Lots to catch up on...

Wow, there's so much to catch up on...the Quaker Gap mission team, Mom's visit, my b-day, baby, etc etc! We will have to put up mission team pics later when mom sends me hers, but here's a group shot to start of with: The team left on Saturday, then we had a few days with Mom all to ourselves, so we put her to work! She and Elvis had lots of projects each day...they became sheetrock specialists, painters, decoraters, etc! Here is mom painting the baby's room: And here is the finished product!

They also painted the outside of the house...

It was also a special treat to have mom here this week because I finally got to celebrate my birthday with her! This was the first time since my 15th birthday that I have spent my b-day with my mom, due to all my summer travels! I luckily did not have to work that day, so Elvis and Mom made me a yummy breakfast, and then we went to get the ultrasound, which was what I wanted for my b-day! We got to see Baby's head, stomach (complete with a gas bubble!), ribs, butt, legs, feet, etc, and see them moving all around, grabbing their feet, kicking, etc etc, but unfortunately the only part of the body that couldnt be distiguished with 100% certainty was the part we were specifically interested in! The doctor had an idea of what sex the baby is, but didn't want to tell us until she is 100% sure. So, we will go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound to hopefully find out if it's a boy or girl!! However, the important part was that everything else looks perfect, and just getting to get a glimpse of our baby was quite the b-day present for me! Here's the latest belly shot:

That night, Mom and Elvis and I went out to Chili's (i've been wanting to try it out ever since we got one here several months ago) and it was yummmmy! Then we went out for coffee with my good friend Ruby, to celebrate her bday also!

Here are some pics of a few of my bday presents: Flowers and fun hippy shoes from Elvis (and a new framed picture of us to go in my new office at work!)

And some maternity clothes from mom, some new art for our house, and this cute pillow for the baby's room:

And they made me a cheesecake with a berry topping...yummmm!

The next day, we had to say goodbye to Mom(she had to get home for dad's bday, the day after mine) but that night, our friends from church had a bday party for Ruby and myself. It turned into a spontaneous performance night to entertain the birthday girls, and here are some of the performances: (please don't judge our friends based on this video)

And Lulu sang happy birthday to me:

Since then, we have celebrated Idania's graduation (elvis's oldest sister) from her Ob-gyn residency program, which finally concludes her 12 years of studying medicine. She has won a scholarship to go study in Cuba this next year, but not until after our baby is born!

We also went to the beach yesterday to spend the day with friends from church...one of our church bands was playing in an international Christian Surfers conference, so we took advantage of the trip and stayed all day playing. Here are some pics of Luis being brave enough to climb up the coconut tree to get us some coconuts:

The fruits of his labor:

And last but not least: family picture!