Not too much

Not a whole lot going on here.

I took Georgia out to a garage sale on Saturday. Here she is modeling her new clothes. They had lots of Dora clothes there and she was in heaven.And here is Austin after enjoying his lunch of spaghetti. He has been a pistol lately. And thankfully his naps have been closer to three hours a day. I certainly need a break during the day from worrying about what he is doing and what he is into now.And the new baby has officially reached the second trimester. Other than feeling big, nothing new to report there either.

Pigs & Raking Hay

This morning we went out and did our pig chores. I think that our closest neighbor is about a half mile away, so going outside in your big boy underpants is completely acceptable.

Here Casey is filling the feeder for the farrowing sows. We have 17 litters as of this morning.Some of the litters that we first born in this group are getting big enough to follow their mom around the pen. I'll have to work on getting some closer up photos. The coloring on the piglets is so vibrant. You can see the red, brown, black, white, and even some blue in them. Or maybe it is they are just much cleaner than the older pigs.Just to get out of the house for a bit after lunch we went and helped Case raking hay. Georgia told Case that he was going over too many bumps.

Promising!

Austin has been in undies all day and we've only had one accident so far! Knock on wood that we are on to something!

It's all about exhaustion!

The kids have been sort of driving me batty lately. I'm sure that it's an adjustment in both of our schedules. I'm not with adults all day and they are stuck home with me. I've been trying hard to find things to do that they find fun and exhausting.
Yesterday we went to the park for about an hour. Austin fell asleep before we got home. Georgia does not take naps, but she did go to bed early.Georgia looking cool riding on a duck and Austin giving me a heart attack climbing all the way up this on his own.This morning the weather lady warned that today would be the warmest day for the rest of the month and maybe even the summer. I filled the pool this morning and after lunch let the kids play. I dragged out a kitchenette set and they had a blast cooking with the water and washing the skid steer in the sink. We must have needed to stay outside longer because Austin is still awake now. I just need to figure out what we can do tomorrow that will tire them out (without tiring me out)!

13 weeks!

Well, I thought that I would be taking the kids with me to the OB today. But my SIL called with an offer of them to play in the baby pool with her kids, so my kids turned a visit to the doctor down.

Everything looks good. Baby is measuring on target, and I'm good.

The doctor had a harder time finding the heartbeat with the doppler so she grabbed her handy ultrasound machine and took a peek. It looks like the baby's placenta is attached to the front of my uterus making it harder to hear the heartbeat. I got to see the little one move it's arms. It's heartbeat was in the 140's. Below is the picture that was printed for me. It's the baby's profile, it is looking to the right.

Good Morning!

Believe it or not all three, well three and a partial, of us fit in the skid steer! Case loaded up the bucket with small bails of straw, we drove and bedded the new litters. We have 10 new litters as of today.

40 Years

Last night we went out to dinner to celebrate my in-law's 40th wedding anniversary. This is much easier said than done with 5 of the grandchildren 3 years old and younger. Georgia of course had to wear her Dorthy dress. Dinner went well and was really nice.We went out on the deck to watch the sunset over Lake Michigan and I tried to take some cute photos of my children.Austin's "say cheese" face.

This morning we headed to church. The church that we go to has a children's message where the children sit up on the alter and listen to a short story. Austin needed to make himself a little more comfortable and took his shoes off and laid down.

Tomorrow is an appointment with the OB. Hopefully all is good. I plan on bringing the kids with me to hear the baby's heartbeat.