our baby

For anyone that doesn't know yet, It's a boy! Yay! We're building our own little army of Helamen over here. Were excited.
The other day I was singing the "one little, two little, three little Indians song" and imaginig me making a movie with my home movies some day....with 12 little boys in it.............anyway it was funny to me to think...will we always be a family of little boys?

shes here! shes here! shes here!

the newest little freeman girl . . . well here she is fresh out of the oven: not cleaned up not fed (mom took the photos)



this little princess came into the world on may 22 2008 had no name 20'' long 7 lbs 9.2 oz fair skin both freeman/hatch features . . . elisabeth cried and giggled all at the same time when the nurses placed the bundle on her chest.


so that is what she looked like then -- but here she is as camilla anjanae freeman -- a lil' spirit who has communicated her identity:


now beware all you people who take things literally . . . none of these words come from the immediate source. to get more detailed and accurate information, go ahead and call elisabeth your self . . .

signing off

*ivy loo*

So, after a not so fun experience of dealing with Kaiser stuff the last month I finally got in for an ultrasound monday. (Mom went with me this time) They did send me home with a picture of her cute face, but it isn't very good so I won't bother posting it. Right before the tech took that shot we watched her open her eyes and look right at us (so it seemed) blink a few times and shut them again. I thought it was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen- a cute little nose and little lips- it only lasted seconds. This tech wasn't so fun as the last one and was more into measuring head, abdomen, thigh bones and placenta etc. Still pretty neat. After all was said and done they guestimated her at 7 lbs 4oz though Annie says they can be off up to as much as 2 lbs either way. The next day at my doctor's apt, where I actually saw my doctor for the maybe third time- she told me everything looked great. (She had ordered the ultrasound because I hadn't gained any weight and was "measuring small" -that was a month ago) I do not measure small anything and don't fit into my overalls anymore without unsnapping the sides. Oh, I also learned that I am dilated to a 2. I know that nothing of consequence could happen for weeks but it is still exciting to know that something is around the corner and in fact is going to happen. I am so grateful for little miracles!

36 weeks and counting!

Here's a sunday picture. Everything's going great!

Love,

Elisabeth and the little miss

A couple of months ago I was asked to teach an art program to the primary school classes. We studied Louise Nevelson, a Russian-born American sculptor. They boys had so much fun at school learning and making sculptures that we made more at home. We wanted to do enough to make a whole wall of box sculptures just like Louise Nevelson did. Here are two of our masterpieces.