Saturday night out with friends!

Saturday night we had a small get together for our friends Matt and Carla, who are expecting their first baby in a couple of weeks! We had already given Carla the normal “baby gifts” at her shower, so we all got Matt some things. We had dinner at Skinny J’s and let Matt open his “gifts”. We had such a fun time. I am so grateful for our group of friends, and hope that our kids will great friends, too!

 

Rachel, Carla, Me and Amy

Matt got some fun stuff! Razorback baby stuff from us (Carla is a Texas fan and avid Hog hater!), he got baby drumsticks for baby Sawyer (Matt’s a drummer) and he also got a pack of RedBull (for those upcoming all nighters!)

1st trip to the zoo this year!

We decided since the weather was so nice we’d try and take Stratton to the zoo after my Dr. Appt. We went to Copeland’s to eat lunch and then headed to the mall for a bit, I just knew Stratton would pass out in the stroller and get a nap before the zoo- I was wrong! We got to the zoo around 2pm and it was nice and sunny (there was a chance of rain) but it was HOT! Apparently all the animals thought so too, because a lot of them were no where to be found! The LR zoo was a joke compared to the Memphis zoo. The more zoo’s we visit the more I realize how great the Memphis zoo really is! We still had a good time, but only stayed a little over an hour since it was so hot!!

Clinging to J for dear life! He was scared of the lion!!

We stopped in Searcy on our way home and dropped S off with Jarrod’s parents for the weekend. I have a LONG to-do list for this weekend before we are off on vacation on Wednesday! I hope I can get it all done by the time Sunday rolls around!!

Whew! We’re already halfway there!

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 20 weeks

Size of baby: About the size of a cantaloupe, 6.5 inches and 10.6 oz

Weight gain: Finally gained some weight! 7 whole pounds!

Maternity Clothes: wearing only maternity pants now, can still wear some regular tops

Gender: Don’t ask?! {see below}

Movement: Still feeling lots of movement. Jarrod got to feel it for the first time last week!

Sleep: About the same, still tossing and turning a lot and finding it harder to get comfy.

Cravings: Nothing new here. Just hungry all the time!

Symptoms: Ichy skin, soreness and back pain

Best Moment This Week: Seeing the baby in 3d & 4d at our ultrasound!

20 week appointment: Our doctor’s appointment on Friday was at 10am, which means we need to be leaving at 7:30. Well. . . .we accidently slept in and didn’t get up till 6:30! To my surprise we were actually leaving our house at 7:45am! That’s record timing!! Especially for all three of us! We had the ultrasound scheduled first! I was so anxious and ready to finally find out if we were having a boy or girl! The u/s tech we had this time wasn’t the friendliest gal, and I know she had a lot to look for at this ultrasound (they try and find all the organs and measure a bunch of stuff to make sure the baby is growing normally and there are no problems) BUT she could have been a little more talkative- she said like 2 words the whole time! It took forever, she told us the baby was breach and she had a hard time getting the pictures and measurements she needed, and Stratton was getting restless, I was trying to be calm but then at the end she asked us if we wanted to know the gender (I assumed she already knew) we of course said yes, and she looked and looked and then said “I’m not seeing a boy, so I’m thinking it’s probably a girl”. I was so surprised. Last time it was the exact opposite!! We did get to see baby in 4d, she switched it over for us to look at, and you can’t see a whole lot, but the baby has mine and Stratton’s nose- I can see that already! After the u/s the nurse took me to get weighed, and we were talking and she asked if we found out what the gender was and I told her what the tech said. She said “Well, it’s a girl and I think it’s a girl are two different things” so then the nurse went in and talked to the tech and then she came in the room and told us not to get anything monogrammed or buy anything pink, that the results we not clear enough to really say one way or the other! They also said they didn’t get all the shots they needed of baby and couldn’t find it’s bladder at all, so they’d have to do another u/s at our next appointment. Another 4 week wait. . .  .this is getting old. Hopefully next time we will have the other u/s tech, too. She was much nicer and made it a better experience.

