Picnic, Piper and OVERDUE

PICNIC: In our continuing efforts to expedite Blessing's arrival Matthew had a great idea to Picnic at the National Mall in D.C. and visit the Lincoln Memorial. After taking the metro into the city, we walked to the mall (which is the area between U.S. Capitol past the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial and over to the Jefferson Memorial) and enjoyed a picnic next to the reflection pool looking towards the Lincoln Memorial. Upon the conclusion of our meal, we visited Ole Abe and just POWER walked around D.C. to not only entice Blessing to HURRY IT UP but also to enjoy each other and the BEAUTIFUL weather.

We estimate we walked two more miles that day and still.....no Blessing :)

Matthew and I both agree that we LOVE living in D.C.!!!

YES we have a tripod and YES we still love self portraits :)
When we becomes THREE, we will use the tripod!!!


The Waddle, Live and in Color. Plus D.C. in the Spring!

View from the picnic spot. We are at the reflection pool looking at the Lincoln Memorial (above) and one end and the Washington Monument on the other end (below)

Blessing's first visit to meet ole Abe at the Lincoln Memorial

Patriotic Popsicle before calling it a day! We are still kids at heart :)

PIPER: After arriving home from the Picnic and D.C., we noticed Piper was bleeding from a ruptured gland. For those of you with sensitive stomachs, I will spare you any further details of her ailment---all you need to know is, she was IN PAIN. We cleaned her up as much as possible and tied a bandage on her to prevent her from aggravating the wound. After waiting to be seen for 3 hours at the vet Sunday morning, we learned that she would need a minor surgery. Everything is fine now, but she is definitely still in pain and NOT her sweet peppy self. She is taking about 5 medications multiple times throughout the day at the moment and will be for several weeks; not to mention she has stitches which will need to be removed on April 4th. So, we may not have our Blessing to take care of yet, but this is close enough!!!!!! I have a feeling Piper will need more care than the baby. So, for all my helpers coming in town over the next few weeks---we may need more Piper help than BABY help, ah the irony :) :) I admit, we have had a few laughs at her expense--E -collars and bandages are funny on her :)

Piper with the Bandage on----so sad but so funny. It took LOTS of convincing to get her to walk with that on!

NOW, Piper with an E-Collar. Sad but HILARIOUS when she walks around with it.
She does not deal with it well. She stood up until 2:30 AM last night when I finally gave in and slept on the couch with her!

QUICK BLESSING UPDATE: We are officially overdue, unless Blessing comes in the next 12 hours, which is HIGHLY doubtful. We have a doctor's appointment Tuesday, March 23 (one day overdue) so I hope to have even more good news about progress towards delivery AND hoping we do not have to induce :)