Hi everyone. Sorry it's been a while since I last posted. We've continued to be busy with landscaping upkeep, gardening, etc. It was great to go to MO a few weeks ago and wish we'd had time to see everyone. Garrett was sick with a cold and passed it on so neither of us have had much motivation for anything. Garrett's mostly better and I'm still fighting with mine. I've not had a cold linger like this one has and am I'm really tired of coughing. I'm sure Baby Girl is, too.
Baby is doing well from what I can tell. I'm feeling her jabs higher up now and the belly continues to grow. I think she has been experimenting with twists and rolls because I'm feeling her kick all over my right side instead of just in the lower abdomen. When I was relaxing earlier this week she had been moving around gently. Then I felt a lot of pressure lengthwise just under my belly button. It felt like she had her entire head and back pressed against the front of my abdomen. I ran my hand across and could feel her little head and then her body. It was amazing! As I continued to run my hand back and forth across her she moved away. Garrett had fallen asleep so I tried to wake him up so he could feel her but he was really tired. She did it again a little later but it wasn't as noticeable from the outside. We've each been reading children's books to her almost every night. We have four Skippyjon Jones books which seem to be the favorite. That is, the favorite among Garrett and myself. They are quite funny and we enjoy the different nicknames for Skippyjon. Garrett's been calling Remy, our skiddish cat, Skippyjon because he bounces all over the house, similar to how Skippyjon bounces around his room before an adventure. Anyway, we're having a fun time reading the stories. For the past few weeks I have been wearing Garrett's t-shirts to bed. My sleep shirts rub snugly on the belly which is quite uncomfortable. Garrett has more clothes (even non-maternity) than me so he has a variety to choose from. My overall weight gain has my pj pants fitting a little snug also but I think I can make it through the next few months without buying any.
Monday evening we had a bad storm come through with cloud rotation, high winds and heavy rain over our house. Soon after the storm hit I heard something outside at the east end of the house. The next morning as we stepped out of the house for work we found that two large limbs had fallen, one nearly missing the house. That evening Garrett got out his handy dandy fancy Stihl chainsaw and cut the limbs up and we hauled the pieces to the burn pile. We were able to save some of the good pieces to use in the wood stove in the winter. We're very lucky they didn't fall on the house. It's been so hot outside the last few days and with all the storms in the evenings I haven't been able to work too much outside. If I do, it's only for a max of 30 minutes and then I have to stop. I've been eating a lot of Pop Ice popsickles and some Central Dairy ice cream. Yep, that's right. Central Dairy. Before we left MO we stopped downtown JC and picked up two, 3 gallon containers of ice cream. One Jamocha Almond Fudge and one Vanilla. I really enjoy the Vanilla because I can use it in root beer floats, drizzle chocolate syrup on it or sprinkle cinnamon on top. Yummy! Perhaps I will need new pj pants :)
I'll try to update the blog a little sooner next time!
Have a great weekend!
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