Keeping Busy

We've been keeping busy, both with house projects and work. The week before last Dad had a lot going on at work and he spent some time at the office over the weekend, so Mom and Natalie and Owen just stayed around the house and played (and kept cool). Then last week Dad had to go to New York for work, and managed to be somewhat nearby the big steam explosion, so he witnessed that first hand. When he got home, we headed to New Orleans. Mom had some work meetings, so Dad took Natalie and Owen around to some of our old haunts and also to the aquarium, which they enjoyed immensely. The sharks and the jellyfish were the biggest hits. On the weekend, we had Mom's company picnic/BBQ. We headed home on Sunday and set up our newest gadget - a Mosquito Magnet. We've had horrible mosquitoes with all the rain - we can hardly go outside without getting attacked and they aren't really fazed by bug spray. Hence our new gadget. We are very excited to note the progress with the numbers of mosquitoes trapped, and we've definitely noticed a decrease since Sunday. We're getting ready to have a patio installed in the backyard, and we're trying to eradicate the mosquito problem so we can actually enjoy it. We've started the baby countdown (or Mom has anyway!) - just under 8 weeks to go! As you can see from the picture below, Mom's belly is getting pretty big!