Saturday was church and relaxing and measuring bulk food into gallon bags and celebrating pi day (pizza pie and apple pie) and... maybe some cards? Ah yes, pinochle. Euchre was Friday night. Sunday was corned beef and cabbage (you know, because dad is half Irish (but only near St. Patrick's Day)) and then driving home to unload the car before heading to Sidney.
The weather was beautiful when we got home, so we let the girls run around outside while we cleaned out the ENTIRE car. Bryan brought everything that wasn't attached into the house (and some things that were), I vacuumed, and then we put back in only what we needed for the next leg of the trip. During this process, we turned Gretchen's seat around and moved it over to make room for Hippo's seat. Gretchen is very proud of her new ability to "kick Daddy's chair." We arrived in Sidney for a late dinner and proceeded to stay for four days.
On Monday it was the Klein's turn to visit us (we try to get together twice a month), so they met us at Steve and Murry's house. We let the kids dance to music downstairs and then took them outside (coatless!) for lunch on the deck. After playing on the swingset and trampoline, we took a walk, which made everyone sufficiently tired for naptime. :) Too bad the rest of the week wasn't nearly as warm.
Thursday was a weekly checkup for Hippo, and everything is fine. The midwife asked me what the earliest I had ever delivered was, and I had to tell her "three days late." :/ Oh well. No one has ever been pregnant forever. On the plus side for my faithful readers, you still have time to get baby guesses in! Gretchen's have been added to the comments section.
Murry watched the girls during my appointment and by the time I came back at two Gretchen had already finished her nap for the day. Since I usually put her down around two, I was shocked. Murry thought maybe the earlier nap would help her go to sleep at a more reasonable time at night. Working on this theory, we've tried the earlier naptime a couple of times since getting back to our house. We are not yet convinced it matters. Gretchen apparently just doesn't require sleep.
Friday and Saturday we had (different) groups of friends over to play games, which was fun. This did, however, result in a delay in my blog, which is why it didn't go up as early as usual. :-P
Oh! And I finished our federal and state taxes this week. Finally! Usually I'm much more on top of this... Now I just have to finish the city ones before Hippo arrives.
Pictures:
Gretch with Ali:
The girls were alternately napping and hiding from monsters:
In their Texas outfits (Grandma visited San Antonio):
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