Almost there...

It's now less than 2 weeks until Jen's due date, and the excitement is building! We just got ourselves a new 2009 Honda Odyssey EX, right on time for the new baby. Everything seems to be in order, and we've got our "ducks in a row." Anyone who reads this, please keep your fingers crossed for us that things go safely and smoothly.

I'm very curious to see how Robin reacts to the baby. Right now she's often referring to the "baby in Mommy's belly", but we'll just have to find out how she does when it happens. I hope our little cutey does well.

"I do do do"

Very soon now, we are going to be a family of four. April 30th is the due date, but Jen is pretty efficient, so my guess is that it's going to be early. We're finding we need some more room, so we've even been van shopping. That's right, I'm ready to be Van Dad. That's right, I nouned that van with a capital V, since I think it might end up being a big part of the change in our lives. Heck, I'll even have to start a new blog: "itsallaboutrobinand_________"

What a fast pace couple of months this has been! (It seems like forever even since we went to go visit Alyssa and Rob, but there's a little video and picture footage here.) Our little baby is now a little girl. Ms. Chatterbox has soooooo many words now. I think her longest sentence was "Robin is sitting on the chair now." And did I mention that she can count to ten?!?! This Daddy is going to have to start bragging a little more.

(See Alyssa? You can totally handle two toddlers!)

Even though her pronunciation is remarkable for her age, she still has a few words that all her own. Like the fact that we had a "peppernoni" pizza today. She's also kept her way of saying her Grandparents' names. Someone cleverly pointed out that she uses the last syllable twice: Grandpa is "Papa", Grandma is "Mama" and Bacha is "Chacha".

So what does "I do do do" mean? When we put her to bed, all snuggled in at night, and are about to leave the room is when she most often says it.

Jen: "Good night Robin! I love you!"

Robin: "I do do do Mommy!" (I love you too Mommy)

Here's a video of some happenings in 2010 so far: