stinson beach

i took the kids to the beach yesterday and it was a great trip (you'll have to check my blog for the philosophical reasons why we went). there is something inspiring to children about the beach. i can't get ethan to focus on anything for long at all and yet he sat on this beach playing with sand and water for a good 7 hours straight. i didn't get great pics of him because he just wasn't at all interested in posing (and this is VERY unusual for him). even sandbox play or swimming pools don't rivet him quite like the beach does. i would be smart to figure out what else inspires him while its still obvious.

we're all doing pretty well. slade has been almost completely unavailable since we took our trip to point reyes last month. he took another trip to mexico with a buddy (a well-deserved albeit untimely trip) the week following. he just got back from a young men's super activity a few days ago and is now totally focused on catching up at work and on kicking this new cold he is brewing. i want things to get back to normal so that we can start focusing on me. i say that jokingly, but really, i'm kind of serious about it.

me, my belly is getting bigger and bigger every day. i am certainly larger than i was with the first two and am feeling significantly more limited in what i can do. even walks around my neighborhood cause discomfort and phone calls leave me winded. 9 more weeks... sigh... someone remind me that time goes by quickly please! good news is that all is looking good and we can reasonably expect another healthy baby. for this, i am very grateful.

am attaching a few more pictures i took last week, when ethan was eager to pose for me (again. do you think i am over-inflating his ego by taking so many hundreds of photos of him???)