Triple A Farm

Lee Albritton started mentoring Jacob in beekeeping several years ago.  (Jacob says its been about 7 years, but I find that hard to believe!) Since then he’s become a family friend and part time boss as he and Jacob have developed a good relationship.  Jacob often goes out to Mr. Lee’s farm for various reasons and he’s taken the boys a number of times, but this particular time I went along and took some pictures.  They aren’t the greatest because it was such a bright clear winter day, but I think the boys will probably go there from time to time as they age, so I figured they’d like to see the pictures of them playing there later.

Playing on top of the round bales:Sigh, he’s running and jumping between bales with Joshua in his arms fully confident that he won’t fall.  I think I only watched long enough to get a picture.

The boys greeting Tall Man.  He’s also an old man and is no longer a working horse, but the boys enjoyed greeting him:

Tall Man was hanging out in the cow pens.  I’m not sure why I didn’t take pictures of it, but the boys’ favorite part was running through the chute and head catch.  They did it for the longest time and we finally had to drag them away.

Feeding the cows.  Elijah was poised and ready to help as though he could manage on his own:

Hot wire!One of these days these boys will learn to NOT  do everything their Daddy tells them to do.  It turns out touching wet grass to a hotwire will pop your fingers!  No worries….it was mild and they liked it enough to repeat it and experiment further.

I’ve Got The Jitters!

Last week I went for my 16 week OB appointment.  They asked the routine question of if I feel movement yet and of course said I’m not supposed to feel anything at this point, but the next day I started thinking I was feeling a little flutter.  It was a pretty definite feeling and quite a surprise  After a few days I’ve become convinced that it’s our little GIRL I’m feeling!  This is the earliest I’ve felt movement in a pregnancy and I thought I’d make note of it.  Pretty cool!

16 Week OB Visit

We went to see Dr. Million today for our 16 week (almost) OB appointment.  Everything checked out ok.  I measured just fine and the heartbeat sounded good, though low at 120bpm.  Dr. Million figured it was just nap time which proved true when she did an ultrasound.  Our little girl(?) wasn’t moving at all and seemed to be fast asleep, but she stretched a bit and rolled after a rude awakening (a giggle).  At the last appointment, Dr. Million thought she appeared to be a girl, but wouldn’t commit so she wanted to take another peek this time.  At first she was pretty uncooperative in a sitting position, but we eventually got a peek.  In the end, Dr. Million still thinks she’s a girl, but still leaves room to doubt.

So……..we appear to be having a girl!  Easing into the idea of a girl is kind of a teaser, but it’s been a good mental transition time for us since it’s also kind of a shocker.  I’m getting kind of used to the idea of bouncing pigtails, hair in the eyes, and cutesy clothing!