New Year

And now for a brief year-in-preview for 2013. Shortly before the end of 2012, we got an update on our big event of 2013: O'Shay Baby 2 (OB2 for short) is a girl! So, that being said, here is some stuff that might happen this year, and a few things that have already happened. Zeki greets the new year with some snuggling in bed with Mom & Dad.

For my 27th birthday a couple weeks ago, Justin made me a German chocolate cake from scratch! It was awesome!

Ezekiel continues to delight us, as we observe how much he is learning. Within the past month or so, we realized how good he has become at making messes, so we implemented a policy of "you must put that away before you play with something else." He is catching on impressively well! (At least we, his loving parents, are impressed). He knows where all his toys go, and he is starting to sometimes pick up his toys before he is even asked! He also likes to help me unload the dishwasher. I can hand him his cups and bowls, which we keep in a lower cabinet, and tell him to put them away, which he does. When there is nothing else for him to put away he gets frustrated that he can't help more! He also likes helping with laundry, and will sometimes move clothes around because he thinks something needs to be done with them.

As of my most recent ultrasound (earlier today), OB2 still looks good. She is growing as expected, though the ultrasound tech said she was being a bit of a "stinker" because she wasn't cooperating with the ultrasound tech in getting the images she wanted. I think OB2 and her big brother will have a lot of fun together.

This Spring we hope to get new floors throughout our house. In May or early June we expect to meet our daughter. Needless to say, we are very excited about that. In August Ezekiel will turn two. And now that I think about it, we don't really have any plans in place for 2013 other than those. So this year-in-preview turns out to be more trivial than I had thought.