Happy Birthday Summer and Christian!!!!!

I looked down at my feet yesterday and discovered my ankles are gone. I know they were there a few days ago. But at least I can still see my feet.

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So, what is happening in the Lentz household these days?

A lot.

Pre-baby Lukas is continuing to grow and kick. Great for Lukas, bad for mom. At my last doctor's appointment, I learned I had packed on an additional 8 pounds last month. That put me over the 130 mark. I still have 17 weeks to go. At a pound a week ... that is close to 150. Those are crazy numbers. Crazy I say! Hopefully, the ridiculously fast Burdette metabolism will kick in again, and the pounds will fall off after birth. If not, I may have to resort to .... exercise! Noooooooo! Actually, we live a couple of blocks from the North Augusta Greenway trail, so I see a lot of strolls with my boy in the future. Especially if I get a cool jogging stroller.

Otherwise, it is 8 hours of architecture a day, followed up with couch time or house projects. It depends on whether or not Christian is working late. So far, he has cleaned the brick tile on our side porch floor (the old lady put down AstroTurf with superglue, so that took a while - kidding, but that's what it seemed like). He has also scraped and re-glazed a couple of windows. He will slowly make his way around the house scraping the over-paint off the glass and re-glazing. We have 16 windows. That may take him a while. We have also painted the nursery Aegean Blue (to match the Funky Fish bedding). Next weekend is "sister's weekend". Desiree and Summer are coming down, and my sister-in-law, Bet, is coming up from Florida. We will finish putting up the white bead board wainscot and trim. Once we get the walls done, I can buy a crib and put the furniture back in place. I think it will be a pretty bright room. I like it.

This weekend Christian's dad and brother are coming up to screen in the side porch. Last night, Christian and I stained the wood (or most of it). We went with a midnight blue. We will buy navy shutters to put on the front of the house, and eventually paint the front door and trim on the front stoop to match.

I think, after we get those two projects finished, we will move on to the front yard, and painting other rooms. I found Sherwin-Williams Harmony paint. That stuff is great! Low VOC's and no odor. We were able to get away with one coat in the nursery.

I think that is all that is/ has been going on. Of course, it is a lot. Aren't I supposed to be pampering myself? I should schedule a massage/ manicure/ pedicure. Especially since I can hardly reach my feet these days. We won't even get into the clothing issue. Sheesh!

On the fun side, I am enjoying being pregnant and knowing there is this little guy growing inside of me. It is truly amazing! I know all of you guys will not get it, but I think it is the best experience in the world. I can't wait to meet him. Just to know that I am going to introduce the world to him is an overpowering realization. I will be the one showing him the good and trying to protect him from the bad. I know that music, art, and sports will be a big part of his life. I just hope that I can teach him to be good. To love. When you start to think about it, it is quite a responsibility raising a little human. It is unfortunate that so many people seem to either not care, or not take it seriously. It also seems to be a fine line between raising a child who has complete trust in your judgement and who is open and honest with you, and being your child's friend. I am not going to be my child's friend, but I do want him to be able to come to me before anyone else for guidance. I have a lot ahead of me, but as I told Christian, it is like our life is just beginning. It's like we have been practicing being adults and getting to know each other up until this point. Now we start to live. It is exciting.