Our chickens are really funny! I don't know how we think we are ever going to kill and eat one. And by we, I mean Powers. Ill partake in the eatin' but not the killin'!
Here were a few funny pics Powers took of them last week. They are like addicts to a bag of cracked corn we bought them as a treat. They will CHASE you around the yard everytime we walk out of the front door and they are normally waiting by the back door to attack us when we come out! I finally gave in the other day (because I couldn't lose them) and one of the chickens was pecking my toes while I was getting food for them! Ahhhh! Here they are waiting for treats.
This is the wall separating our carport from the yard. They hop up here and wait on Pow pow... They are taking over! Help!!!
If I stand at my desk and face westward, I'm pretty sure that puts my big ole enormo belly somewhere around Booper's house in Mississippi! Holy Moly! Mom, tell my baby I said hello because I can't even see the poor thing today!
Time to pick up a few more spin classes! (I say that as I sit here eating lunch.... pathetic!!)
We had our very last sonogram visit yesterday! It was great! I didn't TOTALLY lose it like I have in past sonograms because Baby Lane was D-E-A-D asleep! The lady was shaking me like crazy trying to get Shim to wake up! I did semi-fall off my rocker when she showed us an up close picture of it's little heart... pumping like crazy and you could actually see all 4 chambers of it's heart. I was speachless. We did leave with a whole handful of 4-D pictures, which i could do without all together. Just give me the good old traditional black and whites... that helps me out when trying to decide if I'm going to birth a human or alien! We are just not okay with this new form of pictures! They also burned a video of baby's sonogram but we can't figure out how to open it! I'll work on that and post it as soon as I can!
Lizzy and Caden moved into their big boy/big girl bed this week! They are so grown up! I think nap #1 was pretty rough because they were all keyed up about the change, but night #1 went well because they were exhausted! Lauren said Caden LOVES that the bed is bouncy and he jumps and jumps and jumps on it! If I understand the story right, Lauren said she went in the other day and caden was stradling Elizabeth jumping up and down! He's about to aggrevate the stew out of poor Liz because she wants some sleep! He just wants to jump!! How fun! Here they are waking up from a nap yesterday...
Barry said they put them to bed on opposite sides of the bed and when they go in to check on them, they are all smushed together! I love these kidos! They are so fun!
Charley has been working on a really cool biology cell project for school this week! She is making a sugar model of all the parts of the cell that sounds really inventive! She's doing something totally different than all her classmates, so I am really proud of her for trying something new! I asked her to document while she's making it so I can post about it! I can't wait to see how it turns out! She is one smart little cookie, guys... Not only is she beautiful, she got it going on in the smarts department!
Charley also has started fall ball (softball). I have some cute pictures and videos to post of her game Sunday but will probably get to that tomorrow. Charley did, however, play AWESOME! She knocked one ball right into dead man's land in the outfield and got to third base! It was GREAT! She was so cute... she started jumping up and down with her hands in the air after the play was over! We were cracking up!
Lastly, here's a video of the baby's saying funny stuff! They have started wearing backpacks, or as toot's says, Pap Pap! They are melt me adorable!
Husband is home! Ahhhhhhhh. I don't feel like I even need to say more! Just a deep breath of relief and joy that the sweet Lord decided to bring him back to me!
Things I missed so much: 1. His face.... especially his furless face!!! Woo hoo! I LOVE it! He is so beautiful! 2. His amazing warm hands-on-belly (which is growing by the minute!) He gave me a bare belly hold on the way home and Baby started kicking like crazy! It was awesome! Baby knew Daddy's touch instantly! :) 3. The sound of his voice in person 4. Surprisingly, getting my toes and fingers smashed! 5. His stories! He's never short on them, and I loved hearing them! 6. Having to turn on the air conditioning because there were two people in the bed again! Yay! I haven't turned it on in 10 days! 6. Just everything about his sweet self! It was so nice to have my man back and it made my day that he missed me! Yay! 7. I did, however, hate leaving this am :(
Here are the cute McKay kids welcoming their Daddy home!
We're over half way there! Baby is a size of a carrot this week and weighs 3/4 of a pound! Wow! Mom has gained much more than 3/4 of a pound! We are still feeling great! This whole experience has just been so much more rewarding than I ever could have dreamed! I have loved every minute of it! My update says that in the coming weeks I may start to notice a pattern in our baby's movements! How fun! I'd love to know when Shim is sleeping or wide awake! I just love those little kicks so much!!
We have our very last sonogram next Tuesday morning and will thus put the nail in the coffin on finding out the gender of our munchkin! Im still ok with nails!!! Im sorry guys! ehem, sorry Katy Mc!! :) I am looking forward to hearing the doctor say, 'congratulations on your baby _____!' so much! I can't wait to be surprised!
So, to my dear gender neutral baby.... I love you so much! I even love your little girl parts or boy parts and don't care a bit which one they are!! :)
Love you all! Have a great day! It's BEAUTIFUL here! So good to see the sun!!
POWERS COMES HOME TOMORROW!!!!!(My feelings exactly!!)
ps. I have no idea who to credit for this picture, so please don't arrest me! It is not mine (as we don't like cats!) but it was all over the www so please be merciful and forgive me if this is your picture!
