Catching Up

Here's what we've been up to the last couple of weeks.

Baking cookies. Doesn't she look pitiful. I think she was on the verge of getting sick. As a result I got to finish cutting out and decorating the cookies.

Watching the backhoe (a new favorite word) take out a tree and dig trenches for the septic lines.

I thought it would be more fun for Hannah to paint her pumpkin than watch me carve it. With all of the coloring that has been going on on the walls I thought painting would be right up her alley. I guess not. It must be more fun to do art on things that aren't supposed to have art on them. Paint doesn't seem to be her thing and she ended up watching me paint. So, before it dried I washed it off and decided to carve it.

Hannah thinking about helping carve the pumpkin. When I got the top off her first response was "yucky." It's a good thing we had Hannah because I must have been becoming a boring adult. The last time I carved pumpkins was with my college roommate and it had been a really long time before that. I guess having kids allows you to keep being a kid!

Stay tuned for the carved pumpkin all aglow and Hannah dressed up (if I'm lucky).

It's A.....

Girl! We had our ultrasound today and found out we are having another girl. I always thought it would be fun to have a sister. Ben had it right and I was sure it was a boy. Anyway we are still due on March 20th. Don't get too excited about the date. It is +/- 2 weeks. As we went along there were times I could see all 4 chambers of the heart (very cool!) and Ben thought it was at times like watching static on TV.

This picture is honestly the only one worth sharing and it's still not that great. This is a picture of her face with her forehead being to the left of the word "face" and her chin to the right. Her body is headed out of the picture to the right. Kinda looks like a picture just in time for Halloween. They couldn't get the 3-D pictures to work and that's fine with me. They freak me out a little bit.

We are pretty sure everything looks good. The ultrasound tech really isn't the expert (or at least claims not to be) so the final "good to go" will come from the doctor next month.

FYI: To make things a bit more exciting since this is the second pregnancy the name (when we finally agree for sure) will be kept a secret until she's born. So, don't even try to pry it out because it won't be worth your time! :)

Farm Girl

All dressed up and ready to do chores. She does still smile but I think she's becoming a bit camera shy.

Things yet to be done:

1. Preg-check cows and vaccinate everyone.

2. Replace the septic lines (again).

3. Attend several fall get-togethers.

4. Get Hannah's picture taken. It's been way too long!