It's been a long few weeks

So we have literally spent the last few weeks working at the farm. I have have split and canned 60 quarts of green beans (yeah done for the year now), shelled and put up about 10 quarts of peas, shelled and put up 6 quarts of october beans, canned our cucumbers to make pickles and I am exhausted. 'Tis harvest season though I guess. I can't complain too much because by the time the season is over we'll be set for the year on vegetables. It's a lot of work, but so worth it to have fresh home grown veggies all year long. Plus it makes making side items for dinner a cinch. The baby has been kicking up a storm, very strong little boy we have coming. Sam ans Jake have been doing well. We've gone to several baseball games which they love. They are also taking swim classes. Sam is awesome. he can already swim with a flotation device and even swim under water for a short distance. Jake is doing great too. He was not a lover of swim classes from the beginning though. He refuses to close his mouth no matter what we try so he is not a fan of going under water. He has however improved in his swimming ability and kicks and digs like a champ now. He also enjoys the classes now which is awesome. Well, that's about it. Gotta go pack for our beach trip. Leaving on Saturday and can't wait.

It's another boy

Well, it was a very long and stressful weekend at our house. On Friday afternoon we had our 20 week ultasound, but the baby had an irregular heartbeat and they were having difficulty seeing all 4 chambers of the heart, so the doctor wanted to refer us to a perinatologist for a more in depth ultrasound. She was afraid there might be something wrong with the baby's heart. Unfortunately, it was after 5 by the time we finished and the perinatologist's office was closed, so we would have to wait till Monday. We spent the entire weekend worrying abou the ehalth of our baby and this morning the anxiety just got worse. We went to the perinatologist at 11:30 and he said everything looked great with the heart. We were going to have a perfectly healthy baby boy. We were so thankful and relieved. And another boy. I am severely outnumbered, but still so excited.

I also included some pics from our neighbor's 4th of July party. She has the fire engine come and lead a parade around the neighborhood. The boys were very excited to drive their John Deere power wheels this year.

That's it for now.