Baby Food

Gianna spent the better part of 20 minutes yesterday morning telling us all about what she was going to teach the baby. This was accompanied by demonstrations when necessary. She came to,

"I'm going to teach the baby how to eat!"..paused...and then "but the baby doesn't have any teeth."

"Hmmm, Gigi, what do you think the baby will eat then?"

She thought for quite a long time about this and then declared, "Soup! The baby will eat soup!"

:-)

Important Lessons

My children have taught me many things throughout their lives. I learn just as much from them (maybe more?) as they learn from me. However, this morning was a new one. Did you know, for instance, that no matter the time period in which you were born, proper sword-fighting technique is extremely important? Just ask these two:

Into the Woods!

Brett and Aidan went back out to the woods this afternoon while the girls and I napped and hung out. We all would have gone, but we don't have enough orange to outfit us all and it is bow season. And it was cold.

Rough life.

Gianna was bemoaning the fact that her siblings kept telling her she was in the way. She came into the kitchen hoping to get sympathy, but I informed her that she wasn't speaking very kindly to them and she needs to be more patient.

Her response: "Ohhhh, no body is nice to me. Mommy not nice to me. Daddy not nice to me. Aidan not nice....noooooooo body is nice to me." Let me tell ya, she has it so rough. Hardly!

Relieved

Just want to let ya'll know that everything checked out a-okay at the doctor's this afternoon. The spot had not changed in shape or size and neither the radiologists nor the doctors were concerned about it in any way, shape, or form! I can not tell you how relieved we are. We are entering the third trimester and every one around here is getting very excited to have this baby to snuggle with.

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support.

Who's that in my room?

Gianna was drawing yesterday at the table while I was doing some schoolwork with the older two. She has quite a style of "people" and I noticed she was drawing a person.

"Who's that Gigi?"

"That's my goddaddy! He's sneaking into your bedroom and telling you it's wake-up time!"

This morning while we were all snuggling in bed (and I mean *all* of us) I was telling Brett the story and then Gigi added another part, "And my goddaddy loves to play hide-and-seek!".

I love how she has such an affection for her godparents. I'm not sure if she really "knows" who they are (other than through pictures), but she knows that they love and pray for her and she returns the affections.

Ultrasound update

When I told the ultrasound tech that I was there for them to check out a spot near the placenta I was secretly hoping she would say, "Hmm...I can't see a spot..I don't know what in the world they were talking about"...instead she said, "Oh, yep, there it is." Grrrr...

We got measurements of the "little" spot (which looked enormous to me, but she magnified it quite a bit to get good measurements), and another peak at our baby. Baby is doing fantastic..measuring right on track, and comfy cozy right where she should be. Praise God for that. And she's still a she which was good to confirm. I'll find out more tomorrow about our "little" spot at my doctor's office. Keep praying please.