24 weeks!

For all you asking for a bump picture:

I am feeling great, other than just being tired now and then, and everything is going well. We have ultrasound pictures to post, but our scanner is not working right now, so hopefully we can get those up soon.

We have another ultrasound scheduled for this coming Friday in Sioux Falls so they can make sure everything is okay with her heart. (It is standard procedure apparently when a sibling has a heart defect) We are looking forward to seeing her again and experiencing a fetal echocardiogram with the same cardiologist that Timothy sees. Then I see my doctor here in town and Timothy gets his 15 month check-up the week after. Time is flying!

Quilting Retreat

While the boys were having fun in construction land, the girls were busy in sewing world. Friday night my mother-in-law, Kris, and I headed to my quilters' guild annual retreat at a local hunting lodge. I was quite amused over the tables of women quilting and scrapbooking and just overhead hung all kinds of taxidermic animals too numerous to count. I even took a picture with my phone, but I must not have saved it because I can't find it...so you'll just have to use your imagination. Make sure to include two mountain goats launching themselves out of the top of a huge, stone fireplace, okay? :)

Anyway, Kris was amazing and while I sat at my machine sewing pieces, she ironed all of my seams and lined up the pieces on the table for me. I was really flying through my quilt! We also chatted with the other ladies and generally had a good time.

Saturday Kris stayed with Timothy so that I could go and spend the day sewing. I was able to finish all 16 squares for my hourglass quilt and put them all together. Now all I need is a field trip to Rapid City to pick out my border, binding, and backing fabrics...

I was also able to crank out a couple of these diaper changing pads for my sister and I. (another pinterest project that was free because the fabric was in my stash!) I have a heavy canvas on the outside and a lightweight flannel on the inside and I am happy with how they turned out. The pattern is here.

After coming home for dinner to check out the project at home and have dinner with Jared's parents before they took off, I went back for a little longer and cranked out 15 more stars for my wonky star quilt! 35 done, 62 to go....

Making a mess, part 2

Here is the construction update from this past weekend at our house. Jared's parents came over for the weekend and in the span of two days, the men accomplished everything they planned to convert 2 small rooms back into one larger room with a pantry in the corner.

Friday:

Move the washer and dryer downstairs. This included rewiring for the dryer and adding the venting back in.

Knock down wall.

Switch the door off of the kitchen to swing out instead of swinging in.

Frame in pantry.

Drywall pantry.

Install light in the pantry. This was the laundry room light that they moved over about 4 feet.

Move electrical outlet from the center of the wall they took down to the new pantry wall (facing into the bedroom/office).

Saturday:

Install cat door into the basement door. Move kitty litter and food downstairs. Yay!

Repair a couple of holes in the wall with drywall.

Fill in where the dryer vent was.

Tape and first coat of drywall mud on all of the seams.

Go out for dinner.

What a job! Timothy, in the meantime, watched with lots of concern and curiosity and played with grandma. :)

I spent Saturday at a quilting retreat. More on that in a later post. :) Great job boys!

Making a mess

I thought you might enjoy these photos of Timothy eating/playing with chocolate pudding. I particularly enjoyed how he licked his lips clean, but left all of the pudding around his lips intact. :)