First picture of our baby!

We had an ultrasound today and our baby is healthy and is measuring a week ahead of my due date.  All the fingers and toes are as they should be.

The kids begged us to find out if it was a boy or a girl and we're thrilled to say that we're having a BOY!!  The final kid count for our family will be 3 girls and 2 boys.  I'm very excited and Merril wants to name him after his Dad, Mark.  Julie has even started calling the baby Marky Mark.  :)

The craziest thing about this pregnancy has been the lack of heartburn!  With the previous 4 kids, I stashed Tums in every conceivable place in my house and car to keep them on hand.  Heartburn was a constant companion for me.  It's so weird but very pleasant!  

Juliet's 6th birthday...

Juliet turned 6 and was very excited about it!  She wanted balloons and a pinata to be included in the friend party and that was about it.  She was very excited about blowing out candles.

Very excited.

 Extremely excited!!

Bordering on madness!!!

It was good times!

Mikayla's walking!!

Mikayla has started walking!!  She looks like a baby orangutan with her arms in the air.  She's catching on quick too.  I'm sure she'll be running soon!

Also, Merril was working on a leaky compressed natural gas fitting and it popped off and the wrench flew into his face. 

It might have needed stitches but he really didn't like stitches the last time he got them and so we just let it heal on its own.  He got a nice black eye and some swelling as well!  ;)