holidays over, baby time soon

hello anyone out there who's reading... just trying to get back on track after a long, holiday-induced dropping of the blog ball. i'm sure all my many fans missed me so. anyway, this is my first attempt at attaching a video, just to sort of see how it works out... it doesn't look like the image quality is going to be that great, but oh well. this is a glimpse of christmas morning on big island after gramma claus left the cutest tricycle and the cutest boots in all the land for aidan to enjoy. santa also left me the means of acquiring this video, the so-sleek-and-handy Flip Video camcorder. thanks to all parents and grandparents for making my child the most spoiled kid ever. his gifts are much played with and treasured. but what we treasure most is our most wonderfulest of families--i can't even explain the wonderfulness. we miss you all and wish we could be closer.
also ranking exceptionally high on the wonderfulness meter is my baby hui. today they gave a little baby shower-type gathering for another pregnant group member and me. it was so much fun with all the pint-sized ones running around together-- usually these days only a fraction of the moms/babes can make it to any given meeting so it was such a great feeling to see everyone together again, and i was once again reminded of what a blessing this great support group has been since becoming a mother. we were marveling at how it's already been a year since we first met, and a couple of us are already about to give birth to seconds.
on that note, as yet unnamed baby girl is due in about 2 weeks, give or take. i hope it's not give because i'm reaching my limits on the whole pregnancy thing. this is the point where you say enough is enough, i'd rather have a needy toddler and a completely-dependent-upon-me-for-all-aspects-of-survival newborn attached to me like i'm a host organism, which i suppose is accurate, than to feel this uncomfortable and awkward in your own body. edit, it's not even your own body anymore. but a joy it still is, parenthood... alrighty then, that's probably more writing than i've done since college, so ciao... by the way, if anyone's reading this we are open to name suggestions...