Hunger!

I had my 23 week OB visit today and everything is still going great! Babyjinx is growing like crazy and is REALLY active these days. I have even started to notice some sleep/wake cycles. All of that activity and growth must be burning up some calories because I was in no way prepared for the amount of HUNGER that I would be experiencing! Poor Mike might starve because I go around eating everything in sight! Usually he gets to take leftovers for lunch, but this week the poor guy had to scrounge for leftover guacamole and chips one day and 2 hot dogs the next day! Oh, and the pregnancy brain has definitely kicked in...I can't believe how many totally brainless things I can do in a single day!

I swallowed a basketball!

Due to many requests to see the baby bump.....here I am at 5 weeks:

And today, at 21 weeks! Impressive, huh!Impressive huh!

Sweet Pea is getting ready too, she's been doing some reading up!

Half Way Home!

I can hardly believe it but I'm already 20 weeks! That means it's the half-way point until Babyjinx arrives! We had our 20 week ultrasound and everything continues to look great. We got several pictures from the scan, but none were really good enough quality to post. Maybe next time! Our little one weighs nearly a pound and is about as long as a banana! These days I am SUPER grateful for maternity pants, air conditioning, and a husband that doesn't complain too much about changing the cat litter. I think pregnancy dementia has definitely set in; some days I can barely remember my own name! Otherwise, I actually feel pretty great and am really looking forward to a little trip that Mike and I are planning to celebrate our belated 1st anniversary. Not sure where we'll be going yet, though.

Mike has been busy getting things tweaked around the house. He's been installing shower rods and towel racks, unpacking boxes, fixing lights, and mulching the landscaping. He even replaced our sump pump all by himself! Let me tell you, it was impressive. Poor guy was up to his elbows in stagnant stinky sump pump hole water to get that job done. Next project: painting!

Minnie and Sweet Pea are loving the new house! Minnie has claimed the top step as her sleeping spot. She particularly enjoys hiding in the upstairs bathtub behind the shower curtain and stalking any poor soul who dares to sit on the toilet. Apparently, this is great fun in the cat world. It's a good thing I'm already sitting down when she ambushes me, because it startles me so badly that I'd probably wet my pants anyway! Sweet pea enjoys running from corner to corner, upstairs to downstairs at full speed chasing (or being chased by) some imaginary object. Neither of the Mao-Mao's seem to enjoy going outside on the deck yet...there are two big dogs that live behind us that bark and scare them. Plus Sweet Pea is deathly afraid of the garden hose.

Happy 4th of July!

We had a great 4th of July weekend! Kathy and Derrick visited us from New Jersey Friday night and were our first overnight guests in the new house! It was so much fun seeing them!

Saturday we traveled to Rich Hill for the family BBQ, which was AWESOME to catch up with all of the extended family that we don't get to see very often (plus uncle Trent makes the BEST grilled burgers EVER and aunt Kris's homemade ice cream is so good it's worth waiting a whole year for!). Saturday night we attended the famous Rich Hill 4th of July Festival, complete with an outdoor concert by Shenendoah. Mike got some great fireworks pictures!
Baby update....I am now 19 weeks along and apparently the baby is the size of a mango, weighing in at just over 1/2 a pound already! Everything is going great and I'm feeling really good now. FINALLY I'm getting over this upper respiratory/sinus infection that I've had since mid-May...who knew how awesome it is to actually be able to breathe!

We made our first baby purchase last weekend, a crib and dresser! Uncle Bob and Trevor helped Mike carry them into the baby's room (thanks for the muscles!) and Mike put them together. Next project, painting the baby's room!

A little gift from the Suburbs!

I don't know why I ever worried about the squirrels while we lived downtown, especially after these little gifts I found tonight!


Note the damage done! Tomato twigs!
And the culprit...the tomato hookworm...which doesn't look very sizeable here, but are actually about 4 inches long and bigger around than my thumbs! Gross! I'm SO MAD! My tomatoes are demolished!