Monster Mash

Alek, Dylan, Maiki, Mikade, & Tatem starring
in the Monster Mash '09.

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Another Month Bites the Dust

I know I say this a lot, but I am still shocked at how fast time flies. Maiki will be three in just over a month!!!

I didn't take many pictures during September because we spent the beginning of the month preparing for Asia, the middle in Asia (taking zillions of pics), and the end enjoying jetlag.

Here are the few pics that were worth displaying:

After school one day Maiki came home starving, exhausted, and grouchy. I gave her a snack and she was mad that I wouldn't let her have more (didn't want to spoil her dinner). She started throwing a cute, little fit
and fell asleep in the middle of it.
Maiki and Josh enjoying her new "monster tricycle." Uncle Dave bought her the sweetest tricycle I have ever seen!
(It's so sturdy it can even support Josh's weight.)

Chris figured out how to make fried icecream. Mmmmm!
We started October with a 30 degree drop in temperature
and some of the most beautiful snow I have ever seen.