Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Song of the Day: I Got a Name by Jim Croce

Well, it's official: Baby B is a boy! Here's a picture of our little kiddo...we can tell he's already going to be a handsome little guy:

No paparazzi please...

Everything looked great on the sonogram, and so now, we wait until early November to meet Baby B in person! We'll announce his name once he's arrived!

It looks like we're going to have a thunderstorm this afternoon, which we need since it's been so hot lately. Also, a good rain shower is a good excuse to get on the couch and read. Katherine just finished Peril at End House, a Poirot murder mystery, and Fitz is almost done with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. So, if it keeps storming and if we keep finishing our books, it might be more of a movie weekend. 

Happy Belated Mother's and Father's Day!

Song of the Day: Shoreline by Creede Williams

What a wonderful weekend! We traveled to Chapel Hill and Durham this weekend to celebrate Father's Day with our dads as well as spend quality time with our loved ones. We had a great time seeing everyone. We love you all!

Fitz and his dad played in the Father-Son tournament at Hope Valley Country Club on Sunday. While they did not win this year, they certainly won major style points as they usually do in their annual tournament attire. Here's a picture of the Barringer gang from last year:

Fitz and Ted are on the far left with their awesome trousers, which are pink and green in the back.

And speaking of fathers, Fitz celebrated his first Father's Day on Sunday as well. Baby B is getting bigger everyday, and tomorrow we find out if Baby B is a boy or a girl. It'll be an exciting visit to the doctor as we'll get to see how big Baby B is and how he or she is developing. We're hoping all is well, but we're excited to see our little teacup human! Every once in a while, Katherine thinks she feels someone squirming around...here's a great link to show you what's going on in Week 18.

Also, Fitz's friend Dan was kind enough to send us our painting that we bought in Boston. It's a great memento of a wonderful trip spent with good friends. If you look closely, you can see Katherine taking the picture in the reflection.

A beautiful painting of Harvard in the fall

Finishings

Song of the Day: Soul's Repair by Red June

What a lovely day! We like to call this kind of weather San Francisco weather: somewhere in the sixties and some clouds, but oh so nice to be outside. Our terminology may be a little off, however, as both trips out to the Bay Area involved no fog and high sixties, low seventies in the summer, features we understand to be anomalies. Still, the weather reminds us of one of our favorite cities.

Katherine finally completed her second heart pillow, and this one she gets to keep! Here's a picture of it:

Not bad, not bad at all...

Hopefully she won't forget everything she's learned! Katherine is planning her next project, which will involve making cloth napkins and placemats...maybe even a tablecloth, if she's feeling ambitious.

Fitz finished The Girl Who Played with Fire last night, and thank goodness we have the third and final book! The book ends with a pretty big cliffhanger, so Fitz will most likely be starting The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest very soon.

So far, it's been a busy but good week. On Sunday, we had our first day of househunting in Charlotte, which was a good first start. We'll head back down on Saturday, and who knows! Maybe we'll find our new home then. And Katherine will then sew some curtains and Fitz will install alarms around the house, Lisbeth Salander-style.

Make Way for Barringers and Katherine Learns to Sew

Song of the Day: Paradise by Coldplay

Well, May went fast! It was a busy month, but a good month. We promise starting this month we will be better about updating our blog!

For Memorial Day weekend, we traveled to Boston to see Fitz's long-time friend Dan and his girlfriend Caroline. Boston is a beautiful city; we were both blown away by how much we loved walking around the city and how absolutely gorgeous everything was. We went to see the USS Constitution, which made Fitz extremely happy, the New England Aquarium, which made Katherine very very happy, and we saw many other wonderful sites, like the cemetery where Paul Revere is buried, the harbor, Bunker Hill, Little Italy, several old churches, Harvard, and the JFK Memorial Library and Museum. It was great to catch up with Dan and Caroline, who were the perfect host and hostess. We had perfect weather and could not have asked for a better weekend!

The Tuesday morning after we returned from Boston, we got up bright and early to go to the doctor's to check up on Baby B. Baby B's heart rate was 150, which was excellent, and Katherine continues to feel great. She's definitely got a little baby bump now, though! We're excited about the ultrasound on June 19th when we'll get to see Baby B for the second time.

Also, Baby B received his/her first book the other day from Katherine's Aunt Susie. It's a children book of Bible stories with a sing-along CD! Thank you Aunt Susie! We're so happy that's the first book to put in Baby B's library.

In other news, Katherine completed her three lessons of Sewing 101! She feels confident that she can sew pillows, draperies, and more pillows. Fitz was impressed with how fast she seemed to pick it up. One never knows...Katherine could end up on Project Runway in a few years...

Tonight, it's curly pasta with mushrooms, spinach, and pesto and good crusty bread and possibly Iron Man.

Here are some pictures from our trip!

The USS Consitution!

Here we are with Old Ironsides

Fitz visited the USS Constitution when he was much younger, but he was just as excited to see it again!

Fitz and a cannon...

Fitz steering the ship...

Oh no! Katherine has seized the frigate!

"It's my boat!"

"OK, we'll share..."

The um, Fitz, which ship is this again? This awesome picture is now our computer's desktop background image.

Katherine finds a ton of old sewing machines!

Awesome Dr. Seuss-like flowers in Boston Gardens

A duck in Boston Gardens! Which inspired the classic children's book Make Way for Ducklings.

A beautiful, moving scene on Memorial Day weekend

Pretty awesome.

Penguins at the aquarium!

Did you know that penguins can swim up to 25 mph??

I don't think he'd taste very good...

At the JFK Memorial Library and Museum