Tatiana was the defendant, and she did a great job.
Oops! Wrong hand, Baby!
Celestia was on the jury, and got to help decide the outcome.
Tatiana's side won the trial!
They also got a bit of a lesson in how the government works, and specifically how the court system is set up.
New friends were made.
We had lunch under the trees by the JFK Memorial...
and fed the birds.
After lunch, it was time to go back in and browse through the museum.
We had such a great day, and I have many more amazing pictures that I'll save for a later post! :)
After the field trip, it was off to childbirth classes for Jonathan and me, and then I finally got to go home and crash!
Wednesday morning I ran all over Dallas, shopping for Tatiana's birthday. In two hours flat, left Jonathan's work and went to Target, Office Max, Payless Shoes, Half Price Books, Justice for Girls, Corner Bakery, put gas in the truck, and managed to make it back in time to pick Jonathan up for our doctor appointment! Whew! We then swung by my parents' house to pick up the girls for our last sonogram of the pregnancy! They weren't able to get any interesting pictures, because Zachariah is in a perfect position for labour! Great for me, but he's facing my back, so no fun third trimester photo ops. Oh well. What we were able to do was confirm that he's looking great! His lungs are developed and we were able to see him practising breathing. His little heart was plugging away in the 130s, and he's got quite a lot of hair! They estimate his weight to be around 6 pounds 9 ounces, so if he puts on a half a pound a week from now until my due date, he'll be in the 8 and a half pound range, which we know I can have because I've done it before. Yipee!!! When I went in to see the doctor, Zachariah had woken up, and was a bit more active, so his heart rate was much higher - in the 150s - which is exactly what it's supposed to do. I had my first cervical check and was dilated to about two and a half, which the doctor was very pleased with. Jonathan joked that I'm now halfway to where I will stall out. (I've never made it past a four without medical intervention, so we'll see if that pattern holds!) We will be scheduling an induction for the first week in October, should I not go into labour before then. Only two weeks to go!!!
Thursday was not particularly exciting but still busy, as we all four trouped to the dentist to get our teeth cleaned. That night, I went home, happy to have the first evening since the Monday before (Yes, that was the 6th of September!) at home. I heaved a great sigh of relief, and put my feet up on the sofa. After all, a pregnant momma deserves to put her feet up every now and then, yes? Perhaps, then you may understand my horror when I turned on my computer Friday morning to check my E-mail for the first time since Monday, and discovered the reminder for a mandatory homeschool co-op meeting on Thursday night. Oh shoot! You mean I had that night off of work for a reason??? I think I need to invest in a crackberry that will remind me when I'm supposed to do things. Clearly, the calendar I carry in my purse is no longer cutting it.
Just to close out my post with some fun pictures, here is Jonathan playing with his new toys. You may remember the new addition to our guitar wall a couple of weeks ago, but I don't think I mentioned the half stack Behringer bass amp that came with the bass. *Sigh* a boy and his toys! ;)
2 comments:
What wonderful pictures and stories. Enjoyed your shower this afternoon very much. Love, Mom
What a great day w/ the girls! You all are so blessed to have so much to do in a big city! We have one little Children's Museum and that's it!
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