Tricky Baby

We woke up this morning to find Carina had scooched herself 90 degrees in her crib last night. She's on the move! She tried really hard to roll over this past weekend too. Now if only she could hold her head up. She's actually getting really, really good at it and fights us to let her hold her own head up when we're walking her around on our shoulder. A stubborn/independent streak already!

We started her on baby vitamins this morning. I had read in one of my parenting magazines that breastfed babies should take a vitamin D supplement so I asked our pedi. He said go ahead and start her on a daily vitamin containing A, C and D. It's fruit flavored! Carina didn't seem to mind at all. She just looked a little perplexed as she smacked her lips.

I've made new decorations for our Sunday school room next year. We'll move with our same girls to a different room starting in September. I took pictures of them all individually and then put each picture on a piece of scrapbooking paper surrounded by squares for each month so they can put a sticker up for each week they are there. It's a scaled down version of the monster wall covering we currently have in our Sunday school room. I really enjoy doing stuff like that for the girls. Peter is the teacher and I'm the craft/discipline person, haha.

Not much else going on. One week till I return to work. I'm stocking supplies like Pop-Tarts for those days when I miss breakfast, candy (just to make me feel better) and a framed picture of my darling girl. I get my hair cut tonight and it'll be nice to get out on my own for a few minutes. Peter will enjoy the daddy-daughter time too.

Saying Goodbye

One more week down... one more week closer to meeting our little girl! It really hit me that I'm now less than 8 weeks from full term (37 weeks). Even though most babies are born closer to 40 weeks, it's still exciting to know I'm only 8 weeks from a safe delivery time frame. Hang in there, Pumpkin! We'll make it.

As I sit here typing, Pumpkin (or Baby Dumplin' as she was called this weekend) has the hiccups. Too cute.


This week didn't get too busy till the weekend. Tuesday we had our Sunday school administrators over to discuss our plans for next year. They're checking in with all the current teachers but of course they had some special concerns about what our plans might be surrounding the baby. We're going to keep teaching right up until the baby is born. After that we've asked for 2 weeks off and then if I'm not up to teaching quite yet (and that may be a little early to take the baby to church anyway) Peter can teach alone for a couple weeks. After I feel up to helping again I'll just bring the baby along. It is a girl's Sunday school class after all so she'll fit right in! I heard today that Baby Jones is already on the roster for the nursery as they plan for helpers and such for the future. That was really nice to hear.


Wednesday I had a hair cut and we attended our third childbirth class. We talked a lot about pain med options and saw 3 birth videos. I stand by my initial feeling that I don't want to see what's going on down there when it's me... let alone someone else! Still, the videos were very insightful and not nearly as gross as they could have been. We're still really enjoying and appreciating these classes very much.


Friday I made Rocky Road Squares (rice crispy treats covered in marshmallows, chocolate chips and peanuts) and we had pizza over at our neighbor's. The boys played Guitar Hero while the ladies socialized. We always have a lot of fun with our neighbors. It's great to have someone our age right next door. Very convenient for cat-sitting too!


Saturday we drove 3 hours toward Pittsburgh for Peter's Grandmother's memorial service. It was very nice and very simple, just like Grandma would have wanted. Peter did a brief reading during the service. Afterward there was a catered lunch. It was very nice to see family - some we hadn't seen since the wedding and some Peter hadn't seen since childhood. Overall, a very sweet and beautiful service. Once we made it home we crashed and ordered in Chinese for dinner.


Today we taught Sunday school. We had 5 very energetic girls (1 who would not participate at all). It is very frustrating and tiring but incredibly rewarding too. Peter is such a great teacher. I tend to take on the role of disciplinarian. It's encouraging to see how much they've already learned in the 2 years we've taught them and to think how much they will grow in the years to come. I have to say though that after witnessing two separate "nose-picking-and-eating" incidents today, I was thoroughly grossed out. What makes children do that?!


Below: my 29 week belly picture. I must have popped overnight because just today I was asked twice when I am due (and I've never been asked before). I know it's quite obvious that I'm pregnant but I still think that's a dangerous question to ask.

Oh to still be on vacation...

We've waited to post about vacation because if we post about it... that means it really is over. And that makes us very sad.

We had a wonderful time at the OBX with Amy's family. We hit the beach, did a little shopping, took our nieces to see "Sleeping Beauty" and ate a TON of great food. It was heavenly to get away from work for an entire week! The cats survived quite well without us (they had great babysitters).

Nothing much new to report. We had a 2nd radon test done on the house after we found out that our neighbor had installed a mitigation system in the Spring. It turns out because of his sytem our levels went down and we no longer need a system of our own!

We're aiming to install a storm door soon. It'll be nice to be able to leave our front door open to let in the Autumn sun! The cats will love it.

Last Sunday each Sunday school class officially moved up to the next grade. Most teachers keep the same group of kids all the way through to 5th grade. We moved up with our now first grade girls but because the incoming K girls class was so large we took 2 of them too. Last week we had 6 girls and it was a whole lot of fun.

Alright, that's all there is to tell. Stay tuned...

Daylight Savings

Heard a question on the radio - when it's not daylight savings time, what is being spent? Didn't hear the answer but the question was still funny.

There's really not much going on. Last Thursday Amy's parents came to visit and we went out to dinner at Friendly's. Friday night Peter played at Ignite with a group from Amy's work. Ignite is an event that happens monthly and it draws in mostly college students from Messiah College. The purpose is to promote short and long term missions and raise interest and participation. Peter plays the drums for praise and worship! The drum kit is still in Amy's car though. Maybe we'll bring it back inside tonight.

Yesterday we ran the paper route in the rain. Boo. We did a little grocery shopping and in the evening went to the Sandwich Man with Tim, Jessamine and Geoff. Fun times!

Today we did the paper route in the cold and wind (boo again). We taught our Sunday school class and the girls were a little more high strung than normal. Still, we managed to have some fun. We came home and slept for another 4 hours, haha. We definitely caught up on that lost hour. We made veggies and Mama Jones' mac-n-cheese. Yum.

Now we're on our way out to the Woods' for our small group meeting. Oh yeah - Amy made chocolate chip cookies this week! A new recipe that worked out really well.