5 1/2 weeks to go!!!

Last Saturday I had my 2nd baby shower in Westmoreland at Carrie Staple's house.  We had a good turn out and the day actually turned out really nice.  Got a lot of great baby stuff and gift cards which I am soon to round out the things that we need for the baby

Carol Johnson, Charlotte Chamberlain & Loretta Ball

Shannon McNamara Litchoulis, Rachel Davis, Adrienne Domey and Stella Chickering

Aunt Betty Rancourt and Aunt Joanie Richardson

Hailey Mackey, Evelyn Shelley, Barbara Messer and Harley

That's me, Hailey, Evelyn & Harley with Levi (Hailey's newest edition)

Carrie Staple, Adrienne, Stella and Rosalie Walker

Me holding up a super cute outfit that I got from my Aunt Betty

The super cute poofy purple patagonia jacket.  I love it Rachel!!

A quilt my cousin Donna made.  She couldn't make it so sent her gift.  It is beautiful.

A handmade sweater made by Carol Johnson.  It is so well made and gorgeous!

Carrie holding Levi while Harley looks on.  He took about a 10 minute cat nap.  He is 4 months.

Had a doctor's appt this past week.  Everything is measuring where it should.  Next appt is 2 weeks and then it is every week after that.  I can't believe it is already July and I have 38 days to go.  I can't believe it went by that fast.  On the other hand, it feels like it can't come quick enough.  The feet have gotten pretty swollen.  Chris learned from the chiropractor how to massage the fluid back into the ankles which does help temporarily but not permanently. It gets really uncomfortable on some days.  I have a box under my desk at work but sometimes days can get pretty crazy and I don't have a lot of time to sit down.  I try to lay low when I am at home with the feet up.  That seems to help a little.  Still doing prenatal yoga once a week and my swim class twice a week so at least I am getting some exercise.  The ankle/foot that I sprained is still a little tender.  This along with the swollen feet makes walking a bit difficult.  Oh well, in another 5+ weeks I will be back to regular exercising.  Can't wait for that.  The baby is moving a lot these days.  She tends to stick out a butt or something in the front and sometimes it feels like she is going to burst out the front.  That can get kind of painful.  I think she has the hiccups right now.  She doesn't get them very often but they are weird to feel.  Heartburn is still about the same and the peeing frequency has gone up quite dramatically.  Can't wait until that stops.  Other than that am doing well.  Still going to the chiropractor which is helpful.  I have to work on my posture because now I have the lower back, hip and pelvic pain.  Once the baby comes, it will be shoulders and neck that will hurt. 

Chris, unfortunately did not win his beard contest and when I got back on Sunday, he had gone back to his old self and shaved off the whole thing.  I was shocked.  It has been 3 months since I saw bare face and it is quite a change.  I am slowly getting used to it as his he.  He had a disc golf tournament on Sunday where he placed 4th out of 30.  That is pretty good.  He is off playing today so it is just me and the dog to get this place cleaned up a bit.  Our weekends have been so crazy, we haven't had a lot of time to do other stuff. 

Below are a few pictures of flowers and vegetable gardens that are growing so far. 

This is where the driveway meets the garage.  Don't know why or how these got there but they keep coming up.

Eventually I wil get those maple trees out of there and also pare this down a bit so that some of the smaller ones can have some room.  There is a lot packed in to this small space.

These are cool. They are growing outside the stones.  They didn't flower last year but they are pretty.

These are new this year.  Really cool looking.



This is the view from the road.



Chris made me a new raised bed.  We have tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, radishes, onions, pepper, rhubarb, zucchini and sugar snap peas growing. 



These are my neighbor's tiger lilies.



Raspberries or blackberries back by the composter behind the garage.

This is the side of the house that is a jungle.  We have lilies growing.  Eventually a new fence and clearing out this area will be a big project. 

My lonely beach rose.  The rest have gone by.

Also, I don't know how many noticed but in one of the beard pictures, Chris was standing in front of our front steps. We decided to paint them red like the shutters. He painted them white and then started with the red that we had. Woah!! It came out purply. He didn't finish them. We had some old gray paint so he decided to put that on and then maybe the red over it to dull down the red.  Maybe we might keep them that way, who knows.