So, my peace offering for my many weeks of no news is the following good news: We're expecting! I'm twelve weeks along today and the newest member of the MacLeod family is expected to join us in mid-September!
I expect that I will remain in "morning" sickness land for a couple of more months if this follows suit with my previous pregnancies, but things are going well. I've actualy only lost 3 pounds, which is amazingly good for me (10 and 11 with Aidan and Karina) and I've only needed one IV so far. Please excuse my scarcity over the next month or two.
In other news, I have to post these two great kid stories from the last two weeks.
Karina:
Every year, we go to StoryLand as soon as they open in May (they discount admission their first 3 weekends) and Karina is already excited and starting to tell us what rides she wants to go on in what order and with whom.
This was our conversation:
Karina: ...and you can go with me on the turtle twirl...
Me: Well, sweetie, I'm not sure if I'll be able to go on that ride with you because of the baby in my belly.
Karina: Oh, because if you spin the baby around and around if will get dizzy and throw up in your belly.
Me: No, it won't throw up in my belly.
Karina: Oh, because it has a bowl?
Aidan:
Last night, Aidan came downstairs with no shirt on. I asked him to go get a shirt and forgot all about it until later when it was time for bed. I went upstairs and found his toothbrush on the floor...hmmm...then I went into the bathroom and found that there was water all over the toilet...Hmmmm...and then I looked down into the trash can and found Aidan shirt in it soaked to the elbow....HMMMMM?
This was our conversation:
Me: Aidan, did you put your shirt in the potty?
Aidan: No.
Me: Aidan, did you put your toothbrush in the potty?
Aidan: No.
Malcolm: Aidan, did you clean the potty?
Aidan: Yeah, help Mama.
Me: What did you use to clean the potty?
Aidan: Toof Brush, shine, clean (big smiles)
Malcolm: At least someone is helping you with the housework.
It's pretty sweet, but would be sweeter if this wasn't the THIRD toothbrush he's used to clean the toilet in the last week and a half!
On Sunday, the 26th, Malcolm's family came up to have cake and ice cream. His sister, Allie, made this fantastic cake complete with toy.
Here's Aidan enjoying his strawberry ice cream cone: his one and only birthday request!
This one is Aidan on Monday, the 27th, at the park with some friends. We were just getting ready to sing. By about half way through the birthday song, he was under the table with his head on the bench hiding until the song was over! 
Nothing quite as fun as a push on the swings from your big sister, happy birthday Aidan!
