It's the size that counts.....

So....there has been an overwhelming cry for 'MORE BELLY PICTURES!'

Your cries have been heard...here's the progress on the watermelon I am growing in my tummy. I started out really small and didn't gain much weight for the first 30 weeks...but oh buddy is she making up for it now! Where I only gained 15 pounds in 30 weeks, I have now gained 5 more in the past 3 weeks! Talk about a full, stretched out feeling.... :)

34 weeks down...only 4-7 more to go! Bring it on baby! We can't wait to cuddle our little girl!

This is me....saying"Holy crap my belly is huge!"

Here's her ultrasound picture from 31 weeks. My placenta has moved up (it was low at 20 weeks which means trouble if it didn't move...but it did...so we are good!) and she is already head-down ready to go! Looks like things are progressing just as they should! Yay!

I swear I can see a little dimpled chin in this picture...just like Sam's...he has doubts but I know it's there... :)

And finally...talking about large bellies...here's pictures of food...yumm...food!

Sam went fishing with another teacher and they ended up bringing back several of these dinosaur sized beasts! Sam's was 88cm long (that is freaking huge) so he had release it as a breeding fish, but he brought back another 80cm fish! I have to brag because my man is such a good provider! At least if we ever get flooded in and run out of food I can count on Sam bringing home some protein! :)

We have a whole freezer full of Barramundi now! All I have to say is yum-o!

Jimmy's catch

Sam got the biggest one! Woo hoo!

Sam turns a year older....

See? I'm getting better at updating this thing! There has only been a couple weeks between posts this time...as opposed to a couple months! :)

Well, first off, Sam had his 29th birthday this month (on the 11th...put it in your calendar people...we are expecting boxes and cards next year...) :)

Unfortunately his birthday fell on Wednesday, which means it had already been a hard couple days at school...plus he hadn't had enough sleep the night before AND his presents were still sitting at the post office in Katherine. So his birthday celebration was an hour and a half drive into Katherine after school to get groceries, eat pizza and pick up his presents. I was mean and made him wait to get home to open them in hope that I would get time to wrap them.... but let's face it, by the time we got home he couldn't wait any longer and I'd lost my motivation.... oh well...I'll try harder next year! :) It wasn't the most eventful birthday but we had fun talking and spending time together on the drive into Katherine... a welcome break from the hustle of everyday life for a community school teacher. In any case, Sam still loved his presents (despite the plain wrapping) and spent the rest of the night playing with them. Overall? I think it was a success! :)

Classy post office wrapping paper....

It's portable water filter... in case you were wondering.. :)

And what bike adventure would be complete without a helmet cam? :)