Keep on keeping on

So, nothing much is new here with the Keens. We are in the midst of preparations for the new baby. Thats about it. We are replacing the carpet in our living room Monday, an answer to prayers. Then we will be painting/staining the baby's crib and changing table. After that we will pack up the rest of the studio/office and wait for the delivery of the bedding and nursery decorations from Target. Time is flying by. I can hardly believe that in 14 weeks or so there will be another set of little feet in our house. Not so sure I'm ready for it. Work is busier than ever as we continue to hire staff, lose staff, and hire more staff. Its like a neverending cycle.

Maggie has recently taken to singing to herself pretty much all the time.
Her current favorites are, "Rain, rain, go away," "Wheels on the bus," "Row, row, row your boat," and a song from a show called Yo Gabba Gabba called "Happy." Its cute to see her singing away. She loves it. She has also recently taken a serious interest in the dog. She bothers her all the time. Constantly falling all over her, kissing her, chasing her, trying to get the dog to give chase, and just generally bothering her. Elphie tolerates it well, but I'm beginning to get fed up with the girl hassling the dog. One of these days Elphie might not be so tolerant, and then what?

Jeremy's work has been busy also! He has been working long hours, and yesterday his store set a record breaking day for sales. I guess the good thing about a bad economy is that people still need to take care of their homes, and the ReStore offers an inexpensive alternative for people to be able to keep them up, not to mention the profit all goes to a wonderful cause.

Thats the jist of it for right now.

Safe n Sound

Hey everyone. We had our level 2 ultrasound this morning. The doc says everything is fine and healthy with baby and mama. He said it looks like a normal and boring pregnancy, and he told me to stay boring. YEAH! I've never been so glad to be boring. Here are some new pics of Baby K 2. PS. We still didn't find out if it was a boy or girl. What do you think its from the profile? Let us know your guess!

Not alot of new

There is not a lot of new information going on here at the Keens. Maggie is a bigger big kid every day. I am including some new pics of her playing around at the house with Mama and Dada.

Sam will be going to see a specialist on September 10th to have a precautionary extra ultrasound done, and will fill everyone in on the results once it has taken place. So far, nothing to worry about, and we're confident there is nothing to worry about at all.

Maggie is starting to use sentences now. One of them that she used to day, "Mama is tired." She will also say things like, "Uh oh, my mouse." She might as well be 1 anda 1/2 going on 22.

August birthday party

Maggie playing with Daddy.
Maggie with Grandpa.
Maggie and mom, cheesing it.

Grooming her early on

I just have to share a funny little story. I guess I'm grooming my daughter early to be an Olympics fantatic. Today I was watching USA women's beach volleyball. She is obsessed with balls, so she didn't seem to mind. Every time I yelled, "COME ON!" I would hear my little parrot repeat, "COME ON!" Then every time I said, "AWESOME!" She would yell the same, whether she was tooling about in the other room, or right in front of the game. It was amusing, and I hope to enjoy Olympic celebrations with her for years to come.

Pics of Baby K 2

We had the ultrasound today. We did not find out the sex of the baby, so just deal with it. You will all find out when we do. The day little Baby K 2 decides to make an appearance. Which as we all know the estimated date is Christmas Eve. The lady actually printed us out quite a few pics. Check them out! Kind of neat. The baby is active and looks healthy. It was opening and closing its mouth, and trying to stick its hand in there. Everything looked good, so we we are happy and relieved.

Some options

Here is a list of names that we may be considering. Please share your honest opinion.

Elliot
Benjamin
Griffin
Bennet
Colton
Miles
Sebastian

Some of the names we aren't really considering, we just threw them in to mix it up. Just to test you.

Names. . .

We're still struggling for a boy's name. Granted we have a while until we need to name our child, but its still discouraging. We found one we both like. . .which is a tremendous feat. But I'm debating whether to share it yet or not. Its not set in stone like our girl's name. Sometimes its hard to hear whether people love or hate it. Ultimately its our kid, so we'll name them what we want. At first I thought we were having a girl again, but now I'm not so sure. Who knows?

Cute story about Maggie while I'm here. Maggie loves to read, and one of her favorite books is, "5 Little Monkies." I caught her "reading" to herself the other day in her room, turning the pages of that book, each time saying, "No mumpies Bed" and shaking her finger at them. It was cute, and I could watch her do it for hours and hours. I'll try to get it on video sometime and add it on here. Its pretty stinking adorable!

Tell me how. . .

Tell me how a 1 1/2 year old learns words you never taught her! We were at a baby shower yesterday, and she was running around pointing out all the usual things. Balloon! Ball! Baby! Berries! Cheese! Then she runs up to the table and yells out CUPCAKE! Sure enough a plate of cupcakes stared back at me. Maggie had never had a cupcake prior to that day, at least to my knowledge. She had no doubts about what a cupcake was, and the fact that she wanted one. Not only did she want one, but she wanted one badly. Badly enough to throw herself on the floor.

Besides that, when she was done being there, and when she decided it was time to leave, she blatantly told me, "WANNA GO!"

This girl is going to be hard to shut up very soon. Not that I would want to yet anyway. She is pretty hilarious. The shower we went to was in Joliet, and when I asked her if she was ready to go to J-Town, she said JTOWN! Funny girl. I love her.

She has also recently decided that if Mommy and Daddy are both home, Mommy is not good enough for much at all. If she needs help, and I offer, she tells me NO Daddy. If we are swinging or playing at the park, she says NO Daddy! I figure she'll outgrow that a bit, and someday I'll be good for somethings.

Oh yeah, that

Baby K 2 started squirming around this week. Well, perhaps sooner, but I started feeling it this week. Which is cool. Its just the tiny little pops right now, but still reassuring. I have my ultrasound on July 30th.

Maggie is getting as big as ever. She says something new everyday. Her most recent feat, is that she tries to say "Bye, see you later." But it sounds like some kind of foreign language as she rolls all of the words together into bubyseeeeelabaaler. Its pretty funny when you can get her to say it.

Nothing else is really new with us.