Latest Ultrasound

My doctor was a little worried because our baby had quieted down a little this last week or so (the baby was still doing flips and acrobatics a few weeks ago- so I was relieved!).  The doctor sent me in for another ultrasound.  I was a little resistant but followed doctors orders.  I was glad I did because it was fun to see her.  She looks so huge and ready!  They estimated that on Wednesday she was already 7 lbs 12 oz!  That's my biggest baby yet!  I hope they are wrong especially since she's still growing.  When babies are in womb they are covered by hair, which is shed during the last weeks, but ours has already shed all of hers.  You could see it floating in the fluid.  I also got to see her "breathing" the amiontic fluid.  She seems ready.  I can't wait.  Well...  Maybe I can wait until Mom and Dad Seiter come on Monday.  I would attatch pictures but they didn't get any great ones.  So, you all will just have to wait (hopefully) just a few more days when she comes.

Painting

Never leave a two year old alone, even for a moment, at the table with paint.  Lesson learned.  At least it was washable paint!

Dirty Kids

Our Landlord has promised us grass, but for now we just have a dirt backyard. Here's a couple of pictures of them after playing in the dirt with some friends.

Ella Kicking the Potty

The other day I was in a not so sanitary public restroom with Ella, that was especially small. Ella wanted to flush the toilet but I didn't want her to squeeze by the toilet but I also didn't want to bend over to flush it myself (I'm that large with child now). I told her that I would kick it. So I kicked the flusher knob and it flushed. We washed our hands and left. A day or so later we were in the park public restrooms and she kicked the toilet then flushed it. Hmmmm, I thought, but nothing was said. Then that night we went out to eat, and sure enough we found ourselves in another public restroom. This time she gave the toilet a good solid kick, right in the front of the bowl, and said, "It's not working." She tried kicking again a little to the side. Still it didn't flush. She then reached over and pulled the flushing knob and said, "Now, it's working." It was then that I remembered the incident of me kicking the knob and getting it to flush. We all had a good laugh at that one!

Megan Turns 7!

Ahhhhh! I can't believe she's already seven! Megan read the first Harry Potter book and decided that she wanted a Harry Potter birthday. The funny thing is that she hadn’t seen any of the movies but was set on it. It was a little tough because no one is selling Harry Potter things anymore. But, it ended up being a really fun theme. We made a bunch of wands for the kids. When they came they got to have a wand choose them. Larry set up a stack of cups with a bottom one attached to fishing line. The fishing line wound behind our entertainment center and was quite concealed. If the wand chose the child the cups tumbled when waved at them. The kids ate it up. We had transfiguration class where we played charades. At potions class we made a few magical potions. We practiced our quiditch skills by dodging bludgers on the trampling but I think learning how to levitate a phone was the biggest hit. Larry set up another fishing line attached to a toy and strung up and over a wall into the kitchen. I hid behind the fridge and pulled the string after they learned the spell. The kids were soooo cute about it. They were smart enough to figure it out but played along and even had to show their parents how they could do magic when they came to pick them up. Lastly, we had divination class where we all tried to guess what was in the present before Megan unwrapped it. Even with the kids giving us hints we all failed at divination.

My kids are not normal!

The other day Megan read about ants. Did you know that there are ants that harvest honey dew from Aphids. The treat them like cattle. They protect them, round them up, and milk them by rounding them up. There are also such thing as a honey pot ant. It stores honey in it's abdomen growing huge! Then when other ants get hungry they get food from it. Fascentating. Anyways, after reading all this the kids decided to play ant. They didn't sing the cute little ants go marching song and march around, no Ella was an aphid. They had soldier ants and all!

And today, we were playing charades and Caden decided to act out Lizard. He did so by walking around on all fours making a dulap with his hand. Funny kids! I guess what is funnier is that we got it and guessed lizard correctly!

P.S. A dulap is a flap of skin the male lizard shows to attract mates and rival other males.

Grandma and Grandpa Seiter come for a Visit

I just love when we get visitors! (hint, hint!) Mom and Dad Seiter came on a Thursday afternoon. Friday morning we drove down to the keys and fed large tarpon fish. One of which bit Megan! She didn't even notice until after I tried feeding one and reacted very calmly. She wore the bit marks with pride. We then went to John Pennakamp state park and looked around before heading out to go snorkling. Can't say Caden and Ella loved it but the rest of us sure did! Saturday we visited the Everglades. We went on a short hike and a conoe trip before heading back to the hotel for a swim. Sunday we drove home and got in just in time for Church. Monday we stuck close to home and went on a fishing trip. Larry threw in a line and the proceeded to get the kids poles ready. In the first three minutes it was out he caught a cat fish but it was just a teaser. We never caught anything else. So we had to stop by a fish market and bought tons of fish and shrimp. Mmmmm... I don't even like sea food much but this feast was delicious! Tuesday morning Mom and Dad had to head out. It was a fun weekend! The only problem was that it was too short! I'm having technical difficulties but as soon as I can I'll post pictures!