Richardson Report

I'm a little annoyed and WORRIED that I haven't found the camera after our trip.  What's strange is I have the battery charger...so the camera must be somewhere as they were packed together for the entire trip.  I've got to find it before the baby comes, for sure, but I also wanted to share some photos from our trip. So here's the baby update: I'm not dilated or effaced at all.  Not even a smidgen.  So unusual for me.  Usually I'm like 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced with a month left to go.  We'll see what this means, but I hope it's not a bad sign! I feel fantastic.  Oddly enough, better than I've felt in months.  Partially I think it's the increased iron supplements - that is really helping my energy level.  But my body feels better too. I've gained less weight with this baby than ANY of my other ones.  Woot!  Woot!  for me, right?  I have a few secret methods that seemed to pay off for me this time. *Start at a h...

Josh's birthday present.  Yay!   I'm still learning how to use the thing, but it seems pretty nice so far.  I have to figure out how to do photos all over again, so photos from our trip will not be immediately forthcoming.   :-) Baby update - only 3-4 weeks or so to go!  I can hardly believe we are finally getting THAT close.  It is crunch time in terms of final preparations.  I hope to be ready by the end of the month, just in case this baby comes as early as Natalie did.  (Oooooh, wouldn't that be nice!)

After finishing the book "Little House in the Big Woods", the girls were inspire to do their own quilt projects just like Laura Ingalls.  They were so diligent!  They each chose two fabric pieces and sewed them together to make a "patchwork quilt" for their stuffed animals.  Below is Natalie's quilt made especially for pillow-pet.  Kenna asked me to hold her quilt while she took a picture.  She really got into the whole sewing thing.    Painting in progress.  Working on the final project - the dresser.  Now their room is basically put together.  I'd like new curtains and some accessories, but the bulk of the project is finished.  I would take a picture of the finished product, but every time I think about it, I am upstairs and the camera is downstairs - and, well, you know how that goes. Finishing one room meant that Hannah and Brynne could work on their room!  That was an ordeal.  Their ceili...