Bitten

Last night, we went to a friend's house to return dishes from when they brought us dinner. They had a large dog. I gave the dog a pat on the head, asked the owner what his name was, called it by name, and went to pet it again. Then it bit me. That hurt. Here is the damage:

I couldn't get the picture to show the bite marks very well, so I took the liberty of highlighting them.
Anyway, later that night, Joel and I are reading in Philipians 3, and verse two says, "Beware of dogs." Joel just thought that was so hilarious that he read it three times, just for good measure.

In other news, Dane is cute.
Here he is, eyeing me skeptically:


Here is his contented, "I'm full" face:

And here he is, fast asleep, practicing the piano:

He seriously slept like that for an hour. He's definitely a lot of fun.

Catching Up

We finally have the internet! Hooray! There are more than a million things I want to catch everybody up on, but I'm sure no one really wants to read all those million things, so I'll see how well I can condense things.
First, I would like to present the picture they took of Dane in the hospital. I wasn't able to see it until he was over two weeks old; I laughed out loud at how much he changed. Also, my sister Rika thought that he looked like Anpanman, a Japanese cartoon character. What do you think?

Here is a brief timeline of his life.

One week old, sleeping with Daddy:

Two weeks old, enjoying tummy time:

Three weeks old, happily sleeping:

Four weeks old, meeting Daddy at the Trax station:

In some ways, the time has really flown by. In other ways, it feels like it's been forever. He's such a sweet boy. His neck is really strong already; he's holding his head up really well. We're having a lot of fun. Sometimes he doesn't want to go to bed, which is frustrating, but it's amazing to me how easily we forget the frustrating stuff and just remember how happy we are that he's here. Life is really happy. The only thing I would change is getting rid of this dang thrush. Man, it hurts.

Dane Hiro Frost

I have limited time on a computer at the library, but I've been dying to update, so here are some pictures of our new baby boy:

Okay, I'm about to run out of time on my computer, but we love him like crazy, he has a little acid reflux, we're running low on sleep, and we're having a great time. I'll update again as soon as I can (with labor stories! Hooray!)

Pregnancy Updates

To all those out there who actually read my blog: sorry I've been uncommunicative. We don't have the internet at home yet. But here's the scoop.
We are moved into our house and about 90% arranged. The baby's room is all ready with the necessities. I won't have the chance to get it all decorated and cute before it comes, but it has what it needs. I've taken some pictures, but I don't have my camera here to upload it.
The baby is not here yet. Maybe I'm silly to feel so impatient when the due date hasn't even come yet, but I am. Yesterday, my midwives told me I'm dilated to a three and about 75% effaced. I thought that was pretty exciting, but it apparently doesn't really mean that much. So I'm still waiting. Is it okay to talk about dilation on my blog? Seems innocuous enough, but you never know. I never knew until I married Joel that some people think saying "I'm pregnant" has an air of inappropriateness to it (as opposed to "I'm expecting.")
As far as the baby's hugeness goes, the follow up ultrasound said that it's still big but the growth has slowed down a bit. Plus, my fundal height measurements have totally evened out. I'm still just relying on the doctors being wrong. That sounds pretty ridiculous, but I just can't imagine having a huge baby. We'll see.
Anyway, life is good. Hopefully my next entry will be announcing the baby, and hopefully it'll be soon!