Just Another Week

I bet you'll never guess what we did this week! We went to the pool! Oh, you did guess that? Huh! :)  I took a disposable waterproof camera with us, but I haven't finished the roll yet, so I'll have to add pictures of this trip to the pool later. How on earth did we survive before digital cameras? Ella didn't understand why she couldn't see the pictures right after we took them, and it drove me a little crazy that I couldn't tell if the pictures turned out or not and that I have to finish the roll and then drop them off somewhere to be developed.

We have recently decided to refinance our home, which means a visit from an assessor. The banker told me they would probably not be able to get to our house in at least 10 days because the assessors were booked pretty full, so I felt confident that I could get the place looking presentable by the time the assessor showed up. The day after we were at the bank the assessor called saying she would be there the next morning at 10am! Yikes! Chris and I quickly did some crisis cleaning, shampooing the carpets and boxing up our mountain of back logged laundry and hiding it in Mom and Dad's garage. (Note to future self: when buying next home, make sure the carpet and the drapes match, or at least blend well with the fur on the animals). The next morning I got up at 9 so I could quickly make the bed and vacuum the carpet that Ruby had slept on the night before. At 9:40 I'm just about to brush my teeth and get dressed when the doorbell rings. Excellent. Of corse the assessor would be 20 minutes early, of corse I'm not ready for the day, and of corse the doorbell that hasn't worked in weeks suddenly decides to ring, causing Gretta and Ruby to bolt to the door barking ferociously, which wakes Ella up, startled, she starts to cry. Excellent. After tossing the dogs in the yard and picking up a crying Ella, I answered the door. We are off to a good start. HA! We also haven't fixed the carpet that Ruby tore up on the 4th of July, hope that didn't hurt us too much! I guess we'll find out in a week. I haven't photographed my cleanish house yet, as proof that it can happen, I need to do this. How do I not have any pictures yet? Slow week I guess.

Here we go, we haven't had pictures of the dogs lately. Gretta stayed with us this week while Mom and Dad were in Canada on vacation. Gretta and Ruby spent a lot of time chewing each others' faces. It was too hot this week for them to spend much time outside in the yard. Notice the nicely shampooed carpet they are choosing to roll on? At least you can't tell where Gretta has rolled.

Ella requested that I paint her nails one night. She is getting very good at sitting still while I paint. You can't see it very well in the pictures, but she chose a lovely shade of blue to go with her jammies. What you also can't see very well in this picture is how little room there is left on my lap for Ella to sit on! :)

When the nail polish is dry Ella will hold her hands up for you to see. Usually she holds her palms out toward whoever she is showing, but Chris got her to turn her hands around for the camera.

Friday night I got free tickets to a Kernels game from the NL community center. Sadly I was scheduled to work, but Chris, Ella, Eric and Hallie got to go. They had good seats, nobody got hit by a ball (although I hear there were some close calls!), and there were fireworks after the game, which Ella told me all about later ("Fireworks, BOOM!") I think a good time was had by all.

Saturday while I was at work Chris and Ella spent some time at Grandma and Grandpa Lewis'. Ella enjoyed blowing bubbles.

Yesterday was a big day. I had my 36 week appointment a week early since Dr. Minyon will be out of the office next week. Again, nothing new to report really, baby is still head down and showing no signs of arriving anytime before September 9, which is shockingly less than a month away now. Dr. Minyon and I both think Baby will be arriving late, like Ella, but maybe just not as late. Bag is not packed, have not pre-registered at the hospital, crib is only partially converted back to a crib from when Ella used it as a toddler bed, the car seat cover is still in need of a bath, and we don't have names picked out, so no rush really, we can use all the extra time we can get this time around! I have purchased one package of diapers and tentatively scheduled a newborn photo session for Baby, just to feel like I've done something to prepare. The diapers were on sale and I had a coupon, and I'd purchased a LivingSocial coupon back in February for the photo session, and it expired this week, so I kinda had to get that scheduled, but hey, it's still stuff I can cross off my list of things that need to be done before Baby arrives. We also got fiber optic internet service yesterday, which I'm extremely excited about! I can now upload pictures much faster than I could before. Woohoo!! Now if only it would help me find time to update my blog in a more timely manner.