Here is the baby's room when we moved in... I'm terribly sorry to be mean, but yuuuuuuk. This was our worst room and we had to take immediate action! That is winny the pooh on the walls... and yes, you are seeing that right. Pepto-Bismol pink walls. Ugh. Plus, popcorn ceilings.
Progress being made... Booper hard at work! The final product! I love it! The picture frame was the inspiration for the room. We still have two big pillows that need cases, a bedside table, crib, and changing table, but that's all to come! Isn't it a great improvement! I. Just. Love. It! Smoooooooooth ceilings! Yay! Ahh! So much better!
Our living room pre-work. Book shelves were so ugo! Color, not bad, but we decided to change it to white to cover up imperfections in the walls where the foundation has moved. Plus, the owner told us there were beautiful hardwood floors underneath, so we trusted them and Powers yanked the carpet on up (with Taylor biting fingernails the whole way through!) Again, popcorn ceiling.
After! Pretty good, huh?!?! The rooms are pretty WHITE right now, so were working on bringing some color into the room to warm it up, but I was so excited! The floors look amazing! We need to wax them and get them healthy again, but this looks like a different house! Way to go, hubbers! I'll post more as we accomplish things! Renovation is really so much fun for anyone looking to conquer a project! We have loved working on the house and seeing the fruit of our labor! Next up, dining room and guest bath...
Where to start. She's beautiful, she's a sweetheart, she's funny, she's adaptable, she's loving, she's generous, she's healthy, she's the hardest worker in the world, she's a great back rubber, she never eats her whole meal and always gives us leftovers (yay mom!) she's an awesome magazine collector, she's a great cook, she's sensitive, she knows her plants and gives great advice on what to do with a very random yard, she is the picture of the woman you hope to look up to, she even loves our chickens!
What more could you ask for? She is the best mom in the whole world!
Mom came to B'ham to keep me company and work her fingers to the bone this past Thursday and Friday. We worked, and worked, and worked, and worked! When we do home renovations, there is a lot that needs to take place before the renovations can begin! We totally re-did one full room and got half way through our second. She even was offering to come back and do more as soon as we can get back together!
I am going to post our recent renovation pictures in just a minute, so be watching for the baby's room! I love it so much! It's perfect!
OH!!! And while she was here, guess what happened?!?! I FELT THE BABY MOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME! It was the most amazing feeling! I just cried and cried and praised my sweet Lord for his goodness and His perfect way of knitting life together! How amazing! I was so glad Mom was there to experience that with me! She was so excited!
Ok, I am sorry about the massive amount of pictures, but I haven't gotten to spend time with the Beyer family in along time, so I took advantage of the opportunity! Plus, my step daughter is super photogenic, so it is hard not to take pictures of her! :)
I went to Jackson this weekend to see Renny, the Out-Laws, and The Beyer Family. We had a wonderful time as usual! Saturday afternoon we drove a little out of town to a Pumpkin Patch. It was a gorgeous day and perfect for a hay ride/pumpkin pick! I haven't done anything like that since I was a kid, so I for one LOVED it! We had a great time and as you can tell, had plenty of photo opps!
Cute little booger! He apparently was a pest because he kept bothering his other cagemates!
Gail named this chicken Tina Turner! Quite the hairdo!
The hayride
She's just beautiful!
This is a Zedonk. Seriously. Half donkey, half zebra. I don't even want to know how this happened. Melanie kept singing 'Zedonkydonk... bedonkydonk' so I promised that would be the title of this weeks blog!
All i know to do is shake my head....
Hay Maze
After the pumpkin patch we went to Maw Maw's to visit which was great! She is so sweet and I really enjoyed talking with her! She is just as cute as she can be! Then Mel stopped by a store to grab a few things for the twins. Brooke, Renny, and I entertained ourselves while we waited...
Finally! Mom came to stay with me for a few days last week (ahhhhhhhhh. Just having Mom in your house is cause to exhale and relax! It was WONDERFUL having her and she is bar none the greatest mom in the whole world. I am so very lucky! More to come on her wonderfulness!) Anyway, I asked her to take a few bump pics for the blog so here you go! These were taken at 20 weeks. It has gone down a little since then... mom said that the banana just turned in instead of out! So, we are a little smaller now, but still growing everyday! Whooo hoo! I told mom it is the strangest feeling that every morning I run to the mirror to see how much BIGGER I've gotten! Isn't that totally backwards?! Pregnancy is weird and wonderful!
Well! I cried wolf! In my defense, Im a first time momma, so I don't know what Im doing!! I said we were half way there at 4.5 months... I forgot this whole weeks system! Well, we are 20 weeks and NOW half way there! :)
We feel awesome! Not too much new to report except that the pregnant belly POPPED OUT Monday! We went from a 'taylor can tell that her belly is orb-like' to 'whoa nelly, there's a baby in there!' I have to admit, I LOVE IT! It was hard for me to adapt to the orb belly... im just not used to being odd shaped, but now, odd is in! I love this little round thing!
We really miss Dad and his warm hands. :( Allie is doing her best to curl up next to us and keep us warm, but Dad is just the best at calming us! No moving around yet... any day now I bet!
Look at us this week! (This kind of makes me not want to eat banana's anymore... they're not on my 'natural birth' diet anyway, so I guess this is a sign!)
