We went for our 3rd and last ultrasound on Wednesday and got a good report on our "beau baby". She weighs almost 2 kilos already (around 4 pounds)! After talking with the doctor and having one session with a sage femme (midwife), I am pretty confident that the labor and delivery will go well. Only 9-10 weeks left!
We found a couple of plum trees in the jardin and SA has enjoyed picking them! D is now officially "en vacance" and has been working hard at home!
We have been spending alot of time in the jardin lately. The weather has been wonderful this summer. Most French people are fed up with the "wind" (i.e. pleasant breeze to me) and the rain, but I am counting my blessings after barely having survived the heat last summer when I wasn't pregnant. I am currently taking an intensive French course. I just finished week 3, and I just have one more to go. It is 5 hours a day and lots of homework, and with the pregnancy this has been absolutley exhausting! I am thankful to have D back though. The first 2 weeks I had our French babysitter stay with me and she kept SA during the day, but now that D is home, he is keeping her. I think they are both really enjoying all of this daddy/daughter bonding time. He has been really wonderful- making dinner and serving it to me in the jardin (he loves eating outdoors in the jardin), cleaning, taking very good care of our precious pie, etc. He's also been doing the shopping. It is kind of fun having him in my shoes for a couple of weeks. Last week he bought a kilo of blueberries at the market (that's 2.2 pounds!). Then he had to figure out what to do with them. He made blueberry margaritas (non-alcoholic of course), chilled blueberry soup, blueberry salad, blueberry muffins, and we ate blueberries and vanilla ice cream on several occasions. We still weren't able to eat them all, however. At the same time, he bought a huge barquet of peaches which we have been eating with ice cream and plain. I made a peach cobbler, and tomorrow he is planning to make a chilled peach soup. Every day when I come home, he has whipped up something new. He even made a raspberry vinagrette last week for our salad!
3 comments:
I know that it doesn't feel like it to you, but your life really looks like a total fairy tale at a glance. AT A GLANCE- I know it's not that way at the heart of things all the time, everyone has struggles and hardships and I sure am glad I can speak the native language where I live- but the garden and all the lovely fruit and flowers, just the charm of where you are, must keep things cheery. It would likely be a lot harder on you if you lived in a dirty, noisy city. So hey, that's something. (well, there ya go!- remember the raisin bran commercial with the line about freeing the bee stuck to the windshield wipers? i know, i'm so random, and i totally remember everything!) great to hear that baby no name is doing well! love you!
You look so lovely. And SA is adorable. I hope you stay cool and comfortable. The language class sounds intense! Praying for you dear friend. Take care!
D is quite the expert chef! Patrick has some serious competition :) It sounds like he is taking wonderful care of his girls. You look great...that shirt is soo cute! I am glad baby girl is doing well. Kisses to all!
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