Going to School

For Etta's birthday Grandma Cathy got her a Little People School Bus. It came with a driver, Eddie. Cathy also picked up two extra Little People: Baba and Grandma. While in Washington D.C. Aunt Molly got her a bride and groom. Aunt Molly and Uncle Jim of course.

This creates a bus load. They are the only Little People allowed on the bus. No Farmer Jed (aka Baba Eddie), no Noah or Mrs. Noah and NO animals! Etta opens the door and has them climb in and ride around. And apparently we have been to school enough that Etta knows proper etiquette is to line up.

The result?

38 weeks

Dilated to 3 centimeters and 70% effaced. Sound like any other time I've been pregnant?

When I took the belly pic this morning I noticed something.



Lower this week than last. You may not be able to tell, but last week it was more like a perpendicular shelf, this week...not so much. I thought I could tell a difference between Saturday evening and Sunday evening. It was confirmed today. The doctor said, "I feel a bit more pressure than I remember feeling last week." Always a good sign - when you are going to be INDUCED in one week from today!! So Labor Day on Labor Day. I am pretty darn excited to meet this little person. Nervous yes, excited yes. I am just truly hoping and praying that she decided to chill out and bake for just a little bit longer...

Squeezing out the last bit...

...of summer vacation. Bob goes back to work tomorrow. Should be some interesting times around here. But Etta really does seem to know when we say, "Daddy is at work" that that is just the way it is.

What do you see? "A stop sign!!"



Tongues out!



[And if you look really, really closely you can see we have the return of the ponies! (Pig tails that is.) But, sigh, she still really doesn't want me to put them in much...]

Good Friend, Good Times

Etta and her best friend Elmo. ("Elmo's World. Doot do do." ~Etta Grace) Thanks for the gift Caleb! Etta loves Elmo!!

I believe that on this afternoon they had been riding the bike together, Etta likes to help Elmo ride, and then were taking a break to share a peach with me and have some water.

Bucket Head

Isn't it fun to see the different ways that kids think of to play with non-toys?!



[These were the buckets that we used to hold the wheat (for guests to shower us with) for our wedding. I KNEW they would come in handy again some day...]

More building pics

I realized this morning that I had mentioned more pics of what our farm looks like...

This is where my dad spent a lot of time when he was growing up. Or as we now call it "The River".

A barn



The hog house



Some buildings



The view as you are driving in

Hi Grandma Cynthia

...if you ever wonder what Etta is doing when she is talking to you on the phone.