A book

A couple of weeks ago the big kids & I made a book of leaf rubbings. It came out beautifully.
Of course, I had to take a photo for the back cover, which of course led me to make a scrapbook page of it....

Living on baby time

Horatio Jack

Wow, already it's over a month since Horatio arrived.
Things have been so busy. I'm sleep deprived & my nipples are still kinda sore but all is wonderful. I can't believe how little down time there is in a day. Or what a mess the house is. Or how much he's grown already. Or how much love there is.

This is

The Due Date.

Some Pictures

These are from the last 2 weeks while spring was here in full force - warm & sunny. Now we have a week of rain ahead. I guess it provides time to play with the pictures.

Making Mud

Science Fun

The countdown to baby is on - 8 days! Of course, it could be a bit longer - but I am hoping that things will get moving here soon. The Drs. have reassured me I won't have to go too far overdue. Time to get a last picture of my belly. Everyone has been telling me how huge I am.

38 weeks and counting

We are getting down to it. I am really hoping not to have to wait the whole remaining two weeks.
I don't remember being this impatient with the other kids.
The last 2 Dr. apts. have had pretty good news on progress toward labor. I go back on Friday.
Paul has finished the drywall in Dessa's new room & started looking into the automotive projects. I'm trying not to worry about how long that could take.
I'm just keeping up w/ school & the minimum of housework. Not a ton of energy, here.

The yard is slowly drying up & most of the snow is gone. I would love to be out there working - but the town is flushing water pipes & there's no way I'm letting the kids within 10 feet of that puddle when they can't get showered or hosed down.

Playing catch up

I have fallen way behind! I can't claim to be surprised, my energy level has been dragging on the floor. Things are taking shape though (and the shape is round!)At least I'm keeping up w/ the basics.

I'm 36 weeks today.

Another Science Experiment

This one was fun. Floating flowers to demonstrate how the fibers in paper absorb water & expand which causes them to unfold. We also tucked in the concept of water soluble glue.
Big science fans, here.