A-B-C-D-E-F-G...

Okay, here's one for the proud parent files. The other night, Danielle and I were recording Maddie sing her entire repertoire of songs (which as you can imagine isn't much). I asked her to sing the Alphabet song on a whim because she can usually sing most of it along with us. She took off and ran with it! So if cute kids singing their ABCs doesn't do it for you, do not watch the YouTube video below:



And in baby news, we had another doctor appointment Tuesday morning and got to see Junior again! He/she is growing just fine and is getting SO big! She/he woke up and started moving around and stretching. No gang signs this time, but Maddie was quick to point out that the new baby was sucking its thumb (no doubt an attempt to make us sympathetic to her cause...we're in the thumb-sucking war right now).

Here's a quick pic of Danielle holding a couple of the ultrasound images:


I know it may be a little hard to see in the lo-res web version, but in the bottom image you can see him/her head on the right (with hands in front of the face), the torso, and the legs sprouting from the body. She/he's just sitting back chillin' saying "Yo Moms, can I get some marshmallow cream and a salad up in here? Oh, and here's a nice wave of nausea to wash it down with. What up!?" Apparently I've given our unborn child some attitude. Nice.

Obviously if you haven't guess by the he/she pronoun dance, we don't know the sex yet. We will find out as soon as we can (another 7 weeks) because we have to know if this little critter is going to get all of Maddie's hand-me-downs or if we're going to have to go out and buy all new stuff. Of course, I don't see what's wrong with a boy getting her hand-me-downs for the first year... no one will ever guess right anyway. Like this conversation we had at the mall when Maddie was a newborn:

Crazy lady: "What a lovely little boy!"
Me: "Girl."
Crazy lady: "Are you sure? He's so cute!"
Me: "Pretty positive. We've checked."
Crazy lady: "He's so PRECIOUS!"
Me: "Look pal, he's a SHE! Get it? She doesn't have the goods, the twig and/or the berries, nada!"
Crazy lady: "..."
Danielle: "I'm sorry, we still aren't getting a lot of sleep. It's been really hard on both of us."
Me: "That's what she said."

Okay, so maybe my memory is mixing a little "Office" in there, but whatever. You get the point.

We've had a crazy week so far. One filled with lots of meetings, endless errands, doctor and dentist appointments, freelance shoots, and the circus (we went, not performed). Check back soon for some images from a maternity session we have this weekend. It should be fun!

-Wes