Otherwise the baby looks great. The Dr said it’s measurements are right on target, and everything looks normal. HB was good and my blood pressure was good. They did routine blood work again this time. The Dr. was actually also really surprised that they couldn’t make out any “boy parts” she said that the last u/s she was pretty confident it was a boy, even though they couldn’t tell for sure! Ha! So who knows!! It’s more of a mystery now than before!! My next appt is on May 25th, I will be 24 weeks, so this baby better be on it’s best behavior that day! Hopefully that u/s won’t be as long, either! Stratton was good but he just gets impatient in a dark room with nothing to do! He was also not at all convinced that the baby might be a girl. I think he’s in denial.  He kept saying “Noooo, it a boy!”. I guess we can’t really argue with him, I just throw in the idea that it MIGHT actually be a girl and he dismisses it immediately!

It’s hard to think about being halfway there already. I feel pretty good. I had an episode last week with my back. My guess is I carried Stratton around too much and pulled something. Anyway it took almost all week of babying it for the pain and soreness to go away. I got the Dr. to give me a script for some muscle relaxers if it should happen again! I am just starting to “show”. One of my friends at church told me that I actually look pregnant now- gee thanks! Haha! And another girl that we are not close to, asked Amy if I was pregnant, so that makes me feel pretty good, halfway there and people are just starting to notice? Not bad. I have gained a whopping 7 lbs so far. When I was 23 weeks with Stratton I had gained 18, so I am hoping that I won’t gain so much this time around. I am also feeling pretty good about my blood sugar levels. I feel a lot less bloated and swollen, I am thinking that’s a good sign and maybe I won’t have to mess with gestational diabetes this time around! Well see, at my next appointment I’ll have to do another 1 hour glucose test.

I guess we are just going to have to move on with the naming process. I thought I shouldn’t worry about it until we knew what we were having, but this could be a repeating problem so I guess we’d better go ahead and pick something out for both just in case! I’ve had a few people tell me I just need to wait until he/she is born now, since it’s already given us so much trouble. . .I’m thinking I can’t wait that long!!

Wore out from the weekend!

Friday night while Stratton stayed at Jarrod’s parents house and played with his cousin Archer, Jarrod and I went to the Sara Bareilles concert at Harding. Actually I went and he tagged along as my chauffer. But I think he was surprised at how awesome she was! I am so glad we went. I almost backed out because it was raining and I was really tired and it didn’t start till 8pm. . . anyway I’m glad we decided to go it was really good! She is amazing live! We got back to Jarrod’s parents house around 11pm.

We stayed the night in Searcy Friday night since our garage sale was Saturday morning. So we go up (really, really) early and were busy with the garage sale till about noon. Things slacked off so we called it a day! We sold SO much stuff! We haven’t had a garage sale since Stratton was 3 months old, so we had WAY too much stuff! We won’t wait that long till the next one, that much stuff equals too much work!! And since it was a 3 family sale, you can imagine all the stuff!!  Jarrod and I had mostly .25 and .50 cent items and we made almost $300! I was really happy we made that much with such little items. But I am mostly glad that we got rid of all that junk! After lunch and packing up the stuff we didn’t sale (we donated a lot of the leftovers to a local church), the guys took all the tables and racks down and Stratton and I took a nap! We got up about 4pm, got ready and then headed to KJ’s in Judsonia for Jennifer’s bday dinner. I got a huge plate of fish, shrimp and stuffed crab for Stratton and I to share. . . bad idea. That boy ate almost all my food! After supper we came back to Jonesboro and got home around 8:00pm. Sunday we didn’t do much. Since we had been out late and up early, Stratton and I both needed to catch up on some zzzzz’s so we both took a long nap Sunday afternoon!

Also, my phone crashed on Saturday. So, Saturday afternoon Jarrod had to go to Verizon and get me a new one, and of course my contacts won’t sync with this phone! Oh the joys of a new phone!

This week will be a short work week (Yay!), since I have an Dr. appt in Little Rock on Friday. It will be the longest week ever because they will do another ultrasound to determine the gender (again) and hopefully the baby will cooperate this time! It’s at 10 am, so hopefully by at least noon we should be sharing the news! I am really anxious!! We are planning on taking Stratton with us again this time, I hope it all works out. I feel like if it’s a girl, he’s going to need to hear it from the Dr. He’s convinced it’s a boy (baby brother) and even when we ask, “what if it’s a girl”- his answer is “but it’s a boy?” and looks confused! We’ll see. . . .

In other news, Stratton is doing awesome with potty training. The only time he is wearing a pull-up is to sleep in! He went all week last week without a single accident!! He got to go to TSC with Jarrod and pick out a new tractor! He got a John Deere spray rig, of course! He is excited about going to the beach and talks about it a lot! He is also starting to ask more questions about the baby. The other day he asked me “Mommy, we going to have a baby?”.  Then when I asked him if he would sing to the baby when it cries he said “Nooooo, we put him in his bed and shut the door when he cry”. . . haha!

