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Face shot with left arm along head -- looks like her cheeks are getting pudgy!
Oct. 29th - she was head down - I like how clear her nose and lips are in this picture
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Naughty Baby Girl
Last night (Sunday night) this little girl had her head shoved up into my right ribs - my belly was lopsided and quite uncomfortable. Not to mention she was completely in the WRONG position. Tonight (Monday night) she has turned sideways with her head on my left side and her feet on the right. Obviously she has plenty of room to move about but I wish she would curl up, move head down and stay there! I did manage to get some great profile pictures and will be able to post some video face-shots when I get home.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
"Passed!"
"Passed with flying colors!" That's what I was told about my blood sugar tests!!!! YEAH! I have my next appointment this Thursday - an official weight and blood pressure check - but everything seems to be going along as planned. Except for.... the name!!! Nothing sounds right. I feel I may need to see this little baby girl before we can name her.
The basement is moving along - not quite as quickly as I had imagined (I was hoping to get it done before Thanksgiving) - but the drywall is almost complete and ready to tape/mud. I can hardly believe how much extra living space we will have. I am anxious to get it done because then I can get a start on B's room and changing the nursery (and move Bennett's Huge Train table out of the living room!).
Overhead work - Ugh!
"Hire a Patriot!"
Mike and I hung the drywall in the laundry room - we have learned a lot from Uncle Dube!
I love that we can have Bennett downstairs to see us working - He will learn so much about hard work and attempting to do things on your own.
"Cheese!"
I can hardly sit around and watch -- so the boys give me non-labor jobs like scraping walls.....not a bad picture of my expanding belly!
This will be Bennett's new play area - note the new slider door
It's difficult to get a good run of work done because I am working nights again which takes up time during the day while I sleep....so the boys are limited to just a couple of days a week when they can work but I am so thankful we are making progress!
The basement is moving along - not quite as quickly as I had imagined (I was hoping to get it done before Thanksgiving) - but the drywall is almost complete and ready to tape/mud. I can hardly believe how much extra living space we will have. I am anxious to get it done because then I can get a start on B's room and changing the nursery (and move Bennett's Huge Train table out of the living room!).
Overhead work - Ugh!
"Hire a Patriot!"
Mike and I hung the drywall in the laundry room - we have learned a lot from Uncle Dube!
I love that we can have Bennett downstairs to see us working - He will learn so much about hard work and attempting to do things on your own.
"Cheese!"
I can hardly sit around and watch -- so the boys give me non-labor jobs like scraping walls.....not a bad picture of my expanding belly!
This will be Bennett's new play area - note the new slider door
It's difficult to get a good run of work done because I am working nights again which takes up time during the day while I sleep....so the boys are limited to just a couple of days a week when they can work but I am so thankful we are making progress!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Baby Girl and Mom
An update on some ultrasound pictures....we are now undecided on a name so those of you who feel jaded for not being told the name until after she's born....well, we might not know until then either! I am getting huge - literally! Weight is piling on by the day -- I think it's fluid because I'm fairly certain I'm not eating and extra 7,000 calories per day! Then, today I found out that my initial sugar test was elevated (barely...it was 148 and the cutoff is 140). So now I have to have the 3-hour test to determine if I actually have gestational diabetes. Wow. If that isn't a motivator to eat healthy foods and exercise! I'll know the results next week and I'll post how it goes.
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She has a left foot!!
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She has a left foot!!
Halloween
We went to the Spring Lake to celebrate Halloween with Mike's sister and her family. We don't live in a neighborhood and would have to walk for 1/4 mile just to visit three houses! Their neighborhood is perfect for families and young children, we had a great time!
Bennett, Jaxson and Addilyn
It was a bit chilly outside - we ended up running back to the house for hats and mittens. Bennett had three layers on under his costume and he actually stayed warm and toasty!
B only made it to four houses then sat down someone's front lawn. We borrowed a stroller from Paige and followed Jax and Addy through the rest of the neighborhood.
