Paces in Argentina

We have our Nana here! She arrived Tuesday morning. It's so nice to have her help and calming presence in our home. Grandpa is due to arrive in two days and then baby boy is welcome to come any time. Hopefully sooner rather than later.  Dropping Imogen off at preschool The kids have spent a lot of time in the pool and this little lady is now putting her head under water and swimming a decent distance on her own. If she's not at school, she's usually in her swimsuit.  Paula, a sweet primary leader in our ward offered to teach the kids to crochet (Jack's dream). Wesley was a bit jealous so I worked on finger knitting with him :)  We had been told by a few people that there was a decent little zoo near downtown with lots of great animals (white tiger, rhino, hippos...) so we tried it out yesterday. I'm not exactly sure what was going on, but everything was boarded up and this was about as good as it got:  We saw the head of a giraffe behind the closed-off areas, so we&

 Before anything else, I just want to remind everyone I'm due to have a baby in 17 days.  James' grandfather has always encouraged us to get a dog to protect our family. I've been told that at one point their family was living in Central America and someone was stealing laundry from their back yard. They got a German Shephard and fixed the problem. Living in Duvall, we never lived in fear of intrusion. It has frequently been rated the #1 safest city in Washington, so no dog for us. I'm not really a dog person anyway. Other people's dogs are fine, but I have zero interest in taking care of a dog. Especially in light of above mentioned status.  A few weeks ago, James and I were up late working on incredibly boring stuff when he gets a call from the neighbor next door. The neighbor told James there were robbers hiding in our backyard. Apparently, they had robbed the condo next door and jumped the wall between the two properties. The police were at our gate wanting to s