Much calmer now after yesterday's storm...
During the middle of my appointment with my midwife, I recieved a phone call from David saying that a tornado just touched down in Lake George! When I got home two hours later there was still hail all over the ground. Some of the hail nuggets were the size of a quarter... wonder how big they were 2 hours prior! Glad I had the truck in town... it would have been hammered.
Today is sunny, warm and a typical glorious august day in the Rocky Mountains.
David is out today documenting the carnage left in forested areas.

The little girl in the video is too cute to not share... and this topic is pertinent these days as we, apparently, have been having monster and ghost invasions in the middle of the night. With the advice of some wise, experienced mothers (including my own) Sophie and I mixed up a special concoction to deter the pest of the monster variety. We are still working on something that will deter ghosts.

Sophie thinks a new and different spray might work. I guess we will try that. Pixie dust hasn't worked yet.

Oh yes, the update from the midwife appt; I have gained approximately 20-25 pounds so far, all measurements are on track and the heartbeat is strong and healthy (Old Wives tales predict boy according to the heartbeat rate).  I did have blood  drawn this time but do not expect that there will be anything strange about it. I have been feeling pretty good. Been taking more vitamins lately, especially calcium because it helps my hips from hurting when I sleep. I have a concoction figured out that has worked three nights in a row so far... I first drink an emergenC vitamin drink, then have a tablespoon of liquid calcium in juice. As well as a prenatal vitamin. It seems like a lot, but most of that stuff doesn't store in the body and just gets peed out if I don't need or cannot absorb it all.
Other than that, i need to eat just about every 2 hours or so, and take a nap if I can in the afternoon. Naps only happen about half the time, but I'm hanging in there.  I know, I know, I need to update my belly photos. I haven't done a photo for a while. I'll try to get one soon.

Tomorrow is an end of summer gathering with a bunch of homeschooling families. Some of whom are in Sophie's cottage school program, others are just people we know whom homeschool. Should be fun. I'll be bringing a chair to sit in :0)
I'll take photos!!
Xo