Clothes

I hope these maternity shirts can keep stretching! I have a few that won't cover the elastic band for too much longer. I haven't bought many clothes so I'm starting to get tired of wearing jeans and switching out my 8 shirts to work. I miss my non-maternity khakis and jeans and my black Birkenstocks. Despite all of this, I still feel cute with the baby belly and know that it won't be there much longer. 9 weeks to the due date!! This summer has flown and it's hard to believe school has started.


Baby continues to wiggle and stretch and will be going through a growth spurt these last few weeks. She is almost as long as she will be at birth but is packing on the fat. She should have a fuzzy head and be looking around at her environment, able to detect light/dark. Scooting out of bed and standing is getting harder. The weight just drops out in front and I can feel her body move downwards when I stand.


Garrett has worked very hard this week on the office room and now has it primed, ready to paint! Have I mentioned how wonderful he is? Tuesday night he mowed, weed eated, cleaned up the garage, then came inside and worked on sanding and priming. I made dinner but he was so focused on getting work done that he didn't want to stop to eat. Me on the other hand would stop about anything to eat. Last weekend he also painted the main green wall in the lower living room after spackling and fixing Huntley's drywall artwork. He's fantastic and I love him.


I toured another daycare a few weeks ago and put our name on the list. We have our name down at two locations now so we can think about the options a bit more before deciding. The first location was built two years ago and seems to have good security and people. The second location is in an older building, also with good security and people. The difference is that the second location charges $40 less per week and is a smaller business. Other than the facility being a bit older, I do not see a good reason go to with the first location when I see nothing wrong with the second. My oh my the decision. Both are also close to my work so that doesn't help in the choosing. It would be great to save the extra $160 each month. In Indiana it is public record to see all state licensed child care locations' inspections. This includes homes, churches, and child care companies. Both locations we have found do not have any bad inspections nor reported complaints. We'll probably go with the less expensive place but want to think about it a bit longer.

We still have only 3 hummingbirds. They are fun to watch. Huntley was barking the other evening after it was dark so I went to inspect. There was a full sized opossum just off of our front porch. It didn't even budge when Huntley was barking at it. Hmm. Then I recalled back in the Fall there was an opossum in our back yard that I saw a couple of times when taking Huntley outside for his evening potty trip. The thing chased us both times! Came running full speed at us so we high-tailed it back into the house and then it ran off. I wonder if it's the same one? If it is, it may be rabid and needs to head over to neighbor Frank's where critters like this one don't last very long. I don't mean to be so insensitive but I really don't like going outside in the dark and have something chase me. If it were just out there hanging out, sure no problem. You stay over there, I stay over here and we'll co-exist. I better get back to work and finish what I'm working on for the day. Yay, four day weekend!!

See you all soon!!