Pickin' Strawberries

We went to pick strawberries this morning with our mommy group. Allie had a good time, but wasn't much help. Somebody should have warned me how strenuous picking strawberries can be for a pregnant woman. I know I'm going to be sore tomorrow from bending and squatting. Nothing like timing too....we were standing in the middle of the strawberry patch (do you call them patches?), and Allie had to go potty. So she had her first experience with the porta-john.





I think she was a bit confused when we first arrived...


Milking the wooden cow.

Our girly girl

This is what happens when I walk away for literally 1 minute to grab something from the garage. Stephen was planting an oak tree in the backyard when Allie decided to get in on the fun.

Paintings

Okay, so here are my debut peices of art as promised. Not too bad for a novice. And the baby won't know the difference anyway. The last picture is Allie's painting....totally appropriate for the nursery since it looks like poo.

Nursery

We finally got the nursery cleaned out. It had been our "catch all" room. Stephen's parents were up a couple of weeks ago and helped paint. The bedding came in, hung curtains and voila....the nursery is actually looking like a nursery. It still is bare and needs help, and I'm considering putting on my painters hat and painting some artwork. I always joke that I could paint anything....now I got to step up to the plate and prove myself. I want to go to Hobby Lobby and buy a couple of canvases to paint a safari animal on. Wish me luck...I'll be sure and post my masterpeices should they turn out.

A closer shot of the crib. (This was my crib when I was a baby.)

Allie always wants to sit where Izzy is. Here the two of them are sharing a seat.

Mom - here is the picture of the dining room curtains you wanted to see. Did we hang them like you envisioned?

More beach pics

Hanging out on the front porch...

Crabbin'. Allie was so anxious to get out there and look for crabs...we went too early. It wasn't completely dark and we had a hard time finding the crabs.

But, we did find this one baby crab. Stephen wanted to let Allie have a closer look....yes, he got pinched.

Giving Pop kisses.

Taking a ride on the golf cart.

Dr. Appointment

Update on Baby #2....or soon to be known as Gabriel.

I had a dr. appt. this morning and everything checked out great. The baby's heartrate was 153. I will be 30 weeks on Thursday and we are measuring 33 weeks! My dr. wants me to have another ultrasound in 2 weeks to check on the growth of the baby and to get an accurate reading on how big he (possibly a she) is. I was hoping to have a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) with this pregnancy. But, if the baby gets too big, I will more than likely be induced and have another C-section. We should know more in 2 weeks after the next appt.

At the Beach

We are at the beach in Gulf Shores this week with mom, dad and Stephen's mom, Susan. Allie's little body has decided to cut her top molars while we are here....so she has been a challenge. She started out extremely moody/fussy. Then she started running a fever yesterday and is starting to wake up in the middle of the night needing motrin. It looks like the next 2 weeks are going to be lots of fun for us.....

The 3 1/2 of us at the beach. Me - inching closer to 30 weeks!

Allie LOVES everything about the beach. Poor thing was wanting so badly to enjoy herself down at the beach when she was running a fever. We took her to the heated pool and she just sat on the steps shivering. I brought her in to the house shortly after that little episode and realized that I had been taking her temp with a thermometer that was no good.
The water was freezing...

Pop, Maw-maw and Allie at Lulu's last night.