March Photo Challenge – Day 4
Author: Chuck
March Photo Challenge – Day 3
Enjoying the seasonable weather in the woods behind our house.
March Photo Challenge – Day 2
March Photo Challenge
Today, Will and I decided to post one picture a day to our respective blogs for the remainder of March. Since we both have a bit of ADHD (the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree), the challenge will be remembering. It is easy to start something, but difficult to follow up on it for a long period.
Wish me luck. If I make the challenge, but he fails, he will spend a half a day doing a project around the house with me. If he makes it, then I spend a half a day playing video games with him.
Saturday morning snuggle time
William holding his little sister as she sleeps this morning. Ben held her earlier, but he hates having his picture taken.
More pictures…
…because, who doesn’t need more baby pictures?
Isabella is doing well. Yesterday she got her first checkup at the pediatrician, and everything was good. She is eating well and sleeping well. She even gives us one or two 4-hour stretches at night (at least for now), so I can’t complain. Susanna is healing well, and we even all took a little bit to enjoy a short walk in the spring-like weather here.
Sleeping, eating, pooping and more sleeping
I get to enjoy a few minutes snuggling with Isabella while she sleeps. Not much else to do other than take pictures and post them on the Internet. The other option is to move and disturb her.
Sunday morning visit to get lab work done
Isabella was a little jaundiced yesterday when they sent her home, so we get a (hopefully) quick trip to the lab to get blood drawn this morning to check up on her.
She was a champ last night. Sleeping from 11:30 to about 3:30 and then back asleep to almost 7.
Welcome home, Isabella
The Wait.
Now comes the wait. Susanna’s due date came and went earlier this week as Isabella pushes towards 42 weeks.
The nursery is ready. The boys are ready. I’m ready. And most of all, Susanna is very ready.
So we wait. And try to keep busy.
When the arctic chill drops down from Canada, we sit inside, watch TV, do crossword puzzles and play on the computers. When the warmth returns we venture for walks in the woods (and still spend a lot of time inside watching TV and doing crossword puzzles). Most days, Susanna hasn’t been able to hike as far as we used to last summer. But yesterday, with the temperatures pushing into the 30s, we ventured way back into the woods, letting the dogs stretch their legs and get a good run in. Something that Targa has sorely missed this winter. And something Tucker sorely needs to get a little less fat.
This weekend we will try to make plans. This morning I will attempt to fix the leaking shower valve. I stopped by Home Depot last night and got the repair parts. I expect to have to swing by this morning and get parts that I probably have forgotten. After chores, we will head out and look for a source for gutters. Something better than the white gutters available at Home Depot. And after that, another trip into the woods. Hopefully plans that will get interrupted by labor. But if not, at least we will try to keep busy.
