baby H, update, week 28 and more...

Week 28 Pregnancy photo

Sometimes it's hard to believe that we just entered the 7th month of pregnancy!

I had my first appointment in S. Antonio and everything checked out just fine-Praise God

We will have our final ultrasound June 9th to check her face, since she wasn't co-operating fully for the first ultrasound :)

Update on baby H:
We felt our little girl hiccup for the first time, last Wednesday! it was so cute to feel the rhythmic little taps! She is still pretty active, especially when I'm not running around too much.

According to my trusty What to Expect When You are Expecting book(WTEWE for short) by Murkoff, she is measuring in at about 16 inches long and weighs 2.5 pounds! and her new skill of the week is blinking!!

You might be wondering what I've been up to, now that Jason's doing the internship at SWRI?
by the way, he has had a great first week!

Since I'm in my third trimester and my doc appointments are now biweekly and then weekly, we decided I would stay at home and focus on doing my art and taking full advantage of the pool and nice weather!

I've been working on five paintings last week, here are the first two in various stages of completion, I'll post more on the others, once I get further along.

I've been settling in and making a list of art and projects I'd like to complete this summer...will try to blog about them as I go along!

I've also been enjoying reading, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen and The Complete Idiot's guide to Spices and Herbs by Leslie Bilderback. More info on that later.

Hiking, Friedrich Wilderness Park

This past Sunday we went hiking at the Friedrich Wilderness Park in San Antonio.

It was a nice, warm day, with the trees providing some refreshing shade.

some really interesting rock formations
action shot hiking :)

old stump

San Antonio sky

aloe looking plant?

interesting bark

Jason took this really lovely pics with the intense blue sky! great job!

Jason and I taking a break for a photo on top of some limestone

Just setting out-Michael, me and Jason-don't worry, the guys were very gracious and let me take lots of water breaks, especially when things got a little steep!Spot the lil bunny!

LizardSetting out
Michael and JasonWe were a little sad that we didn't get to see more wildlife, I guess we were talking too much.
I did get to see a 'roadrunner' but no:
(see list below)

Grilling fun in the Sun and Rain

Jason and I have really been enjoying the nice weather here.

The weather has mainly been in the high 80's with a nice breeze and of course the pool works wonders for cooling off too!

We had a crazy thunderstorm that knocked out our power for a while, so we decided we would grill out under the gazebo, with our propane 'safari cheff grill' (thanks again Pa and Ma), we made cheesy queso's.

me, starving, ready to eat our jalapeno, onion, tomato and avo filling!
the finished product
We grilled out with some of the interns by the pool on Memorial Day!

Jason cleaning the pool a bit, while I read!Chillin :)

Road trip; San Antonio, here we come!

Here is a pic of our loaded car as we started out on Friday for San Antonio.

Our goal was to drive from Champaign/Urbana IL to Carbondayle/Marion IL and stop at the famous 17th Street Bar and Grill.

Jason and I had recently watched the Food Networks, Best rated places to eat(the BBQ one in praticular), rated by Bon Apetite magazine.

This restuarant was rated best BBQ ribs in the US! so we had to go try it, since it was only a little bit out of our way!

We were not dissapointed, the meat is tenderly smoked and then put over the fire and the award winning sauce was delicous, we would both highly recommend it!
(Note: the bbq sauce is more of a vinegar based sauce, I personally like the sweet and spicy kind more, but excellent none the less!)

we were hungryyyyyyyyy!Jason with his full rack of ribs!

I had the combination platter with baby back and beef ribs and pulled pork shoulder, shredded pork and chicken!

After yummy ribs, we drove the rest of the way to Forrest City, Arkansas(it was a good stopping point, nothing too interesting there...)

On Saturday we stopped at Ihop for lunch and we found these interesting looking geese chillin next to the building :)

Saturday we drove aobut 9hrs to make it to Austin, Texas where we stayed at a gorgeous hotel with a courtyard in the middle of the building!
and we got free cookies!
here is my week 27 pregnancy pic!

an action shot of Jason jumping on our beautifully made bed!

the courtyard

the next morning we stopped at a qaint little cafe for breakfast-thanks Elizabeth for the recommendation!

I had french toast with 'migas'-an omelette variety with verde sauce and other yummy ingredients!

Jason had apple-buckwheat pancakes!

On Sunday we only had an hour and a half to go...Getting things organized as soon as possible!

Rhubarb pie and getting ready!

Jason wanted to make Rhubarb pie to take to work before we left for San Antonio, so we scoured and searched the local farmers market, but to no avail!

A couple days later, we went to our local Meijer grocery store and 'voila' we found some!

Here are a couple pics of the process of making rhubarb pie :)

Finished pie with egg glaze

cute up rhubarb piecesrhubarb!

I tried to get the babies stuff all nice and organized and labeled before we left, so that it's all ready for when we return.

this is her bookshelf

'play area' in our converted living room

some of her stuffed animals and toys! co cute!

the mouse was mine from when I was little-from my Granny!

My first Mother's day!

Jason and I have both been pretty busy so far this week, I've mainly be cleaning, packing and organizing! Getting ready for Texas and also trying to have everything ready in the apartment for when we get back with baby Haas!

Sunday, Jason treated me to a wonderful Mother's-to-be breakfast in bed(french toast with strawberries and cream) with a beautiful card!

Here is a pic for baby H's 'corner' where her stuff and playpen/sleeping area will be when she comes back, the room is now a baby/computer/guest/futon room!
yikes, multi-purpose!

It was so nice to be able to unpack some of her stuff and get it ready and organized(we still have a bunch of clothes in a bin, but that will be for when she's a little older- we are so blessed that we don't need ANY more clothes 'till she is at least a year or older!)

Here is week 26

I got this lovely baby swing from my boss-love the animal theme and matches our new stroller/travel system too!

swing

our SUPER WONDERFUL stroller that Pa and Ma Mulder got us! SOOOO nice!

We had our final B Study meeting/party this last week too and had a wonderful time grilling out!

Guys by the grilla meat picture-of course!