Bread Painting

Heath has started up graduate classes again. This time it is a 6 week period, with two classes a week.  So, that leaves Lucy and mommy alone two nights a week. I have used this opportunity to try fun, Pinterest projects. :)

First, we got a paint brush. Now, we really needed those little, cheap, water painting brushes, but didn't have one. So, I found a new, foam one and washed it with dial soap. Then, I got Lucy situated and ready to paint.

Then, we got out four bowls and poured a little milk in each one. Then, I asked Lucy what colors she wanted. Of course, she said purple. I had to remember my color mixing, since I only had four colors of food coloring.

She requested: pink, purple, orange, and blue. I could have gone darker; but, I didn't want to waste the food coloring and it worked!

I laid out two pieces of bread and a napkin for Lucy to blot on.


She picked it up pretty well; however, she kept dabbing all of the milk in the middle of the bread. It was getting too soggy. I kept trying to get her to go around the edges...

 I thought that maybe it was the brush - it was picking up too much milk. So, we tried a basting brush...


It worked MUCH better.

Lucy asked me to do some too, which she enjoyed.

We did four pieces, front and back. She especially liked when I tried to paint around her hand.

Then, we threw the bread in the toaster to dry.

I thought about just buttering them, but decided to make grilled cheese sandwiches out of them instead.

 Lucy thought they were pretty fun. We both had a colorful sandwich. Of course, Lucy had the one with an 'L' on it.

It was fun and she made sure to tell Daddy all about it the next morning. I am sure we will do it again sometime. :)

3D Ultrasound

Well, I don't have all of the pictures ready for you guys yet; however, I wanted to share what I do have. :)

First things first...yes, it is still a girl. :) And yes, there is only one baby in there. It was confirmed.

Here the little beauty is:

Sorry about the quality of photos. Since I don't have them downloaded yet, they are pictures of pictures...

Olive cooperated much more than Lucy did a couple of years ago. Here are our other favorites:

The umbilical cord kept getting in her face.

This one isn't as clear either, because the umbilical cord. However, we loved that is showed her hands up by her face. :)

Again, it's a little blurry and you can see the reflection off of the picture.

So, if you were wondering...YES - she looks like Lucy!  We all thought so and she is super chubby, or so it looks. :)

What do you think?

I will get more to you soon and share a little more about the visit. It was a fantastic day!

Keep cool!

29 Week Update

This post will likely be short, since not much has changed in the last week or so. Here I am again...

My hair is down! What? Yep, that is me and my hair is really getting long. It's so long that I can barely stand it being down in this heat!

How far along?
I am 30 weeks and 1 day (a little late again on the update). I have 69 days left and only 48 days until I'm full-term.

Baby is the size of a...
butternut squash. Or, in my terms, one of those gourds that hallow out in the fall and you can make a birdhouse of them. :) Olive is approximately 15 inches long (probably more like 13), and 3 lbs! She should start gaining about 1/2 lb a week from here on out. That would put her around 8 lbs, which is right on.

Symptoms:
I am still achy, uncomfortable, excited, and above all - HOT! It is so flippin' hot! I sweat just sitting here...if a third child is in our future, it will NOT be a summer baby! Plus, did we pick the hottest summer in years or what? Gee-whiz.

I am just carrying so much lower this time. Everyone thinks that means the ultrasound technician was wrong and I'm really carrying a boy. I think it is a testament to how awful my abs were and that my uterus just flopped out there, with nothing holding it back! We will see this weekend at our 3D ultrasound who is right. :)  Anyway, carrying lower is much more painful, or at least in my experience. It stresses my pelvis and lower back; I didn't have the same aches with Lucy. I get up from sitting on a hard bench or the floor and can barely walk for a few steps. I'm like an old person! Eh, maybe I am old...

Anything new?
Not really. We got Olive's sleeper in. Isn't it cute. Heath and Lucy put it together.

It looks just like the picture. It really folds easily too. I think it was a great purchase for us!

New with Heath?
Either Heath is very intuitive or I complain like crazy. I think the latter is probably more true, no offense to Heath. He has been super helpful this last week. I made supper and he even wrote on our board, "I love you because...you cooked supper even though you were tired. - Thank you!"

It was sweet. He has also pampered me pretty well. I imagine that with him start up night classes again (6 weeks, two nights a week), that I will be a little bit on the back-burner again. But, I understand. We are all excited for that MBA to be done in August! :) I'm so proud of him.

New with Lucy?
She still acts excited about Olive in theory. But, when it comes to Olive's things vs. hers, that is another story. I think she will have a hard time sharing things; she hasn't ever really had to before. I am still 100% positive that sharing her daddy will be the biggest problem.

Oh, and one a cute note, she tried to put a diaper on my belly the other day - "for baby Olive."

Anything else?
The biggest new item will be the 3D ultrasound. Prepare for a post about it and pictures on Facebook. :) I am so excited. We are going to see if she is still a girl and see if she looks like Lucy at all. I can't wait! Here is what Lucy looked like:

Let's hope we get a good picture like that of Olive...and that Olive is still an "Olive" and not a boy! haha. It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world; but, we would have to do a lot of shopping.

Oh, and for the few in the family, we will also be verifying that only one baby exists....crazy people...haha.

Have a fantastic weekend!