32 Weeks

Time is flying and I'm 8 months pregnant. Wow! September seemed like so far away last January, but now its quickly approaching. I went to the doctor today and she said that my stomach had grown 2 centimeters since she last saw me 2 weeks ago...I knew Kate had been growing! If her movement is any indication of the rate she is growing, she must be growing A LOT! :) This baby moves all the time and I love every minute of it! We are working on her room and I will send pictures next week when more of it is completed. We are waiting on our crib to arrive and are really ready to see it in her room. Mike is about to head to Mexico for a friend's wedding and unfortunately I cannot attend. Laying on the beach would be a nice treat again, but Mexico and 8 months pregnant don't really go well together...

Mike's family just visited and I wanted to share some pictures of their trip here. His mom Janice, and her friend Chip, along with his brother Stephen and girlfriend Ashley all came to visit and we went up to Alexandria and DC for a few days. I wasn't able to participate in much, but they had a great time sightseeing despite the heat. Thanks for making the trip up here!

Mt. Vernon

the back of Mt. Vernon, Potomac River behind

Mike and Stephen at the Korean War Memorial

Stephen and Ashley at the Lincoln Memorial

DC Capital building

I wanted to include on here an update on Tucker. As you can see, he looks completely fine now. We were laughing so hard when we took this picture because he is so crammed in this blue chair. He hasn't gotten in it again...I guess it wasn't comfortable the first time. :)

Scary!

I wanted to share what a scary time we had yesterday. Tucker got bitten by a copperhead in our very own backyard yesterday! We saw him outside looking at something and he can get into trouble VERY easily so Mike went outside to see what he was looking at and when he got there, he heard hissing and rattling noise and saw this snake coiled up. Poor Tucker had at this point run up to Mike and was bleeding from a spot on his snout. We rushed him to the vet and he was given lots of meds and fluids. He is okay, very swollen and in some pain, but he's doing better today than yesterday. The poor guy looks so pathetic, I had to take a picture of him.

You can see that his left side in the picture is sollen and you can't see the two marks, but they are close to whiskers. Thankfully he is going to be okay. (A neighbor saw us speeding down the street yesterday and thought I was going into labor :) ha ha...No not yet thankfully!)

Vacation in Destin and almost 30 weeks along!

We just returned from a great trip to the beach. There were 6 of us there plus Tucker, my parent's dog Lucy and Allison's boyfriend's dog Razzle. To say the least, it was a crazy bunch, but we had so much fun. As you can see here, the dogs had an equally wonderful time. Also, Tucker made a new best friend in Razzle.

I am now almost 30 weeks along (7 1/2 months) and growing bigger each week. Even a couple of my maternity clothes now are too small, which is a little disconcerting, but I guess that's how it goes. I feel good and am now really in the home stretch. Hard to believe!

Lucy, Tucker and Razzle Dazzle

Me, Mom and Allison

Me, Mike, Jay and Allison

The whole clan at dinner

Jay, Allison, Mike and me in front of our house

On the beach

Our daily walks with the dogs