Hello!

Hello world! We are loving California. It is so bright and sunny in our house, and for the last couple of days it's hit 70 degrees. I know that doesn't win me any extra love from most of you, but you can all tell me how wonderful your weather is when its 110 here in the summer. Then we'll be even!

I have to apologize--I have no pictures to put in this post. I just don't take a lot of pictures anymore...I suppose I'll have to work on that.

All is well with us. Evan is turning into quite a big boy, and he is talking a lot and generally becoming more and more independent. He is such a good helper! He loves to help us clean or help Mike fix things and always insists on doing things himself. Today he has apparently decided to call daddy "Mike", which is pretty funny, but hopefully just a one day thing.

I (as most of my friends are telling me) have apparently gone crazy and have switched Evan to cloth diapers. We thought about it before Evan was born, but decided we were already taking on enough new things. We had already decided to use cloth with the new baby, and I don't see Evan being potty trained before she's born, so we figured we might as well switch him now. I don't think he even noticed! Well, he definitely doesn't care. So far it's going pretty well. It took me a couple of weeks to figure everything out, but it's really not too much extra work. I'm not gonna lie, disposables are super convenient, and i'm definitely touching alot more poop than i'm used to, but all in all, it's not really a big deal, and absolutely worth it.

Really the only drawback so far is that Mike isn't too jazzed about changing diapers anymore...but I think he'll get used to it.

I think Mike's kind of bored at work, because there's not a lot going on right now, but he's settling in, and is definitely happy to be here. His squadron has cool planes, so that helps. He and his motorcycle are enjoying the sunshine as well.

We've decided to name the baby Ella, and she is doing great. I had a doctors appointment this week and an ultrasound, and everything is coming along smoothly. The pictures they gave us didn't look like anything to me, so I won't post them, but she's getting big! We're feeling pretty prepared, and have most everything we need. I'm starting to decorate her room slowly, and was able to get a lot of Evan's neutral baby clothes ready for her. We kept all of his old stuff, so as far as baby gear, we're pretty much set! I did make a gift registry at Target with a few things on it that we legitimately need, so if anybody feels so inclined they can click here and it should pop up. Or you can search for it at Target. All in all, we're feeling good, and are much more prepared this time around!

So thats us at the moment...I'll try to take some more pictures to share next time!