Strawberry Picking

Today we went out and picked strawberries at a farm less than a mile from our house. Lily had a great time and she probably ate more than she picked. They tasted so good! We picked over 6 lbs so I got home today and made a strawberry dessert. Can't wait to have it with dinner.

3rd and final Trimester

Wow, I can't believe I'm already to the 3rd Trimester. Only 11+ weeks and we'll be a family of 4! Luckily with this pregnancy I passed my glucola test so I don't have to do the 3 hour glucola test of sitting in the office and getting my blood drawn every hour. I was concerned how I was going to do that with Lily with me, but luckily my level was only 77 and as long as it's less than 140 you don't have to repeat it. For those that don't know it's the test for gestational diabetes. I think my level with Lily was 147 so had to have it repeated. I do have a slightly low iron level so I now have to take an extra iron pill a day, but that is doable. Grant reminded me this last week that we hadn't taken any prego pics so I let him take one while we were on vacation. I'm 28 weeks exactly in the pic. I decided to put the one up of when I was pregnant with Lily to compare.

Any guesses on a boy or girl this time????

Cape Cod Vacation

We just got back from a wonderful week long vacation to Cape Cod. We stayed in a small cottage only a short walk from the beach. The weather was beautiful (high 70-80s) and since it's not peak season there were not too many people there. Lily loved the sand and tidal pools. The beach we stayed at had dramatic high and low tides. During low tide you could walk out at least 1/2 mile in the sand. We spent some time at the beach every day, so relaxing. Lily enjoyed finding baby crabs, building sand castles, flying kites, running after the beach ball and playing in the tidal pools. On a couple of the really windy days we went out siteseeing to the Zooquarium, mini golfing and Children's Museum in Cape Cod. We also celebrated Father's Day while we were there. Lily made Grant a plate with her hand print on it that he loved. :) It was a wonderful vacation, but it's nice to be back home. There are lots of pictures and I'll probably post all of them on facebook a little later for those who want to see more.

First steps into the water....high tide.

Low tide, she got much braver every day.

Loved the tidal pools

Beautiful sunsets, but very buggy at night. (trying to get the bugs off lily in both pics)

Seeing a lizard at zooquarium...mainly a petting zoo with some fish.

Loved mini golf, but didn't like to have help.

Children's Museum

Favorite place was in the kitchen area

These next few pics will show you the tide coming in

Not quite completely high tide yet

Lily flying the kite

our cottage

Blowing bubbles

Cinnamon Rolls...Yummy!

Yesterday I made my Gma's cinnamon rolls so Lily could eat them. This means with milk free butter and applesauce instead of an egg. As you can see from the pictures she loved helping! We had flour and sugar everywhere, but I know she had a good time. And the finished product this morning for breakfast, I heard a "Yummmmm" after every bite. Guess they tasted good to her.

18 months...a little late

Lily had her 18 month check up a couple weeks ago and I just forgot to post her stats.
Weight 24.6 lbs (50%)
Height 31 3/4 inches (50%)
head is also 50%, but I don't remember the #

Visitors from Iowa

My Grandpa and Letha were here this past week and just left today to head back to Iowa. We had a great time and hope they did too. Lily loved spending time with them and getting all the attention....despite her being cranky from her double ear infections and terrible cough. WE took them to Boston, the beach, and Portsmouth. Hope we didn't tire them out. These are a lot of pictures, but I know I haven't blogged in a while.

Memorial Day Parade

Loved dancing to the music of the bands.

Flower shop in downtown Boston, Lily loved the balloon spinning in the wind.

Running through the fountains in Boston. She didn't like it much.

Cherry covered bananas for lunch.....that stuff stayed until her bath that night.

Blowing bubbles with Great Grandpa.

We went to Portsmouth to see the tall ships at the harbor. They were huge. Here's Lily steering one.

Wrestling with Gpa.

Loved playing in the water puddles in the driveway.

Bye Bye Great Gpa and Gma...Lily will definitely miss you! Thanks for coming!