32 weeks

This is always our big milestone! Rachel, our first, was born at 32 weeks so we are always relieved when they days just keep going by without my water breaking. I'm still battling a cough with the help of some antibiotics, praying that the hacking is gone and my ribs aren't sore when it comes time to push this baby out.
We had to bribe with ice cream sandwiches to get this photo. And even then it's impossible for Tommy to stand still.

School's out- let summer begin!

We always love the first flush of roses to pop out. The rose bushes were here when we moved in- yay for me! We removed the ones that were sub-par performers. Adam is always on aphid alert, he has an eye for these things.


This peachy one is my favorite!

Not everything is going so well in the garden. This was my new perennial. The evil little rabbit that hangs out in my flowers has devoured it. I was surprised because they don't have an interest in the other coreopsis (like the yellow one at the top of my blog). Oh well. My spray bottle broke so I haven't been able to coat it with something nasty. You just wait, you little scum sucker. Casey loves to get the paint ball gun out at my beck and call.

Rachel and Abby get along splendidly for being 5 years apart. Rachel likes to play school, and Abby is a more than willing pupil. It's a win-win situation.


Now this is a rare sighting. "What are you doing???" I ask more than puzzled. "We are playing that we are crossing the street." Hmmm. Maybe they could play this game all day. Look at how happy they are.

My Youngest... for a couple more months

Anna will turn two right around the time I give birth to the new baby. She is such a delight. Daddy is in love with her. He loves her big brown eyes. :) Anna really is a funny little thing. She loves to carry around a pen and paper, I think she gets that from Rachel. Anna is much more cuddly than the other kids were at this age. She loves to sit on the porch swing with me. My big belly doesn't seem to get in her way, she just cuddles from the side. I hope the new baby doesn't throw her off too much.

Odds and Ends

We had our last MOPS meeting for the year last week. They put on a carnival for the kids at the end, they sure had a good time. I was excited to see Lynn painting a John Deere tractor that matched his shirt. Man she's good.


Here is Abby napping with Stinky. Stinky is her favorite blankie. It was actually a regular sized receiving blanket, but now it's in about 4 little shreds. It is no longer to safe to put Stinky in the washer/dryer for fear of it dissolving completely.


Our niece Addison was over last weekend. It is so fun to watch her and Anna actually playing together now instead of fighting over all the toys. Anna is the one hiding in the picture. She's clever like that.


Here's my dear friend Jenny with her little Nater Tot. I wish I could say I came up with his nickname, but another friend beat me to it. Nate has the biggest dark eyes and cutest laugh ever. You know, come to think of it, all my friend have REALLY cute babies. I can't wait until mine comes out. It's getting hard to do... well... everything. It's going to be a long 12 weeks.


Tommy loves Nate and any other baby within mauling distance.


Rachel's latest love- pony tails!


This is Adam. I guess I should be happy that he's not afraid to get a little dirty, but sometimes his love of filth annoys me.

Adam's 7th Birthday (a week late)

My firstborn son turned 7 recently. He loves stones and bugs. I even found a piece of broken glass in his pocket the other day. Glad he didn't fall on that wrong.
Grandma Maude and Laurie each bought him a set with stones/minerals. He was thrilled to say the least.


Adam is pretty easy to please. I got him this plastic piggy bank- he's in love with it. Unfortunately when you take the money out of it 54 times a day the plug thingy on the bottom will most likely break. Which it did. Now the money won't stay in. I guess it was the thought that counts.


He specifically asked for chocolate cake with white frosting and his name written in blue. I can handle that.


We're all ready for cake!


Burning off the cake and ice cream


My parents came later in the afternoon and took Adam shopping. He bought a bubble gun and some artsy thing with markers.

Trying to Get a Pic of the Belly- 26 weeks

Tommy likes to take pics, and I really don't have any good belly shots, so I let him go to it. I should've known this would end up ugly...

Here we are- 26 weeks. I see by my ticker I have less than 100 days to go now. That's rather frightening. I feel like I have a month to go, so I hope I'm still mobile by August.


Rachel wants a picture WITHOUT Adam in it.


And we're still crying, even though Adam is long gone.


She still loves her mommy. :)

Flowers

How we love when it's nap time for Anna. That means that we can play out front on the sidewalk. Anna has an affinity for the street and I'm not moving very fast these days.




My neighbor covets my purple tulips. I give her the stuff from my garden that I'm not happy with and she gives it a happy home across the street. So nice. But she gets no purple tulips.


Amanda, isn't this a cute little daffodil??? I hope it multiplies rapidly, I'd love to share.


I love my bleeding heart! The white one is new, I got it last year on clearance from Bluestone Perennials out of Ohio. If Casey ever died after the kids are grown I would like to go work there. It's always nice to have a plan.


And here are the 2 goofballs with their new haircuts.