39 weeks...I know where have we been??

I have had dozens of posts in my head and none of them have made it to the blog.  Well, in part I have to say that since I have had a relatively smooth pregnancy I have not had as much "down" time as I usually do which often facilitates more time to write.  I know that is just an excuse I really should be more disciplined to write, forgive me!  I am going to try to do a better job...and yes we will post baby girl pictures and updates here.   I am going to try to just list in bullet points an update of the last 6 months.  So here goes!

• We are having a baby girl--no name yet but we are close
• We are in the midst of launching our family business DesignCraft Custom Woodworking and Institute
• We celebrated 2 birthdays in May Kathlena's 6th and J.Michael's 13th and 2 anniversary's David and I's 17th wedding and Andrew and Kathlena's 3yrs home!!
• Andrew is no longer patching!  He also only has to wear glasses for reading now.  His vision is amazing.
• Kathlena is patching 4hrs a day and making huge progress her vision is now 20/50 up from 20/200 last year...incredible!!
• Emily finished writing her book for Kathlena "When I was Little in Russia" a story about our meeting and adopting Kathlena.  She has also been hard a work taking an accounting course to help with the family business along with being my right hand, busy cook, and helping teach Andrew and working with Calvin.
• Calvin is growing up so fast.  He is a man of few words but manages to communicate quite well.  He is a great helper, observes everything and tries to do what the big kids do.  He and his brothers are quite tight and he has enjoyed moving into the boys room.  
• J.Michael is enjoying having time with Dad in the shop.  He was given a carving set for his birthday that he is learning how to use.

   I am working on a slide show of pictures and short video clips from the last 6 months.  Hope to post those this week.