18 weeks - Bell Pepper

Baby Girl is about the length of a bell pepper (approximately 5 1/2 inches) and weighs almost 7 ounces. 

 

What's for Dinner? Week 24: Pan-Roasted Chicken With Lemon-Garlic Green Beans

The flavor of this dish was pretty good and it was incredibly simple to make. Next time, I think I will use boneless chicken breasts, as I am lazy when it comes time to eat and I would rather not pick meat of the bone for me and the kids! 

Recipe Here.

Wordless Wednesday: She Sure Loves Stickers

VBS 2012

The big kids have VBS this week.  They have been excited about this week all summer!  It is sure to be a fun few days of games and crafts and friends and sunshine and learning about Jesus.

 While it is Caleb's 3rd year of attending, it's Meredith's 1st. 

Going along with the theme for the week, there are real airplane seats for the kids to sit in!

 After about 2 minutes of Pastor talking, poor sweet Meredith lost it and started crying.  I think she was just overwhelmed and maybe a little nervous.  She is, after all, quite young for this...she isn't even 3 yet!  I held her on my lap for the remainder of the opening segment, and once it was time to go up to the preschool classroom, she was happily willing.  She walked quietly and attentively (and maybe a bit apprehensively!) in  line and followed Mrs. H. up to the class.  

Both kids had a great 1st day.  Meredith liked playing in the gym, and doing stamps and stickers.  Caleb loved seeing many of his preschool friends.  And they both raved about today's snack...popcorn cups with some surprise candy at the bottom.  Ahh, the little things!

Speaking of snacks, I'm the "snack lady" for a couple of days this week....and tomorrow's snack is jello/cool whip "sky" cups.

31 down.  50-ish to go. I won't lie...I am already a bit jello-d out.

17 weeks - Turnip

Baby Girl is 17 weeks (+ 3 days).  Turnip-sized.   

 

Caleb and Meredith appreciated seeing the turnip in comparison to the baby right now.  Caleb completely understood the point, although Meredith looked at me with a confused look and asked "this is the baby?"  Once I assured her that "no, this vegetable is not actually your baby sister, but she is about the same size in Mommy's tummy as the turnip", she seemed satisfied....and relieved!

During this past week, I began to feel the baby move on occasion.  Nothing super consistent yet, but the little bubbles and jabs are definitely her.  A couple of times, I was actually able to feel her "kick" on the outside of my belly. So fun!

 Belly is certainly growing!  

More 16 Week Pics

 Here are a couple more ultrasound images from our 16 week scan that I thought were sweet...

Sucking her (left) thumb.

Rubbing her eye.  Sleepy girl.

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