Is this not the coolest birthday cake a husband ever made for his wife? I am so lucky. Dan is funny. And creative. He makes me smile. Did you notice how the boy bird is giving the girl bird a balloon? Just wanted to point that out.

Thanks, everyone, for the birthday messages - both on facebook and in real life. I appreciated them so much! I had a great birthday. Sam and I met Dan downtown so that we could go out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Going downtown reminds us of how much we like NOT living downtown. Too much traffic. Dinner was really good, other than the slow waiter and the other waiter spilling sauce all over Dan's shirt and his shoes. I got the usual chicken costoletta. AMAZING. I love it every time.

We came home and opened some presents. Here's Sam showing off the spoonrest he got me.

All my wonderful presents.

Me and Sam showing off our bellies. (How's that for a belly, Kirk? But please keep in mind, I'd just had the world's largest entree plus a piece of cheesecake.)

It was a great day!

Back in Business!

FINALLY! My life as a nomad has come to an end. Not that I really missed anything by not having a computer during the day - in fact, I was more productive. But just THINKING that I was missing something was annoying. Now it's going to take me lightyears to figure out this new computer. It's too high-tech for me, makes funny sounds I'm not used to, and some of the buttons are in different spots.

We also got a new (well, new to us) car. A 2009 Ford Fusion. Dan likes it. Especially the ambient lighting all throughout the interior. Even though he has yet to drive it at night. We've got the subaru up on craigslist and have had a few nibbles, but no bites yet. Hopefully this weekend or next someone will come and take it off our hands.

Here are some pictures that I hadn't been able to post before now:

A cute picture of Sam from Easter.

Dan and Sam at the Arboretum.

Sam and me at the Arboretum.

My growing belly. And a nasty burn on my arm from the oven. I hope it doesn't scar. Dan directed my awkward hand placement in this picture. He thought it showed the bump better.

Computerless

Well, the subaru died, as you know. We don't have a replacement yet. And now the computer is dead, too. Looks like it may take about 2 weeks to get another one. That's why it's so quiet around here.

We're having a...

GIRL!

Yesterday we went in for the anatomy ultrasound. The baby looks healthy and the tech said everything looked great! She asked if we wanted to know the gender. We said yes. At the very end of the ultrasound, after she'd looked at all the important stuff, she got a good shot and said, "Looks like someone's going to have to have a garage sale!" (I had mentioned that we already have a boy.) I was kind of confused, but Dan picked up on it right away. She then wrote "GIRL" on the image and I got what she meant. Blame it on the pregnancy brain...

Dan had guessed we were having a boy. I'd guessed girl and had been calling it a "she" for the past few days. Too bad we didn't have a bet going! We're excited to add a girl to the family. Now I need to start learning how to do hair.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, everyone! This morning started off with Sam's first Easter egg hunt. Dan The Easter bunny hid the eggs perfectly. Sam had a fun time finding one, opening it, dumping the egg and candy into the basket, and moving on to the next egg.

As you can tell from these pictures, he's got a new "surprised" face that he likes to make. A lot.

And here he is with his basket. He was afraid of the flash so he didn't give me a good smile.

After the hunt, we went to a church member's house for a delicious breakfast and then came home to enjoy general conference. It has been very nice and relaxing... unlike yesterday when our dear, trusty old subaru (lovingly called Soobie) finally kicked the bucket. We hope you all had a great Easter, too!