so we never actually said it on the blog

And just in case someone didn't know, baby Caper is about 15 weeks along in her journey to Middle Earth. She sneaked up on us and ruined all of our summer plans in the best possible way. That explains why Brendan has been posting up til now.
As usual, we don't KNOW that it's a girl, we're just guessin' and hate saying "it".
She'll arrive at the beginning of March and only occasionally makes her presence known to me when I'm lying down. But when the midwife listened to her heart the other day, she showed her dislike for the dopplar by giving it a solid kick and moving away out of our hearing. Like all of us O'Donnells so far, she knows her own mind.
She's already been much kinder to me than my other children. I was actually allowed to hold down food this time and I haven't gained 20 lbs already. It's nice to be 15 weeks and still able to wear my jeans. I might be tempted to play favorites...

Flannery animates...anything

She was putting away the silverware when I hear her grunt and say, "Mama, I'm having a fight with this spoon!"
I say, "oh yeah?"
She continues, "It doesn't want to come out and just get dirty AGAIN!"

She also did Hucky's hair today in anticipation of a friend's wedding tomorrow. Hucky patiently chewed on a toy while she styled him with...tangerine body butter, water and a comb.

Huckleberry now plays peekaboo, says "MAMA!" really loudly when he wants more of something, and reserves the most amazing smiles for when Brendan walks in the door after work. He also plays with my hair when he's falling asleep and still chuckles to himself as he drifts off...every time.
But our biggest accomplishment is that he says please in baby-sign! And he gets embarrassed by the praise when we applaud him. He actually hides his face!