Last minute sonograms

Well, like I said, last minute sonograms. It is 7am and M and I are getting ready to walk out the door for a 10am c-section!

26 months!

Yep, its still official, Walter is a showman!

25 months!

Back to the future. M got Walter these neat retro shirts. This is the original "Raiders" poster and he has a "Star Wars" one too.

New table

We finally found a kitchen table and chairs that we like and that fits into the farm house aesthetic.






Walter, despite his face, likes sitting at the table too.


What's in there?

Hard at work

With the coming of more temperate weather, Walter and I have been working outside more. Nothing like fresh air as cure for cabin fever. Walter was hard at work a couple of weeks back on a new construction project taking place in the driveway.

Sonogram pictures April 16/23

A slight backlog of sonogram pics to get caught up on. From here on out, M is having twice weekly sonograms, though there were no pictures to be had yesterday. Next week is a growth sonogram, so there will be an estimate of baby's weight. Prior to that, the weight was deemed to be 3 pounds, 12 ounces. The 3D pictures came from the technician showing a med student how the machine worked and they used the 3D technology. I had heard of these, but never seen one before. Its amazing to see a picture of the baby while he/she is still in utero. Looks like this one will have a full head of hair just like Walter.

2nd Birthday party!

Walter had his birthday party today. Well, at least so far, we only opened presents. The cake is yet to come. Walter got many books from us (buses were especially important...) and alot of clothes from Grandma and The 101 Dalmations movie. But the tricycle trumped everything else. Now he just needs to get about 1 inch longer legs so that he can reach the pedals.

1 year and 364 days!

Actually 365 days this year, come to think of it, due to leap year this year, but Walter is officially one day away from two!

More Black and White First Pics!

More sonogram pics! There should be regular pictures once a week from here on out as the sonograms are up to once a week. The last sonogram from yesterday revealed that the bouncing baby is up to 3 pounds, 3 ounces! Whew!

Easter

The aftermath, complete with green mouth.

Sonograms... finally!

Well, here's four months worth of sonograms of the baby. I've been meaning to post them long before now, but it took me this long to hook up the scanner again and get my butt in gear. I think that the last picture from today is my favorite. Its a face first view of the baby with his or her hands up in little fists. Baby is 2 pounds, 9 ounces with about three months to go. That is a gain of almost a pound a half from the last sonogram when he/she was 1 pound 5 ounces and up from 15 ounces estimated from the second sonogram. yep, we still don't want to know about the sex until at least June 15th!

The Ides of March

Yeah, the cake says it all. It was last Saturday.

The 1953 CJ3B and the little helper

Well, Melissa finally allowed me to get a project jeep again. Its a 1953 CJ3B which I have wanted for years now, ever since I fell in love with all old jeeps. There isn't a jeep sitting alongside the road or in a barn or field that I don't wish that I could give a home to. But, one at a time and here's one more saved from the scrapper. It was delivered from New Jersey by a couple of shippers and jeep afficionados like myself. The little helper is fascinated sitting in the driver's seat, though the seat has been removed by now. Everything needs a good tear down and rebuild, but it'll make me very happy for years to come getting my hands dirty and the little helper's hands too.

23 months!

Walter, fresh after an attempt at giving the little sheepdog a haircut.

Snow, snow, go away...

Here in Maine, we've had a record snowfall for this winter. I heard on the news the other day that northern Maine has received 145 inches of snow so far, which was considered pretty impressive for an area that isn't getting its snow from elevation or lake effect. This was before the last snowstorm of this Saturday which dumped about a foot here in south central Maine. 15-18 inches was forecast for northern parts. This is so far, the third snowiest winter since records have been kept. Meanwhile I'm running out places to shovel the snow. The snow is up to and over the second window panes on the porch after I shoveled the roof off today. The six foot high fence at the side of the driveway isn't even visible in some places. Pretty impressive, especially after last winter when we were complaining about the lack of snow for the state.




Our little crawlway to the back porch.






Here, you can't see out the windows anymore. The snow is higher than the pictures make it look.