over the weekend

This weekend we went to Minnesota to stock up on maternity clothes and test drive strollers.  Important stuff, you know.  We also went to eat.  Pumpkin bars, rice and beans, nachos, BLTs, blueberry pancakes.  Yum.  Needless to say, baby went through a growth spurt.

Among the shopping and eating, there was also catching up with old friends and hanging out with family.  Plus a lot of relaxing.  To end the weekend, we got to have a midwife appointment today and heard the baby's heartbeat.  It was there!  Along with a few kicks and punches.  Plus I got to ask all my off the wall questions [freeze drying my placenta, deferring on the Hepatitis B vaccine, etc.]  My midwife did not look at me like I grew another head, she supported all of my decisions.  And that's why I prefer not to see medical doctors.

Pictures from the old iPhone:

Lady and Jasper trying to get along.  Not necessarily succeeding.  

Helping little brother sew a button back on his coat.

This is my beautiful friend Ashley cuddling my other beautiful friend Kelsey's beautiful daughter.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of Kels.  But how cute is little baby Addilae?

She fell asleep like this after being burped.  I must have the magic touch.  

In 6 months it'll be one of my own!  

16 week bump picture.  It's there.  Those are maternity pants.  Oh the relief!  I had no idea how uncomfortable regular pants were until I put on maternity pants.