Ultrasound Pictures

Here are the ultrasound pictures I promised. I know if you've seen one ultrasound picture you've seen them all, unless you are the Momma, Grandma or Aunt. So thanks to all the rest of you for playing along. :)

Ultrasound News

Unfortunately I do not have pictures in electronic format yet, but I did have my ultrasound today and it was very cool. They wanted to verify how far along I am and guess what?! I will be 13 weeks along as of this Wednesday, which is almost two weeks farther along than I thought I was. The hills are alive with the sound of music! I'm all for shortcuts when it comes to my first trimester, which will be officially over as of Wednesday. :) They gave me an adjusted due date of March 29th, which is also my Dad's birthday so I am all smiles about that. 

The baby looked great; so much more developed than I expected. The baby is 2-1/2 inches from head to rump now, about the size of a peach. It was really fun to see the little peanut jump around in there and the ultrasound tech said everything looked very good.

12-1/2 weeks

Here's the first of my baby bump chronicling. I didn't do this when I was pregnant with Sophia and I have regretted it. All of my pants are pretty uncomfortable and some shirts too, so I figured I was looking pretty obviously pregnant, but I think after looking at this picture not so much. Just a little thick in the middle. Big thanks to Miss Jenny for her retired pregnancy wardrobe that still has plenty of good mileage on it for me. The jeans are already coming in very handy.

So, I'll keep working on trying to get those ultrasound pictures up. I have an old scanner, I just have to hook it up and figure out how it works, but you're worth it!

New Developments

There is something I need to tell you, but I don't know how. Maybe you can guess?

• For once in my life Beyonce and I have something in common. 
• I now buy convenience foods like Eggo Waffles and Hot Pockets.
• I should start a load of laundry in the wee early morning hours, when I am almost always up peeing and/or eating peanut butter.

What do you think? Need a few more? Okay.

• Me and protein - we're really tight. 
• I bought Ben some really cozy looking long-sleeved shirts for Fall/Winter and I have plans to borrow them. 
• My flowers are all dead, except the Zinnias. Zinnias are really resilient little flowers you know. Plant them and don't water them for two weeks and they are still going strong. 

Well now, I'm sure you've guessed. Maybe you already knew. It just seemed like I needed to say it officially, so here ya go.

All joking aside, it is with excitement and joy that I tell you we are expecting a new family member sometime in early April. I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday where I heard a good, strong heart beat and they have me scheduled for an ultra sound on Monday. I am 11 weeks as of tomorrow. Food and I are starting to be friends again and my energy level is starting to rebound.

My fingers are crossed that they will give me the ultrasound pics on a disc next week so I can post them here for you to see. Until then!

Whistle While We Work

 I am a rainy day blogger, as you have probably noticed. Like most of you we try to fit as much as possible into our summers, which leaves me no time for blogging but lots of good material to blog about. Hopefully this post begins a slow trickle of highlights from our summer for grandmas and aunts and friends.

I am happy to report the patio project is steadily moving forward now. Ben and I decided we would not turn down opportunities to have fun and be outside recreating this summer just to finish up the patio. Summer is way too short around here and we do the best we can to protect these golden days. So for the bulk of the summer our backyard resembled an abandoned construction zone. But in the spirit of a true worker bee, Benj managed to do whatever he could after work and the few weekends we were actually home and ladies, I am happy to report we will be standing on our new patio within the next few weeks!

 

Two weeks ago Ben ordered two dump truck loads of gravel and had them dumped in front of our house. There's something about raw materials; the men of the neighborhood all came out with glassy looks in their eyes to give their grunts of approval. 

 

And I'm sure you guessed we would find some way to involve heavy equipment, right. Right! I am just as much of an advocate for machinery as Ben because it gets the same job done in a fraction of the time with ease and even a little fun. I loved looking out the window at Ben "working". He couldn't quite keep that wild little boy smile off his face as he ripped around our yard transferring gravel from the front to the back. 

As you can see Baby Doll got to help. 

 

Hi-Ho! Hi-Ho!

 It's off to work we go!

 Benj was going to use pavers, but after much debate we have decided to go with an exposed aggregate concrete. Which means something very beautiful ladies; we are going to hire someone to come in and finish it out and within a day or two of the pour we will be enjoying our new patio! Amen!

Stay tuned for new developments!