Yeah, I’m a slacker….
I know, I know…I am horrible at updating….I will try to do better. I blame it on, well..life! We went to the midwife a few weeks ago and baby was doing well. Heartbeat sounded good, nothing to report. This one sure takes after his/her big sister with energy levels. My goodness! It’s a good thing the baby is only 12 inches long and 16 ounces at this point, or I’d be loosing sleep already. I think Ashleigh will have quite the playing partner in a few months.
As for Ashleigh she is still very excited about being a big sister. Every Wednesday I get my weekly baby update from one of those parenting sites. It’s usually a bunch of sillyness, but she likes hearing how big baby is, and having something to comepare it to. This week they told us that baby is 12 inches long, or roughly the size of an ear of corn. I think that’s a pretty big ear of corn, but at least it gives her a visual to hang on to. We also learned this week that baby’s taste buds are starting to form. Ashleigh had a little anatomy lesson about tastebuds and how we all have them and what they do. She was a little freaked out at first as she heard “taste bugs” instead of “taste buds” but I think we’re all straightened out!
We also have other new and fun stuff going on. This week I finally forced myself into actually starting a pre-school program with Ash. It’s something I had planned to do starting about 3 weeks ago. We have learned about the letter A and the letter B. She loves the school time. We learn to write the letters, do some puzzles or flash cards that pertain to the letters, and then some activity sheets and a craft. Craft time is her favorite. She LOVES gluing and making things. We’re getting into a good pattern with her learning, and as we learn more we can add more fun activites to the whole day.
Wes is keeping busy with Hopkins, WorldFire, and PassionSpice. I’ve been working on getting our name out there and preparing the house. On Tuesday Wes and I are driving to Olean, NY to pick up all of the PassionSpice inventory and bring it back here. We’re a bit fearful of the sheer volume of merchandise we will have in our home, but we’re excited about having actual physical control over our products and shipments.
I forgot to mention that at the beginning of September Ashleigh headed to CT for a weekend to visit Aunt Beth and Uncle Roy with Nana and cousin Virginia. She had a blast! She came home with some fun new clothes, a new game, and a book she loves! We have read Where Do Balloons Go so many times in the past two weeks that she knows most of the words. It’s quite frightening how much of a sponge she is. At least I can be sure that now is the time to teach her good habits and lots of things that will help her through life!
I’m sure we have pictures floating around here somewhere, but I don’t know where right now. The next update won’t take as long and I’ll find some pictures!