Building stuff

 

This weekend we got all organized and decided to do something about baby boy's room.  The first step is moving out all the crap from his room into another room.  So, of course, we needed more furniture.  Auggie practiced building stuff with Evie and her log thingies that Ma and Pa bought.  As you can see it was a serious business and Lelly was exhausted by the whole thing.  It did result in a nice looking house though!

 

 Deep thought and concentration while the architects consider the design.  Actually, I think at this point they were lining up the "babies" which Evie insisted upon. It very regimented; Nana would be proud.

 Then came the serious building upstairs. We needed a bookshelf/cupboard for the zillions of books currently in baby's room. Here is Auggie hard at work. To be fair to me, I helped. And to be fair to Evie, she wanted to help and was certain she knew more about hanging the cupboard doors straight than either of us did. In the end we were relieved to get it built without too many mishaps or injuries to small children.

This is Evie being "helpful"!

Taking advantage of some very nice weather, Evie went out for a bike ride on Sunday morning looking tres chic in her hood and sunglasses. We also fed some very fat ducks.

 And this is just cute. Evie is modeling a new number we bought a couple of weeks ago.

 Last but not least, baby boy. He is currently practicing drop goals. Probably something to do with the mincemeat I just had as an evening snack.  But he is definitely wiggling a lot. He is also partial to peas. I hope he likes them as much as Evie who for dinner yesterday had pea sandwiches.  I also feel like he is massive. I guess we will find out in two weeks when I have my next appointment.  Hopefully I won't be in trouble for being a fatso again :-)

Jane xxx

I am biased but this is far too cute not to share!

Twinkle in Spanish!

Big girl getting bigger

Well, this week we went to our first school open house.  We are ever so slightly in denial that Evie could possibly be old enough to go to school.  We took Evie with us though and on the way she announced that she can only go to a school with bikes.  Thankfully Auggie found a large stash of bikes in the playground so all was, apparently, well.  We liked the school and have applied there and one other place. Fingers crossed she gets in. 

 

Today was my fabulous 9/80 Friday off so I got to play with Evie, Nana and Tori.  Evie wore the boots that I bought her AGES ago in a second hand shop. I've been dying for her to fit into them so it was an exciting moment. Excitement was hampered slightly by her refusal to wear socks and subsequent blister (which would have been avoided had Evie been willing to listen to my suggestion that she wear socks but what do I know??).  But thanks to an emergency sock purchase from GAP clearance bucket complete disaster was averted. 

 

 

 

And on that note . . .yee haw  xxx

Snakes, spaceships, skating etc

Excuses, excuses - but we really have been busy! Auggie wrote a paper and gave a speech at the Texas Water Superconference and I organized a large offsite meeting at work so our time has been zapped.  There has been plenty to fill you (all two of you who read this) in on too.  So I will do my best!  We've had a visit from Ma and Pa (back in August!) which was very lovely. Evie wanted to make Pa a birthday cake so we worked some dairy free magic and make a double chocolate layer cake. It was rather nice if I do say so myself.  Grandma came to stay a few weeks back and to continue the baking theme, we made rhubarb and cherry crumble with custard. also yum.  And if you read the previous post regarding pregnancy weight gain, this series of events may explain the answer to question 1 . . .

 

So here's what you really care about:

 

 

 

 Evie  being cute. She wanted a photo snuggling with Daddy.

 Evie being a classy bird. Nana just happened to have this hat in the back of her car!

 Auggie had a meeting in Galveston this past weekend held at the Moody Gardens Hotel.  So Evie and I decided to go along for the ride and spent the night at the hotel and the day at Moody Gardens.  First of all, Pie and I got room service Friday night which she thought was quite the thing. I had to explain that we couldn't be doing that EVERY time we stayed at a hotel.  I am fairly sure she doesn't believe me. The next day was a lot of fun too. Evie liked the pink birds in the rainforest pyramid.  Luckily we avoided getting pooed on. Some of our fellow attendees were not so fortunate.

The discovery pyramid is currently home to a music exhibit.  There were TONS of fun things for kids to play with. This was one of her favorites. Billy Joel/Elton John eat your heart out!

On Labor Day we went to NASA and as you would expect at a Space Center, there were snakes to play with.  Evie liked these rather a lot. That bad-boy they are holding weighed in at 80 pounds.   There were also lots of other fun things to do including landing a space shuttle and going to look at rockets. I think Evie left with lots of good memories but a small, albeit serious, regret that we didn't actually get to go into space.

 

While Ma and Pa were here we took Evie ice skating. And by "we" I mean Auggie took Evie skating while the rest off us watched from the bleachers. Evie enjoyed this rather a lot so we have signed her up to start lessons in November.  Assuming she is willing to cooperate (and let's be honest, this is Evie so you never know), she will make her ice debut in the "Nutcracker" this December as a Gingerbread Girl.  I will have the video camera at the ready!

 

 



 And last but in no way least, here is our alien baby.  He would not cooperate at ALL for photos at our scan last week so I am putting this one up despite it looking less than human.  The good news is that all of his measurements are normal and so far he is measuring as he should. Good boy.


Enjoy the pictures! I will try not to leave it so long next time

Jane xxx

Poor, already ignored, second baby

I was looking back at some old blog posts and realized that by this point in my Eviepie pregnancy, there were a great many blog posts about it. Poor baby boy is lagging behind. So, here's a small update . . .

19 1/2 Weeks

Weight Gain:  According to my doctor, too much.

How big is baby? 8oz - head to bottom the size of an heirloom tomato. If only one knew how big one of those is

Maternity Clothes? Definitely for trousers. Still squeezing into some other non-maternity stuff. Avoiding the maternity wear price monopoly this time though by buying second hand on ebay and purchasing some slightly larger regular clothes on clearance. This is the big advantage of living in a "fat" city - lots of larger stuff to choose from ;-)

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep? Pretty good as long as baby is not dancing a jig

Best Moment of the week? Buying boy a nice new toy

Movement? lots! I am convinced that he is either 1. practicing his bowling action for a future career as captain of the England Cricket team OR 2. practicing his drop-kick action for a future career in helping England beat Australia at rugby. Either is permissible.  Daddy would prefer Rugby.

Food Cravings? None! yay!

Labor signs? none

Belly button in or out? in

What I miss? Honestly? Gin

Milestone: None but looking forward to a scan on Thursday!

So there you go. We have not cleared out his room yet, neither have we picked a colour. I have found the most AMAZING chair though so perhaps I will just plan it around that. All babies like grey velvet with sparky trim, right? 

I promise more photos of Evie soon. I know that's what you really logged on for . . .

Jane xx