Bennett ate his first piece of candy - a bite of chocolate - and instantly learned the word "Snickers"
Bennett, Jaxson and Addilyn
It was a bit chilly outside - we ended up running back to the house for hats and mittens. Bennett had three layers on under his costume and he actually stayed warm and toasty!
B only made it to four houses then sat down someone's front lawn. We borrowed a stroller from Paige and followed Jax and Addy through the rest of the neighborhood.
Bennett ate his first piece of candy - a bite of chocolate - and instantly learned the word "Snickers"
Monday, October 26, 2009
Phase 2 - Construction (and a side note)
The basement project is moving along! I don't know what we would do without Dube's help.....spend more time and money for sure! Mike and Dube have been working almost everyday and have accomplished so much! It's awesome to go downstairs at the end of the day and see how far along we are coming. The walls are built, insulation is going up, recessed lighting has been installed, all the electrical has been brought up to code....Yeah!!!! Bennett loves to help but we have to go upstairs sometimes when it gets too dusty. We have a goal deadline of Nov. 24th (before Thanksgiving). Here are some picture updates.
Bennett has his gloves on and is ready to buy supplies at Menards!
Walls! No more paneling!
The insulation (plus drywall) will make a HUGE difference in sound insulation -- right now I can hear every word of a phone conversation when I'm upstairs and Mike is in the basement....this will quiet things down considerably!
We moved the door location for the water heater too.
My boys are working hard!
A Side Note
Bennett has his first pets - three goldfish! For $0.19 each I couldn't resist! We named them after B's favorite trains - Thomas, James and Percy.
We went to the mall today - B's first time at the Rivertown playground (I was a little unsure because of the flu season and all but they provide hand sanitizer) he had a blast running around with other kids. Then we went upstairs and just had to ride the carosel!
Saturday we carved a pumpkin....a boring face I know but we had fun and afterwards we baked the seeds for a snack!
Bennett has his gloves on and is ready to buy supplies at Menards!
Walls! No more paneling!
The insulation (plus drywall) will make a HUGE difference in sound insulation -- right now I can hear every word of a phone conversation when I'm upstairs and Mike is in the basement....this will quiet things down considerably!
We moved the door location for the water heater too.
My boys are working hard!
A Side Note
Bennett has his first pets - three goldfish! For $0.19 each I couldn't resist! We named them after B's favorite trains - Thomas, James and Percy.
We went to the mall today - B's first time at the Rivertown playground (I was a little unsure because of the flu season and all but they provide hand sanitizer) he had a blast running around with other kids. Then we went upstairs and just had to ride the carosel!
Saturday we carved a pumpkin....a boring face I know but we had fun and afterwards we baked the seeds for a snack!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Phase 1 - Basement Demolition
We are finally remodeling the 70's-inspired basement!!!!! We are trying to do as much as we can ourselves to save moolah and here's what we've done so far....
Mike has moved all the furniture/storage to the center of the room and torn down the paneling and insulation.
Bennett is always willing to lend a hand
We can see striaght into the storage room...the gun case is gone! yeah!
The laundry room...
If you know me, you know how much I wanted to help in tearing everything out...but my primary job is carrying a little girl not paneling so I had to settle for picture taking and cheering Mike on.
Take a trip to the dump...it helps to have an account at the county transfer station --- this dumpster rental was cheap!!!!
After all that hard work we needed to take relaxing walk outside.
Mike has moved all the furniture/storage to the center of the room and torn down the paneling and insulation.
Bennett is always willing to lend a hand
We can see striaght into the storage room...the gun case is gone! yeah!
The laundry room...
If you know me, you know how much I wanted to help in tearing everything out...but my primary job is carrying a little girl not paneling so I had to settle for picture taking and cheering Mike on.
Take a trip to the dump...it helps to have an account at the county transfer station --- this dumpster rental was cheap!!!!
