www.modmum.com is giving away 3 baby slings a week throughout December, you can see the mechanics on how to join on their blog section. Thought I'd share it.

My favorite sling is called Sadie-check them out!

Baby brother for Mieka on the way.......

Well, as you all probably know, we're expecting an addition to our little family; a baby boy due Easter weekend this April. We're excited! So far, everything looks good and I'm feeling good now that the morning sickness has passed :) Here a few u/s photos from the 20 week scan......
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Foot

Arm and placenta in front of his face

Win an Ergo Baby Carrier!!!

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Trip to WI!

Just got back from a whirlwind 24 hour trip to WI to visit friends! They also have a 1 year old who's about a month younger than Mieka, a boy named Brett. We had a great time riding on the 4 wheeler, playing outside and in (all those different toys!) and visiting the apple orchards. Mieka LOVES apples and helped herself to a couple and actually did a fair job of eating one :) We wish we lived closer!



Want a bite of my apple?


Wee!!!


You need a basket?

Enough hair for a ponytail and hair clips!

Mieka finally has long enough hair for a small ponytail :) It's still very fine and thin, but it's getting longer! She did NOT enjoy me putting the ponytail in, by the way........



We also got a few hair clips in; these she didn't mind so much.

Where has August gone?!

Well, we've been gone part of every week in August, so not much time to update the blog! I'll try and start to catch up though........the second week of August we went camping at a local state park. We rent a cabin that has electricity, a/c, a mini fridge and a microwave :) Not really roughing it, but with a little one around, life's rough enough ;) Besides, August in Iowa can get awfully hot and humid, so it's nice to have some a/c for Mieka's sake, if not ours. My brother Chris from MN joined us and we had a really nice time grilling, making camp fires, boating, hiking and playing at the beach. The weather was really nice, except for a few rain showers. Best of all, NO bugs! Here are a few pictures:

Our cabin:

Mieka climbing:

Sitting in one of the chairs on the deck:


with daddy:

Night time visitors left their tracks:

Uncle Chris in a boat:

Mieka at the beach:

NOT afraid of the water!

Another summer week has flown by! Mieka is a little chatterbox these days :) She's saying new words almost every day and I really think it was the sign language that kick started her language explosion. We've pretty much lost track of all the words she can say and sign! One of her recent words is "show" which is what I call her dvd I put in when I make dinner or need her occupied for a few minutes. She also knows that the remote operates the "show" and she has a fake remote to play with. So now she comes up to us and with a very serious look on her face says "show" and points the remote at us :) She will try and try to get the remote to work, pressing very hard on the buttons, it's sort of cute, but I'm a little worried I've created a couch potato at the tender age of 13 mo.



We also got a new "skirtie" in the mail the other day. It's a wool diaper cover crocheted into a skirt/shorts and I think it's adorable :)