finer points of a conversation

what with my official due date having come and gone we decided it was time to try again to explain to the girls why mommy's tummy is so big and why it's not ok to jump on it, and how daddy should have had the foresight to buy stock in ben&jerry's the moment he found out he was going to have another baby. in the long run i know it will be so wonderful how close in age the pancakes are to this stubborn cubscout not ready to make his debut yet. but in the meantime this is the look we often get when we try to explain that they're going to have a baby brother any day now...

one year olds do not really understand this it seems. so we tried explaining to them that he was going to be very tiny and that we have to be extra gentle with him and not sneeze on him and share our toys (and mommy) with him. hilina got really excited at that part. saida, not so much...
then we told them if they were really good and didn't crawl on him or play rough with him for awhile that we would take them out for ice-cream. somehow, they got that part.

here are some other shots from this talk...


in other news, ben is sick. he's only ever been sick like twice since i've known him so it's pretty sad. he has a high fever and i'm waiting for the doctor's office to open so i can get him in there. if you're so inclined, say a prayer he's better really soon, and that i don't go into labor with him not able to get out of bed!