26.5 weeks

Hello all,

Here is a picture from last weekend, at 26.5 weeks. Luckily, you can't see the sweat dripping from my face here, but wow, is it hot! (Our big heat wave isn't even supposed to get here until tomorrow- gulp!).

Today we have another prenatal visit, which is our last "monthly" visit before we switch to bi-weekly visits. Time is ticking along though- we start the third trimester next week!

Major accomplishments this week (outside of the 1/3 of a full-size watermelon that I devoured lastnight, though Osei helped some) include getting cloth diapers from two mothers who have either happily reached pottytraining or decided that they are not the crunchy cloth-diaper type and wanted to pass them along. I'm amazed at how far cloth diapers have come since my middle-school babysitting days, of bulky cloth prefolds with gigantic safety pins and plastic covers!

We still have several baby name books on loan from the library, and have actually opened a few of them. The other day I dreamed we had a boy, and I told Osei, "Ok, I think we better start picking out some baby names we like!" Hopefully we'll have our list down well before October!

Much love and hugs to all,

Amy, Osei, and baby Omee (who loves watermelon and won't stay still)

25.5 weeks

Hello all,

Here is a picture from this past weekend, at about 25.5 weeks. It has been quite hot here, and I'm thankful to be working in an air-conditioned office building! Not too much new to report, except that baby Omee is, as usual, moving around nonstop.

Hope all is well!

Love,

Amy, Osei & Omee

Flower Power

The bumblebees seem to get a kick out of the Zinnias. At night, they curl up and sleep inside the petals. What a life, to sleep on a flower petal, roll over and wake up in the morning and slurp a yummy ole' nectar breakfast.

The flowers were meant to be "multi-colored." There were multiple shades of pink, at least!

Zinnias in a vase are absolutely classic and elegant. I suppose we should plan on planting some for next year ourselves!

Good food with good friends

We had friends over the other day for lunch and enjoyed a delicious spread of sandwiches, tomato & basil salad, tabouli, spinach salad, and lebanese bread with hummus...

My husband's summertime favorite may very well be fried plantains. He cooks on low heat with vegetable oil. Unlike bananas, plantains tend to stay quite firm even when extremely ripe. As they cook, they become sweeter and sweeter, until they are like candy with a crispy golden outer shell.

Speaking of candy. Okay, okay, this was a different occasion, but I liked the picture. On our way home from CT, we had dinner at Crocker Barrel. Now I can say I've been there once and can cross it off the list. My arteries rejoice.

Weekend at the Shore, Madison, CT

My husband and I actually had our second date here at the Shore when he came up to visit for the day. See how we're awash in golden, glowing light? And, of course, a beautiful sunset we couldn't resist.

The wooden dock behind Home Comfort cuts through the salt marshes...

Boats docked on the Neck River...

Beautiful.

Classic old truck next to the barn, just across from the Cottage.

Blubes, Blubes, and more Blubes

We spent the weekend on the shore in Madison, CT, and arrived at the peak of 6 blueberry bushes ready to be picked and screaming my name.

My job is the self-appointed title of "Head Blueberry Picker," a very important position which could only be compromised by my core competency of "blueberry taster." The only thing more pleasurable than picking Blubes from the bushes is eating Blubes you just picked.

Despite the hundreds of Blubes sacrificed and eaten along the way, we picked about 4 cups in 15 minutes. I truly believe that blueberries are the world's most perfect fruit. The blueberry pie we later enjoyed from these babies was also positively delectable.