Vacation?! Yes, please!!

I am sooo excited!! 2 weeks from today, I hope to be on my way to the beach!! And I’m telling you we NEED a vacation!!

This is a pic taken from the balcony of the condo!

Pretty much as soon as we found out I was pregnant, I started trying to plan our next beach visit! I knew I couldn’t go a whole year without at least one trip! And, yes I was just there less than a year ago, but to be honest, our trip last September (during the tropical storm) wasn’t a real beach vaca- since it lacked the sun, and we didn’t get to spend hardly any time on the beach! Plus that trip was a miserable! The tropical storm with all the rain and wind was bad enough, but then that poor kid drowned, and on the way home Stratton got sick- real sick- and that was awful! I hope we have better luck this time around!!

This time it’s just going to be Jarrod, Stratton and myself. We thought we’d better do something just the three of us while we can. We usually like to go with others to the beach, but it just seemed like we should have some family time before the summer and things get real crazy!! And plus, I don’t plan to travel very far after 25 weeks. I think the farthest I will be going is Little Rock to the Dr. and maybe the lake! (I’m even going to miss the Monsanto partner meeting in Kansas City in June- boo!) So it’s now or never for a vacation!

Our plan is to leave Wednesday, the 2nd, around 3pm and drive to Madison, MS and stay the night. Then we will get up and drive the rest of the way on Thursday morning, hopefully getting there around noon or a little after. We are trying to break the trip down there up a little to make it easier on Stratton- and me! And this way we’ll get a little out of the day on Thursday instead of driving all day long and getting there late!

We will be there from Thursday to Tuesday- 5 nights. Which seems weird, I know. But that’s just worked best with Jarrod’s schedule. We are trying to avoid him taking too many days off, since I’d rather him save as many as he can in the event that we have a repeat of what happened when I was pregnant with Stratton.

I am working on an itinerary (you know me, I have to have a plan!) but unless it rains (or we get scorched), I figure we will be spending all our time on the sand! Stratton is already talking about it non-stop!  He asks me almost everyday “We going to the beach tomorrow?”. . .I can’t blame him, I’m really looking forward to it too!!

Excuse the mess!

I am playing with my blog settings, so please look past the weird background and things! I am trying to figure out a way for the background to look the same on a ipad and on the computer. I design blogs on the computer- but I, like most of you probably,  view my blog and other’s blog on my ipad and right now it’s really hard to read on the ipad! I know there’s  way to do it and it look good, but since I’m not a computer programmer (I failed that course in college) it takes me awhile to play with things and figure it out!

Best compliment I ever got!

Delicious!

Stratton picked the menu, Spaghetti with meatballs and corn on the cob. About halfway though he looked and me and with a huge smile and the most animated voice said “Mommy, this is BA-LICIOUS!”. I said “Thank you, I fixed it just for you!” He smiled and said “THANK YOU!”. Then he must have seen how much this tickled me, because he did it about 5 more times. Then I decided to get my camera and of course he’s not as animated on camera! I guess this boy likes meatballs, because we had leftovers last night and he ate 6 of them!! I fixed him 2 initially and he asked for more twice!! He also loves corn on the cob! It sure is a mess, but at least he eats it and it’s not french fries or mac and cheese!

Water Boy

Saturday afternoon it was so nice Stratton and I played outside for a little while before his nap. Jarrod had the water house out in the yard from where he had watered the tree and Stratton found it and started playing with it. There was still a little water left in the hose that squirted out and he thought that was just so neat to water the yard! Well, I thought to myself. . .the yard and flowerbeds could use a drink (you can see in the pics how dry and brown our yard is!), so why not let him play with the water hose?? After spraying himself a few times and completely soaking himself, I asked him if he wanted to put his swim trunks on and of course he did! He had so much fun and my shrubs and plants all got watered! He also washed his lawn mower- just like Daddy does he said- and he watered all the ant hills (he’d get down and stick the nozzle in the hole and flush the ants out! Poor ants!). He also said “mommy, water me!!”. He quite enjoyed getting soaked! He tried to get me a few times but I threatened to take the hose away if he got me wet! After about 10 minutes in the sun he told me he needed his sunglasses, it was too bright!

