"Baby" Pictures, recent pic added

Picture Updated!!!!!

Upon the request of Adina (whom I often requested pregnancy pictures of last time she was pregnant!) here are a couple "baby" pictures. There are a few others, not all of them were taken with our camera and not all are on this computer, but if I access the other computer I'll try to get the pics on here another day! 

It's really strange taking belly pics. Typically, if someone were taking a profile picture, you suck in your gut. I don't want to push it out and fake it but I subconsciously hold it in sometimes! But I don't think I was in any of these.

July 28, 2009 at roughly 20-23 weeks, in the 5th month. We didn't take any before because there was nothing to show! 

Whose little pooch is bigger??? (In case you don't know... My wonderful handsome husband has a very flat stomach that he can somehow pooch out to amazing proportions! With some of the belly shots taken, by Anna Morris, we've compared David's belly with mine! So funny!)

August 8, 2009, at roughly 23-25 weeks, sixth month, little bit bigger!

Our precious little blessing is definitely sticking out a bit more now! At least that the two of us can see! We've heard that the rate of "progress" is more apparent now.

New Picture: August 28, 2009, roughly 25-27 weeks, in the 6th month. 

We've been so blessed by the generosity of our friends!!! One friend, who is around my size, gave me all of her maternity clothes! Though we know it was hard for her to part with them, we are extremely grateful for the Lord's provision through her! And there have been several others who have passed on a skirt or several shirts! So far, we've only bought one piece of "maternity" clothing, and that was at a garage sale and wound up basically free! Also, my family gave me several pieces of maternity clothing for my birthday! Thank you Lord for your bountiful provision!!!

Our visits to the midwife have been going well. The baby is healthy and kicking like crazy (so awesome for both of us to feel!) I'm also staying healthy if I'll keep working at eating LOTS of protein, cutting back on carbohydrates and drinking all of the water that I should! I have been richly blessed with a wonderful husband who is very encouraging in this area! He is good to keep me accountable and to help me get the right stuff down! I love him SO much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I know he loves me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Duck News Flash

Attention: As of August 25, 2009 there are NO ducks on the Ahlgren farm. 

Moment of silence...

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They were fun while they lasted but we don't lament their passing much. 

We've had a lot of ducks (at one point we had nearly 200 ducklings) but the cold, the hawks, the owls, overdosing on excess bodily solids from the cow and a few random drownings (yes, ducks can actually drown, mainly when they're ducklings though) eventually whittled their numbers down to a mere 14. Pretty major, huh. These 14 survived blissfully free and happy without any limitations for 2 weeks. Then, on a dark and stormy night (filled to the brim with wild dreams, startling awakenings, conversations in our sleep, hearing whistling outside, and finally being convinced that it was a rooster) 13 ducks, um... had a rough night too because when we went about our outdoor business the next day only one duck was to be heard. No feathers, no paw prints, no nothing. 

So, this one duck survived for another 2-3 weeks. It ate and sometimes slept with the chickens, and would wonder off all by its lonesome to swim around and eat tadpoles. As all ducks do, this duck loved to try to drown out your voice with its typical loud, annoying and ridiculous quacking. I've been standing 6 feet away from my dear husband and actually had to yell to be heard over the racket of a dozen ducks! Poor David was trying to have conversation on the phone with our neighbor Elijah as he tended to our fowl while this duck proceeded to quack and squawk at the top of it pitiful little lungs. So following the phone call the duck recieved his due punishment by being brought into the peafowl/turkey/GM chicken pen. The duck is somewhat aggressive around the peafowl, acquiring for its self a string tied around one leg for the purpose of pulling it out of any skirmishes it might provoke. It didn’t like this. It didn't like David after this. And, it disappeared after this.

Here is a picture, taken months ago, of the white duck, our final survivor duck.

So, no more ducks on the Ahlgren farm. It is so quiet out here, absolutely peaceful. The ducks were without doubt entertaining and fun to watch and, at certain moments, they were a joy and blessing to have, but everything has it's season, and for now "duck season" is over for us! :)