Nesting

I bought shelf liner and vacuumed out the drawers. This is not typical...I feel more pregnant than ever before. With Lorna, she was born before I knew what was happening (at 32 weeks); with Kai I had 2 months of bed rest. And so now, with Lucy, I can enjoy the last days of the pregnancy, so to speak. When I see pregnant ladies around town, I want to say I'm pregnant too! There was always that comaraderie when I was noticeably pregnant before. There's so much to do in preparation to meet her and bring her home. On top of that, there's a trip to plan for 6 people!

Kai and Lorna have been eating their meals with pictures of Lucy in front of them. Lorna likes to bring the pictures close and talk to her about all the things they will do together. Kai points and says, "Lucy." She is already a part of the fabric of the Paradise home. I imagine her with us in all our activities and times as a family.


Today was the May Pole at Star Garden - so sweet and always great for photos. Kai and I picked up Lorna from school in the afternoon and went to the goat farm for our milk and eggs. The baby goats are growing up! When we went two weeks ago, the kids were trying to nurse from Lorna's fingers. They did keep trying to nibble Lorna's skirt while she was posing for the photo. Also I've added some photos of the dump truck that delivered 9 cubic yards of compost for Mother's Day and another of Lorna's cowgirl boots and hat - getting ready for horse camp this summer! Not sure why the pictures were inserted where they were, but I'll figure this thing out.

Never blogged before - but I thought it would be a good way to keep in touch with everyone, in a simplified way, from China. I just hope I can keep up with it. Tina, you keep bugging me to post! What a journey we are about to take - so happy to be doing it as a family. I'm not sure I'll be saying that after our 14 hour flight from SF to Hong Kong. Yikes!