Foiled again!

So... we tried again to get an ultrasound and find out what the baby is. Apparently we can convince the doctors to do it again. Yet again, the friggin' cord was in the way. When Erin moved and the cord was out of the way "mini" clamped his/her legs closed with determination. So keep voting. So far I think we have boy: 4 and girl:2. The pool is getting bigger.

Miss Priss

Ella is a girl. A very girly girl. It must be genetic, because I know she didn't get it from our behavior. Every morning, about 5 minutes after she wakes up, she asks to wear a dress. It got so ridiculous that we had to institute a rule of 1 dress a day.

The other day she wasn't wearing a dress for a while at the beginning of the day. She even let me put shorts and a shirt on her. Then she started asking, and I said no, because we had to go soon. I went to get ready and she went into her room and quickly came back into my room wearing a dress. I didn't know she could change so fast. She saw my expression and quickly raised one finger and said confidently, "One dress, daddy". Geez, what could I say.

She spends about 10 minutes twirling in front of the mirror every time I do put a dress on her. And her dolls or animals often tell each other, "Oh, I like your dress", "Thank you".

Visit to Minnesota

Erin and Ella went to visit Tio, Tia and cousin Natalie (Ella's only cousin so far). They had fun playing in the snow, hanging out,


and reading on the throne.