somethings in the water?

So, I've decided to hang out exclusively with pregnant mamas.  Not really, but that's just how it's happened as of late.  I took this pic from my friend Lisa's blog who came up and visited a few days ago.  She's 34 wks. prego, Melissa (on the left) is 30 wks and I'm well only 20 wks. Seriously though, check out my belly!  I'm loving all these reunions with friends, people I really missed.

current temp-94

I thought we left this weather when we left St. Louis. I guess I was wrong. We are using all kinds of measures to stay cool. Today we made it down to the ocean. We got a nice breeze, significant shade, a cold water source and some fun exploring done.

A week or so ago we had a major reunion. All the family on Nate's side from Washington, California and Florida were here at Nate's sister's farm. Wendy and her family now have a beautiful farm with horses, chickens, dogs, goats, cats and the like. We spent a couple days there and just relaxed. The kids roamed free and explored. Why are farms so relaxing? I put a few pics below, but for a more thorough break down you can check out my flickr here

visitors

We had a couple visitors today and as you can tell in the pic, we were all pregnant.  Amazing Leslie was a week from her due date- crazy girl making a road trip (I probably would do the same thing), Kristen is about a month out and Kathy has a couple months to go.  We had such a relaxing day at the park and then at our friend Megan's house.  Thanks for making the trip up- it was great to see you.
( i missed the hands under the belly memo while I was setting up the camera- oh well. i also think it's time to invest in a remote for the camera, i could hardly make it in the picture in time, give me a couple months and it will be impossible.)

A couple more LR and DR

This part of the house is the major seller.  We love these two big rooms with the fireplace and built in book shelves.  The floors were newly stained and I love the dark color, especially with the lighter walls.  The house really isn't that huge, but compared to our last, I feel like I"m living in a castle.  We are very thankful.

For our anniversary I got to go pick out some new throw pillows.  I found these and Love them!  I'm still surprised at what a difference a few throw pillows make though I can't count the amount of times I pick them up from the floor or fluff them.

My conveniently located desk.  We finally got rid of our intrusive roll top and got a more practical one.  

19 wks

This stomach is growing and growing. My body feels like it usually feels around 35 wks or so. I just went to the doc yesterday, not much to report, but I'll have the big ultra sound in a week or so and will hopefully verify the sexes. That's all for now, have some catching up to do, but I've been crazy busy so it will have to wait just a bit.

7

We are 7 now.  The anniversary would have almost got lost in the mix ... but it wasn't.  We had an awesome celebration thanks to Nate's sister and the Mauss'.  Nate's sister treated us to a night away at a beautiful hotel on the ocean, along with a great dinner while the Mauss' watched our children.  We had almost 24 hours to ourself and it was much needed.  We hit up a couple bookstores, enjoyed wonderful food, walked a bit and most importantly just relaxed together.  A great way to celebrate our marriage- I'm so thankful for my husband.

The dinner view was perfect