Update and photos

We had our first doctor's appointment yesterday and it went very well. I love my doctor (which is a huge relief) and the baby gave us a wave in the ultrasound. I am in my 12th week and my due date is Jan 13th. We still can't believe it!!!

Leah at the Bronx Zoo on a hot and very humid day- she gets crazy hair when she's sticky...and she gets a little wacky too!This was my favorite thing at the zoo, everyone was taunting this gorilla so to ham-it-up, he decided to show us how to really kick back. Leah loved the gorillas.
I can't figure out how to upload this right side up...sorry. I like this picture because it shows Leah's recently developed relationship with Doug. When he gets home from school she gets so excited and throws a fit if he doesn't pick her up immediately. Apparently on this day she needed the love of her father in order to fall asleep, it was shortly after he got home.
Leah rarely spends time on her hands and knees, she's always holding on to something but she hasn't found the guts to let herself down so she throws an "I'm stuck" fit until we help her down, then she's off to the next location.

Howdy Doody!!

So Little Sammy turned one on Memorial Day. He is seen here eating dirt - his new favorite thing to do!! He enjoyed the big bash in Bakersfield. Spencer was extremely excited for Sammy's birthday asking about it everyday for a week. Since we had made Spence a fire engine cake he thought Sammy should have a cool cake too so Spence suggested a "choo choo train" cake and that is what we did. We will have to post pictures of the big day later since I forgot my camera in Bako.



These two pictures are taken almost a year apart. He has grown up a bit and has become even more obsessed with fire engines. He uses the terms - fire fighters not firemen and fire engines not fire trucks. I try not to encourage it too much but he does manage to come home from the library each week with at least 3 books and 2 DVD's about firefighting. He was told to stop by anytime at the fire station - they loved him.

Anyways we love you all and can't wait to see you.

Mike's got big biking plans

Hey Everyone from the Mike Gibson family!
Sorry we haven't posted in a while. My computer died and along with that I lost all of my addresses, etc. Anyway, we are back.

As an update, Mike is doing well. So far all seems clear of cancer. His hair has thickened, as has his midsection. But he is beginning to feel well enought to exercise. So, we're sure he'll be lean an mean soon enough.

Mike was wanting to do a century tour bike ride in Moab on October 5-7. It is a ride connected with the Livestrong Foundation (Lance Armstrong's cancer foundation). We would love it if anyone would like to ride with us. I am opting for the 42 mile "cruise," but all of you spinners may want to tackle the "Big Nasty" on the 65 or 92 mile ride. Or, we'd love to have you come just to have a nice vacation. Here is the website if you are at all interested: http://www.skinnytirefestival.com/century/century.html Also, Dorothy has done this ride before so she can give us more details.

Life is going well for us and we hope all of you are doing well. I'll post some pictures and other stuff later. Thanks