Easter Weekend

Stratton spent Thursday night and Friday with his Gigi and Pops, since Gigi was off work for Good Friday. Then Saturday afternoon one of the guys that Jarrod works with was getting married, so Jarrod’s mom and dad came down and we all went to the wedding then went to dinner. Jarrod barely made it! He worked all day Saturday with the exception of a couple of hours for the wedding, then he went back out again. Stratton and I went on to Hickory Ridge, since we had so much stuff for Easter and my mom’s birthday which was on Easter this year! Jarrod worked late, and was afraid he might get called out in the middle of the night, so he stayed home and decided to meet us at church in the morning.

Easter Morning! Stratton got up about 6:30am

EB got him some books and games and all sorts of stuff!

Gigi asked if she could have a bite of his Choc. Bunny. .

No way! He said it’s Mine! He’s been talking about the EB bringing him a chocolate bunny for weeks!

We got ready and went to church, where Jarrod met us. After church we had my mom snap a few pictures of the 3 of us. This time next year there will be 4?!

Then we changed clothes and headed to Grandma’s house for lunch with the family and birthday for my mom! After lunch and birthday cake, we hunted eggs. Stratton was the only kid- poor guy! But Uncle Dillon hid a bunch of egg for him to find. It was pretty cool outside (isn’t it always on Easter??) but he still had fun finding the eggs and playing outside!

Hunting eggs with Grandma

Playing on the tractor

Taking a break with Pops

I said “Stratton, smile!” and this is what I got. . .

I got several good pictures- which is rare!!

Playing on the tire swing

Pops even tried to jump on. . .haha

We love playing at Grandma and Grandpa’s house!!

I love this picture of their yard- so pretty and green!

After playing for awhile we went back to my mom and dads and gathered up all our stuff and headed home. Stratton didn’t even make it out of town before he was passed out! And I didn’t make it much further down the road and I was asleep to! We quickly changed clothes and cleaned up and made it to church just in time. You could tell all the kiddos at church had a big day, as it seemed like they were all pretty cranky! We didn’t have Children’s church since most of the older kids had just got back from Lads to Leaders. After church we went to eat at Blue Coast with our group and then went home, exhausted!! It was a busy weekend, but we are so blessed to have our families close by to spend it with!

Baby update at 17 weeks

It’s so different with the second pregnancy. We’re so much busier this time around. . .which is funny because I’m pretty sure I thought I was really busy the first time around! 

Some things that are different with this pregnancy than my first . . .

• I just looked back at some pics and I was so much bigger at 17 weeks with Stratton. My nose had already spread considerably and I had already gained 7+ lbs! I’m getting bigger, but not anything major. It’s all right in my stomach making it hard and uncomfortable to wear regular pants. Especially since my colon surgery scar is right on my belly button, it’s really hard to wear tight pants! But I thought everyone said you “popped” out faster with the 2nd one- so far, I think I’m smaller this time around. My hips and rear end haven’t gotten any bigger at all- which is a change from when I was pregnant with S. I completely filled out those maternity pants at 16 weeks with him!
• I was so tired! I remember having to take naps when I got home from work! I don’t know if I just have more energy this time, or if it’s because I don’t have the option to take a nap so my body doesn’t think about it?? I have been going to bed early- 9ish most nights if I can get away with it! There were a couple of days last week when I was on my feet all day long and I had to come home and put my feet up. My legs feel like jello when I stand all day. So far no swelling ankles though!
• I had already picked out bedding and we had started setting up the baby’s room.(We are no where near that point yet!) I think we will use the same bedding that we had for Stratton. I like it and it’s gender neutral, plus we have so many other home projects and things coming up that are going to cost us a lot of money, so I can’t really justify spending $$ on bedding and décor when we already have stuff that is in perfect condition. Plus I don’t foresee us staying in this house for much longer, so I’d rather wait and do he/she a nice new room in our new house in a year or two.
• I was obsessed with finding a name(s). . .now I’m not going to worry about it too much till we at least know what we’re having. I’m still actively looking, but not nearly as consumed as I was the first time!
• I read pregnancy books all the time and was looking on the internet at my symptoms. This time, I don’t have any books- I let a friend borrow them- and I really don’t look up anything. I get a weekly newsletter from “TheBump.com” and that’s about as far as I have read about anything.
• I didn’t feel Stratton kicking till I was over 20 weeks. Maybe it’s because I know what it feels like this time? But I have been feeling flutters and thumps for a good 2 weeks or more.
• I was SOOOOO good when I was preggers with S. No caffeine, very little tylenol and other drugs, I didn’t eat anything that was on the “potentially unsafe list”- including lunch meat and Caesar dressing. . .this time around. . .Haha. All I can say is poor baby. I am letting my self have one caffeinated drink a day- it’s usually a tea or coke- and I’m not giving myself a hard time for taking tylenol for my splitting headaches and benedryl and zyrtec for my allergies and I’m also taking pepcid twice a day for the awful heartburn!! The way I look at it is, I did just about everything right with S and look at all the problems we had. I think of those people on tv who never knew they were pregnant and still had healthy babies! It’s too much to think about and worry about! So I am just trying use my head and do everything in moderation and not get too crazy about the rules!! Plus trying to keep up with a 2 year old without caffeine is impossible!

