Hi there,
I am just popping in for a bit of a visual interlude... The picture above of my youngest (thus far) won a 2
nd prize ribbon and a "Banner Award" at our county fair this year. Blondie and I are so excited because a "Banner Award" means that they are going to blow this picture up REALLY huge and hang it at the photo exhibit for next year's fair. He is excited because it is of him and I am excited because I can never figure out what they look for in judging the photos at the fair... but this year I guessed right!
I entered these two also, they didn't win anything, but I do like the colors and the texture in the photos.
These last two I just like and thought I would share.
We are still going in for baby appointments 2X a week. Our appointments consist of getting hooked up to the fetal heart monitor, sipping some juice and listening for our baby girl to wake up and move around a bit. It actually has been kind of fun, because it is a rare occasion that Big Daddy and I get to sit around and do nothing but chat. Sometimes he reads me silly articles from old Parenting magazines, sometimes we snicker about all of the silly products in said magazine that are for "People who have too much money and too little sense" His words, not mine...he is rarely so blunt, so that makes me laugh too.
The laughing can get tricky, because sometimes I laugh so hard that the monitor stops recording and then we just have to wait longer to get a "good read". The silliest I got was when he started retelling stories of my friend Sara from high school. (I don't think she reads this, but we were on the track team together for four years and her sense of herself and her sense of humor still never fail to make me laugh... uncontrollably sometimes) (I haven't seen her in 15+ years, but still, so funny.)
I am less afraid about inducing, my BP has stabilized somewhat so we are just playing by ear, which is good. Each day I lay around a lot and check for swelling (not too much) and headaches (none) and side pain (only from laughing). Our little mango baby continues to grow and come Monday we will officially be one week away from her due date.
Thanks for all of your kind thoughts, I appreciate every one.
Have a lovely weekend!
JMB
Welcome to the world baby girl!!!
(Brownie, first day of school circa 2008)
I am not sure if you will believe me, but they got muddier than this... Really, Blondie was a brunette and I wasn't sure that his hair would ever be clean again. All I could see of Brownie's face were the whites of his eyes. Kids need balance. They NEVER would have had this kind of fun if I was not on bed rest and Big Daddy was at work. I can admit that, I am OK with that. I can do arts and crafts, library time and Big Daddy can do mud and large scale painting projects. Big Daddy is not adverse to the crazy mess and I think that is cool. I couldn't stop laughing when the boys came up crying and said that they had mud in their mouth... HOW COULD THEY NOT?? It was Every Where!
While they were doing that I was taking a few "show and tell" pics of our new baby Mango's quilt. Very girlie, muted colors, not my thing as of late (I started it 4 years ago...really I did) but I think that it will fit her perfectly. Pink... it could be my new thing for a while.
The back was just some stash busting and an orphan pomegranate flower block from when I was teaching myself to applique. Funny thing, the flower had a lot of the same fabrics as the front, so it works too. (I am glad that I am not going to be sorting through those fabrics again, some I think that I have had for 10 years... I am a hoarder.)
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