Jacob and Marcia

Here is a picture of my current condition.  26 weeks.

Funny story.  A few days ago, I was standing next to Jacob.  He was sitting on his computer chair.  I turned to walk away, and hit him with my belly.  I wonder if I will get used to this belly sticking out so far.  And if [...]

If you were not able to get your guess posted, you still have time.  Like 3 months* to make your guess.
Little Copyright was not as cooperative as we would have liked.  So, no, we still do not know if this baby is a boy or a girl**.  Copyright kept legs closed and while we did [...]

Here I am this evening at 24 weeks.

You can’t really see it in this picture, but I am wearing my rubber chicken earrings.

FAQs
Q:  How are you feeling?
A:  Hungry.  Tired.  Gotta pee.  So mostly good!  (However, not as tired as I once was.)
Q:  How many weeks are you?
A:  Today marks 24 weeks (LMP) however, gestationally [...]

…approximately.
So here are some pictures, mostly for my own documenting purposes.  And some of you don’t see mee very often, and for those that have been around for the gradual changes, here is a more distinct view.
On 14 April 2010 I decided I would take a few pictures before I started growing my belly very [...]

Almost a month ago (July 6-8) we had our first house guests in our new home.  They are such fun three (and-a-half) year olds.  I think they left wanting more.  Which means they will be happy to come stay again!
They arrived and I showed them where to find the toy box in this house, and [...]

Our last post indicated that we were working on securing a mortgage.  We did it!!!  Hooray for us!!  And (finally) thank you taxes!  We qualified for the first time homebuyer’s tax credit.  We have a home to call our own, we are very excited about this.
Monday the 14th of June (Miss Emily’s birthday) we closed [...]

So, yesterday was a big day for us.  We were able to secure more “stuff” aka paperwork, exchange money for goods, etc. in order to be able to own a mortgage.  Yay for us!
We (Jacob joined mee last night) went to Wally World again and obtained two more carts full of boxes.  We went some [...]

First here is the answer to the last quiz (from almost 2 months ago):

Karen (Jacob’s mom) had a catering gig for our friend Jennie’s wedding.  She enlisted Jacob and mee to help.  As I was working on part of the dessert selections, the non-stick pan slipped out of my hand and we lost most of [...]

And boy am I glad we pay for mee to have nice insurance.  (I would like to not have to pay so much, but still glad we can have it.)  Playing volleyball tonight I happened to attract the volleyball with the left side of my jaw.  I seem to attract the ball to my self [...]

Anybody remember this post?  Well, I do, every time I want to do laundry.
Last week for Family Home Evening we ate at a place that we like, we may even love it (though we do not call it home, so it should have been called Family out evening).  After we ate we decided to walk [...]

She was so unkind to me temperature-wise for so long.  Today, though, was beautiful.  It started with walking in the cold-cold to me, to most it was probably bearable.  Then while Jacob was teaching, I worked on a Scripture Mastery project.   And for our Family Home Evening we grilled hamburgers outside and pick-nicked in [...]

This is a sweet little boy sharing Happy with his new baby sister.  Wow, it is an “old” picture!

Yes this quiz is from a pictures taken over a  year ago.

On December 19th, 2008 at almost two in the morning we heard a noise.  It sounded like something had fallen on the house.  We put our coats on, and went outside to see the above.
We were worried that the branch may have been too [...]

Is responsible for a number of my obsessions.  Red Hair.  Curly hair.  Twirly dresses.  Calling dogs “dumb.”  Bald heads*.
Tonight as I was trying to feel better**, I curled up on the couch to watch “comfort movies.”  One of which was Annie.  It reminded me how much I loved the music, still do.  And it got [...]

So last spring/summer we had the back door open for fresh air, a lot.  A mouse came in, so we got traps and caught it in just a couple days.
This fall another mouse dared to enter the house.  We set the traps again, and it was caught with-in the hour of setting.
We had one still [...]

Here is the answer you all have been waiting for…

On October 12th we had dinner at Jacob’s parents’ house with the missionaries, Elder Pickett and Elder Drake.  Elder Pickett is from Canada and that happens to be Canadian Thanksgiving.  So using our super internet abilities, we found his family.  Jacob called his parents and talked [...]

We went out to Idaho (15th-21st) with Jacob’s Parents for Erin’s and Adam’s graduation.  We stayed with John and Tinell (she also graduated) Broadbent (they have two very adorable little girls, and stinking smart too).  John may be responsible for our potentially thinking about purchasing a Wii in the future.  We had a lot of [...]

I seriously need about 12 of these dress up days a year, one a month would be a lot of fun for me.  Jacob on the other hand would not really enjoy costuming once a month.  In fact, I was unable to get him to dress up, even to be a butcher and carry a [...]

Rick called me and told me I have to post something.  So here it is, we went with the youth to the Temple.  Here is a picture of us there.

Last Friday (June 12), I went out for an afternoon bike ride, and when I got home, the monitors connected to my main work computer were dark. I wiggled the mouse to bring them back to life, but they did not revive. The computer had crashed.
While such a thing had never happened with this particular [...]

So, I was pretty convinced there were raccoons in my plants.

Until this morning when I opened the front door and saw two squirrels pulling on the bird feeder post.  They had it bent clear to the ground and were eating the seeds.

I got mad!  I told them I hated them, and never to come back; [...]

As I sit on my porch, admiring the garden I have been working on, I figure I had better post pictures of the garden as much as I have.
Picture heavy!
View of front of house.  I like to sit in those chairs and enjoy the warmth, and try to catch glimpses of the birds.

Here is from [...]

After I let Mallory play with it.  I think this is from around Thanksgiving time. Right after I had it cut short.  And it would stick however I pulled it.  It was weird.

I bought black mulch.  I think I will like it, but with out the finished product, one can never really know.  It was not much more than the boring, cheep, no color kind, and all the colors cost the same.  Every one in town, it seems, uses red.  Everyone knows I have to be different.  [...]

I love Spring.  I love open windows.  We have had the back door open with the screen door locked so fresh air can get in.
Apparently, the door is not sealed at the bottom, and we had a visitor enter on Friday.  He does not sing and/or walk on two legs, so he does not warrant [...]