I have a whole lot more on my plate with work and Stratton now, I guess I just don’t have the time and or energy to keep up with things the way I did with my first pregnancy. To tell you the truth, other than being tired and hungry I don’t feel much different. I haven’t gained much weight at all, or at least not that I can tell. And my energy level has increased in the last couple of weeks!  I started the progesterone shots last week, I will be taking them weekly till 37 weeks. Brandye came over last Tuesday night and gave the first one to me. It wasn’t bad at all. One down, 20 more to go hopefully!

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 17 weeks

Size of baby: About the size of an onion around 5 inches long and weighs about 6 oz.

Maternity Clothes: Just starting to need pants. There is a problem however, I can’t fit into my regular pants (or at least not comfortably) but my old maternity pants are way too big?? I’ve had to buy a few new things in the last week.

Gender: We get to find out in less than 3 weeks. . .or 20 days!

Movement: He/she is a hyper little thing, I can feel flutters and thumps pretty much all day but especially after lunch and in the evenings.

Sleep: I‘m not sleeping through the night, I have to get up at least once to go to the bathroom. And lately it’s just hard to get comfortable, I toss and turn a lot.

Cravings: Food. . .basically any food in general. But I want REAL food all the time, not sweets and snacks. I had a cheeseburger for breakfast one day last week and it really hit the spot! And Tea- I like mine 1/2 sweet 1/2 unsweet and I want it all the time!

Symptoms: Starting have those round ligament pains and OUCH they hurt! I’ve always got horrible heartburn, frequent headaches and I am already gettting SO forgetful!

Best Moment This Week: Getting my first progesterone shot and watching Stratton watching me get it! He smiled and laughed! Little stinker!! Then he told my mom and dad that I cried!

Gender Test!

I did this with Stratton, three weeks before we found out the gender and I was so WRONG!! So let’s see about it this time around. . .

The Real Deal guide to pregnancy (which just happens to be my FAVORITE book on pregnancy) has this check list. . .

It's a boy if. . . .    

1. When you add your age at the time of conception and the number of the month you conceived, the sum is an even number.(Otherwise known as the Chinese predictor, which was right with Stratton!) ~ Yes
2. The dad-to-be is packing on the sympathy weight.~No
3. You skipped morning sickness.~ Yes
4. Headaches are a regular occurrence.~ YES
5. You've never looked better!~ Baahaa. Definitely a NO
6. You look like you stuffed a basketball up your shirt.~No, I really just look a little bloated
7. Your nose is getting wider.~ Not yet, I don’t think?
8. Your leg hairs are growing like weeds!~ Yes
9. Your pee is easter-egg yellow.~ Yes
10. You crave salty or sour foods or proteins.~ Yes! All the time! Especially pickles!! (just like with Stratton!)
11. Your baby's heart rate doesn't exceed 140 bpm.~ Yes
12. Your tooties are chillier than usual.~No
13. Your hands are as dry as the desert.~ Yes, and elbows and knees. . .
14. Your bump rides low.~ Yes, the “bloat”
15. A ring swings back and forth when dangled from a string over your belly. ~ No, it goes in a circle

So that's 8 Yes and 6 No and 1 not sure!

It's a girl if. . . .

