Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want our little girl to arrive early. But boy am I more uncomfortable this pregnancy. My hips are killing me, I can’t get comfortable no matter what I am doing and I am leaking already. Ugh! Oh well. It’s really a small price to pay for such a rewarding gift in the end.
On a positive note, we are pleased to finally have a name for our little girl. Amelia “Mia” Grace. We can’t wait to meet her.
We are also looking forward to how Ana will take to having a sister. I know it will be an adjustment for her but hopefully all will go well. She has been absolutely adorable (duh!). She points to my belly and says “baby”. She will also kiss and hug the baby (my belly). It’s the only thing that she has never said no to when we ask her to kiss or hug the baby. If we ask for hugs or kisses for us it’s hit or miss if she wants to grace us with her affection. But when it comes to the baby, she never says no. I think we will take that as a good sign.
We had a pretty busy weekend. It started with me trying something new on Saturday. Our friend Leslie sent an invite to try Dream Dinners. It’s a place/program that she has used in the past for herself and another friend. Basically it’s a company that sells prepared (but uncooked) meals. You order from their monthly menu and then go to their kitchen and use their ingredients to prepare those meals. The meals are uncooked but pretty much ready to either throw in the oven or a pan. All you do is freeze and take them out to defrost. The price per serving ended up being really great (much better than eating out) and the meals sounded good so we decided to give it a try. It was a lot of fun and the food smells/looks fantastic…..and that’s before it’s even cooked! I already have 3 of the meals defrosting. Tomorrow we will probably have the Cider Braised Pork Chops, Wednesday – the French Fried Chicken, and Thursday – the Meatloaf and twice baked potatoes. After that we will still have 7 meals to eat. Most meals serve three. I did prepare two meals that serve 6. I feel very prepared for the next couple of weeks. And the 6 serving meals will be great if we have company after Amelia get’s here.
The rest of Saturday was spent with the peeps. They had fun playing with Ana as usual. Chris and his mom visited the Renaissance Faire that Terry and Nancy hosted on their beautiful piece of property in Monroe, WI. The faire along with a Shakespeare play performed after the faire, raised money for the Arts Department at Monroe High School. Terry and Nancy are very involved with the local arts scene are very supportive of the Arts in their local schools. They are truly amazing people.
Sunday was spent at Edwards Apple Orchard. My dad, Mary, Aunt Jane and my cousin Lisa met us there. We didn’t stay long but we stayed long enough to enjoy the beautiful weather while eating some apple doughnuts and drinking cider. Ana was able to visit the animals in the barn. Unfortunately, it seems that petting of the animals is no longer allowed so she wasn’t able to feed/pet the goats. We finished off the trip with buying our usual Apple Orchard products (soup, squash, apple butter, apples, etc…).
We then headed home where we made plans to meet the Jones’s at Red Lobster for dinner. It was a really nice dinner. The kids were great. Delilah was cute as always. Ana was pretty happy considering how tired she was. She was driving me nuts with kicking me under the table but other than that, she was really great. And the twins were a ton of fun. They entertained Ana and had her dancing in her high chair. Very cute!
All in all a very busy weekend but quite enjoyable.
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