What's up today

In case anyone was wondering, my mother went through surgery and she is fine.

We planned my sister-in-laws baby shower for last Saturday. It wasn't big, but it was the absolute best we could do. I know I did my best to host it with my mother. I think it went well. She got tons of stuff. I've never seen so much pink... I think I'm actually glad that I was unaware of Mariana's sex until she was born. I couldn't imagine people buying that much pink for us. I didn't even like pink until she was born and it's still not one of my favorites. Grace told mom that it will be quite a while before she buys the baby something pink. I can definitely understand.

She's due November 10, but we don't think she'll wait that long. She's started to dilate and the doctor said if she reaches 3 cm, he'll break her water and speed things along... They are thinking of naming their daughter Faith. It's my favorite of all the names they've come up with, so I hope they do name her Faith.

Mariana is getting super big. Her top two teeth are fighting to break through the gums. Needless to say she's been kind of cranky lately. She's a good baby though. She is mastering the art of standing while holding on to things. She is forever finding something to pull herself up on, and from what I can tell she prefers to stand and play. It can almost be impossible to keep her sitting. She also discovers different syllables all the time. For quite a while all we heard was Da and Ma, now we're getting Ba and an occasional Ca. New sounds. She also likes to blow rasberries all the time... Still a super cute thing.

Phil finished his first quarter of school and he's doing great. He's seems to enjoy it and he gets a lot of good feedback from administration and parents... I think he's shaping up to be a truly spectacular teacher.

Well, that's it I guess. I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed today, so fun stuff for me.

Catch ya'll later.