Well were all excited about getting a cool 3D Ultrasound of Levi on Tuesday but of course the little stinker was face down and apparently asleep because he refused to move. Ugg! We did get a great view of his spine, liver, kidneys and heart (all from the back) and the doctor said Levi is perfect and healthy YAY!! But oh what a let down after being so excited to see his precious little face in 3D. If I hadn’t had a good hold on those emotion-boiling-over pregnancy hormones I probably would have cried. Doc says I’m fine too - weight is good and all that jazz.
In other baby news we went shopping for summer newborn size clothes (Bo was a winter baby). I spent this morning nesting rearranging the boy’s room and I think I have it the way that will work best but only time will tell. Carters was having a clearance sale and we found Bo a “Big Brother” shirt to wear when Levi comes. We also got Levi an adorable leaving-the-hospital outfit that is puppies (complete with hat and puppy socks). I had forgotten how baby stuff just kinda takes over and if I remember correctly this is only the beginning, but I’m loving every minute.
Our family attended the open house of the brand new maternity care center at Athens Regional where we will deliver Levi.. The place is just beautiful and I’m so excited! During the open house the nurses showed us around and one really nice nurse let Bo take pictures. It was so amazing that he knew how to work the camera!! He knew just which button to press and how to aim it and everything. They have renovated all the old delivery rooms and we were amazed to see the changes they have made since we had Bo. We even got to see the room he was born in. It would be kind of neat to have Levi in the same room, but since all the rooms are equally nice I’ll be fine no matter where we are besides I doubt I care very much about anything other than the delivery. The postpartum rooms are twice the size of the old ones and it will be nice for Chip to have a real bed to sleep in instead of a chair. We all had a great time seeing where “baby brother will be born” and it made his impending arrival all that more exciting.
Not much to report on the farm-front except that Bo’s pet chicken Sophie isn’t a chicken after all, but a rooster! She’s not a she, but rather a HE! *He* crows very badly proudly and struts like *he* is the stuff but the best part is *he* is still the nicest out of the whole flock! (I have to specify *he* because I still keep calling him a she and I don’t want to hurt his feelings so I’m trying to stop.) Some of the hens are mean and I stay away from them for the most part but Sophie (no we’re not changing his name) lets me hold him and lets Bo pet him too. Chip says the hens might start laying eggs around the end of August. We were not counting on having a rooster so we will have to be careful to pick up all the eggs so we don’t have any chicks. Since we have no clue what breed Sophie is we probably wouldn’t be able to sell the chicks and I don’t want we don’t need anymore.
The garden is growing pretty well. We have WAY too many carrots and the okra plants have to be checked daily so the pods don’t grow to large (and hard). We have lots of tomatoes coming in also. The corn and onions haven’t done well at all, but we are thankful for everything we have gotten so far.
Bo is still very excited about going to ride Thomas and we are counting down the days (two weeks from tomorrow). I drew a little blue train on the calendar and showed him how the boxes stand for each day we have to wait to go ride Thomas. He didn’t look too happy to see so many boxes between now and then, but he is being very patient and good about it.
Well that’s about all the news I have for now.