1. When you add your age at the time of conception and the number of the month you conceived the sum is an odd number.~ No
2. Your age when you conceived and the year you conceived are both even or odd numbers.~ No
3. Your Junk is in the trunk and your hips rather than your tummy area.~ No, in fact the only thing that is getting larger is my stomach
4. You got intimate with morning sickness during your first trimester.~No
5. PMS is nothing compared to your pregnancy moods.~ No, I don’t think I’ve been moody. . .but Jarrod might have a different opinion.
6. Pregnancy doesn't become you.~ Yes, I feel fat and icky all the time
7. You look like you stuffed a watermelon under your shirt.~ No, I'm not big enough to tell
8. You look like you got a boob job.~ Yes
9. Your left breast could beat your right if both were in a wet t-shirt contest where size mattered.~ No
10. Your hair turned slightly redhead.~ Not sure?? My roots are grey, not red!?
11. Your pee is a dull yellow color.~ No
12. Sweets are your craving of choice~ No, currently I am addicted to pickles and oranges with lots of salt!
13. Your baby's heart rate is at least 140 bpm.~Yes
14. Your face reminisces the breakouts of your teen years.~ No, it’s actually not been too bad
15. You are carrying high.~ No
16. A ring swings in a circular motion when dangled from a string over your belly. ~ Yes

So that's 4 Yes and 10 No and 2 not sure!

The jury is still out for me. I felt like it’s a boy from the start- but then again I thought S was going to be a girl?? I honesty don’t care. Once you’ve had a little boy, it’s hard to imagine having a girl though!! I have bought something for this baby already and it was for a boy- So I probably jinxed that and it will be a girl for sure!! Haha! Stratton says it’s a baby brother, and he used to waiver back and forth- but he hasn’t said anything about a sister in over a month! I hope he doesn’t get disappointed! We will try and take him to our next appointment since the next time they should be able to see the parts better! Plus he did so good and seemed to have fun. They make it special for him, so it’s worth it. 

I have consulted a professional baby namer for her help! She is a good friend of Kristen’s and she is just a person that is super interested in names and does it in her spare time for free. She has her own facebook page called “Namefreak” if you want to look her up! She sent me a questionnaire to fill out and it was fun! Then she sent lots of interesting ideas based on the information she got! She didn’t just send a list of names- each name she recommends has a meaning that is associated with some of the personal information we provided her with- super neat!! If you are in the market for a baby name I highly recommend her and I can give you her email address if you want it!

Livy’s Birthday Party

Last night we went to Livy’s 3rd birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese! Stratton loves CEC but hates the actual character! Anytime Chuck E came around Stratton ran away or grabbed on to one of us!

Livy & Stratton

Haha! I think he’s already scared of girls!

Riding the carousel with Livy and Carson

It’s hard to see, but in this pic Jarrod is carrying around baby Parker (Carson and Livy’s 3 week old brother), and taking care of Stratton- He’s a natural! I’m glad someone is!! I was eating. . .haha.

An Egg-stra special Saturday

Saturday was a busy day for Stratton and myself! Jarrod went back to the farm, so Stratton and I went to the Easter Egg hunt at church that morning!

While we were trying to get ready for the Easter Egg hunt, Stratton built an island!

Then he built a mountain- which he would climb to the top of and then roll off! Who knew a pile of pillows would be so fun!?

Haha! He wasn’t a fan of the teddy bear backdrop!

It was really warm outside!

He got 15 eggs all by himself! I didn’t even have to point them out!

Yay! The eggs had candy in them!!

After the egg hunt, we went home and took a long nap! Then Aunt Brandye came and picked him up and they went to the movies to see the Lorax! She said he was so good the whole time! He barely even budged throughout the movie. I guess it didn’t hurt that she let him eat lots of popcorn and drink diet coke! I ran some errands and did some birthday shopping while they were at the movie. After the movie I met them at Dixie Café (Stratton’s pick) for supper. Then Stratton and I went home, got a bath and got ready for bed. Jarrod got home just a little before 9pm and Stratton wanted to wait up to see him. He went to bed shortly after.

Friday fun

Wow! What a LOOOOOONNGG week!! I am happy to finally be done with a huge project at work! But where in the world did the month of March go??

Friday afternoon I had a dentist appointment. I took Stratton with me thinking he might let them look at his teeth. . .wrong! He actually bit his lip so that Brooke couldn’t see anything!

After we left the dentist we headed to Hickory Ridge to catch up with Jarrod. He was off so he spent the day helping on the farm. We got to ride the tractor with him for a little while and Stratton always loves that. By the way it’s impossible to take pictures on a cramped tractor when it’s really bumpy!!

Time to go home. . .well to Gigi’s house. . .for supper!

Driving the truck. . on the gravel road.

Playing in the dirt!!