piggies!

last weekend, morgan's brother's sow gave birth to 11 little baby piglets. we were so excited (at least i was -- i love little piggies!) so we took our nephews kaedon & kalen out to see them. kaedon was all about it - kalen, not so much. i think he was a little worried to upset the mama pig, so he kept his distance. they are so little and make the cutest little piggy noises.

the boys got a bit of a chuckle when they realized that one of the piglets had taken a poo on uncle morgan. apparently this is the story that their parents heard quite a bit of. ("one of the piggies pooped on morgan and it was yellow!") leave it to the maines to obsess over poop!

we finally decided on a design for the nursery as well as the furniture, which is a HUGE relief. my friend jamie has been helping me with the tedious details -- she is amazing!! she knows how to turn me back into a sane person. little baby mays is quite active, i must say. s/he is all over the place, and kicked me a pretty good one this morning! we are still unable to feel his/her movements from the outside, so daddy still hasn't gotten to be involved. :( should be about 2-3 weeks before daddy will be able to feel him/her. we have our 20-week ultrasound on february 15 which is generally where they determine the sex of the baby, but as we previously mentioned, we are not going to find out. we agreed that this is one of the last surprises left on the planet, so we want to enjoy every second of the surprise. people's reactions to our decision not to find out the sex or to share our names has been pretty shocking! some people are just absolutely appalled and hound us every day, saying, "you'll change your mind!!" trust me, we won't. :) we're very content with our decision, and besides, you'll all know when we do!

-the mays'