This is an image I created last week in response to needing to find an icon that somehow represented me. You see, I wrote an article about nutritional cleansing for the local women's magazine Queen of the Castle, that will be coming out in March. Nothing seemed to represent me more at this time than a Mother and Child image, but nothing available seemed right. So I had to draw my own.

We are excited about the new arrival! Less than a month to go! This Saturday I officially qualify to have my home birth because I will be 37 weeks, Full Term.

Rayna has definitely been showing signs of being 2- curious and stubborn. She thinks she is much bigger than she really is. The fun part is her desire (occasionally) to try out the potty successfully.

Rayna loves to snuggle in the morning. I was talking with her that the baby might take away some of mamma's attention to her and maybe she would have to snuggle with daddy in the morning. She said "I snuggle the new baby." She loves her book from Grandma Sally "I'm a Big Sister" by JoAnna Cole.

Christmas 2007

It took Rayna unwrapping 3 gifts to realize that there was something fun inside the pretty wrapping. From them on, she wanted to open everyone's gifts. We had a great time playing in the snow at Levi's parents. We put a new photo album at the Picasa web. Here's a sample, click the photo to check out the rest.

Weekend Getaway

Levi surprised me last weekend by planning most of our pre-baby getaway in conjunction with our midwife appointment. We stayed at the Covington Inn, which is a tow boat (barge boat) that has been converted into a B&B. It stays still nowadays at Harriet Island, St Paul, MN. The photo of us is taken in a little nook with 2 porthole windows just above the ice. We even had a goose serenade us in the morning and wander past the window.
We went to the Georgia O'Keefe Circling Around Abstraction exhibit at the MIA and visited with friends at the BullPen. On our way to the Bull Pen we happened to drive past our friend Steve Bateman's zebra sculpture. Levi's saying- "here's a photo for you Steve."
The baby is growing perfectly! I don't have any good photos of my growing belly as of yet. I hide it well. Less than 2 months to go!

Felling Bro's Blues Band

Impromptu basement jam session.

More Photos

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December

Wow! I am so excited! I think this is the fastest Levi has ever completed something I requested. I think maybe because it is a simple computer task- he can look like a hero at something that baffles me.

Rayna has become such a little girl now, talking in 5 word sentences all the time. She remembers a lot of her world (things I forget). Last week she finally jumped with both feet off the ground and she has become a little rabbit around the house. She loves to draw with markers and pencils, and she loves to dance. So far we haven't been out in the snow and cold for too long, she prefers the warm indoors, but she does love being pulled in the sled. We have also been practicing on the potty. It would be nice if she became interested before the baby (in March) but I'm not attached to it. I know this is going to be a big big transition for her (and Levi and me).

I hope you enjoy the 2007 Favorite Photos. I hope to be able to add updates & photos more regularly now, so keep checking back.

Welcome

Howdy folks! Sarah has been on my case to find a better way to keep in touch with everyone. So this is our new family blog, where we will be posting intimate, dirty, embarrassing secrets from the day to day life in the Aiken-Felling family.

Bookmark, subscribe, come back often, leave comments, etc. We'll keep posting as long as someone out there is interested.

Thanks :) Elvi