After all that hard work we needed to take relaxing walk outside.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Manistee River Camping
This is the third time the three of us have ventured out into the wilderness of the Manistee River. We planned to camp at one of the designated sites in the forest (not at a campground) however spent our first three hours looking for an unoccupied site!!! It was too nice of a fall day to expect empty sites. We ended up driving up a mountain (that was, ahem, closed) and camped at the top. We only got there 30 min before some hikers came through and stated something like, "darn! that spot's taken!" Had we been any later in arriving we would have been completely skunked and headed home to Rockford. As it was, we put up the tent, built a fire and settled in for dinner and a walk.
Bennett rode in the front as we bumped along two-track dirt roads looking for a camp site.
We stopped at the site we stayed at last year and although it was unoccupied, there were a couple of....hillbillies?....camped nearby with a loud radio...not ideal for peaceful camping. We had lunch and moved on.
Walking through the woods.
B walked for about 50ft then asked, "up?" We put him in the pack and hiked to a look-out.
We saw a blue heron in this creek..we love wildlife!
Arms out! Bennett was mimicking Mike.
B liked trying to touch every tree that we passed.
Our campsite. Car camping is by far the easiest thing to do when you have a little guy with you. You can take all the extras along that you wouldn't normally be able to carry. Plus, meal accommodations are usually better as we take a cooler and not just freeze-dried food.
Waiting for our soup to heat up.
Gathering firewood
A father/son walk in the woods
"Bye-bye sun."
Collecting acorns
Cozy pj's and rainboots!
We always need to read a book before bed.
Snuggled in. He looks cozy/comfy and I'm sure he was but he was also quite distracted by the tent and fire. Through the night he slept in three 3-hr shifts, waking up in between to jabber about how we were inside a tent.
We got up around 7a, had some breakfast - oatmeal and banana - and then packed up to head home.
Mike made me take a picture of the posts that we drove around....oops....I guess we didn't see them on our way in.... ;)
Misc. Pics
A little behind in time but this is a picture of my old-man belly at 21 weeks.
The boys testing B's new travel air-mattress. He has definitely outgrown a pack n play. This mattress is made for kids and is sunken in the middle to prevent him from rolling out -- he loved it!
Eating an apple from the front lawn...we made apple crisp later that afternoon. Yum!
Bennett rode in the front as we bumped along two-track dirt roads looking for a camp site.
We stopped at the site we stayed at last year and although it was unoccupied, there were a couple of....hillbillies?....camped nearby with a loud radio...not ideal for peaceful camping. We had lunch and moved on.
Walking through the woods.
B walked for about 50ft then asked, "up?" We put him in the pack and hiked to a look-out.
We saw a blue heron in this creek..we love wildlife!
Arms out! Bennett was mimicking Mike.
B liked trying to touch every tree that we passed.
Our campsite. Car camping is by far the easiest thing to do when you have a little guy with you. You can take all the extras along that you wouldn't normally be able to carry. Plus, meal accommodations are usually better as we take a cooler and not just freeze-dried food.
Waiting for our soup to heat up.
Gathering firewood
A father/son walk in the woods
"Bye-bye sun."
Collecting acorns
Cozy pj's and rainboots!
We always need to read a book before bed.
Snuggled in. He looks cozy/comfy and I'm sure he was but he was also quite distracted by the tent and fire. Through the night he slept in three 3-hr shifts, waking up in between to jabber about how we were inside a tent.
We got up around 7a, had some breakfast - oatmeal and banana - and then packed up to head home.
Mike made me take a picture of the posts that we drove around....oops....I guess we didn't see them on our way in.... ;)
Misc. Pics
A little behind in time but this is a picture of my old-man belly at 21 weeks.
The boys testing B's new travel air-mattress. He has definitely outgrown a pack n play. This mattress is made for kids and is sunken in the middle to prevent him from rolling out -- he loved it!
Eating an apple from the front lawn...we made apple crisp later that afternoon. Yum!
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