Spring Has Sprung!

Spring has sprung at the school house. We were blessed with a very lovely couple of days of warmer weather over the weekend. It feels that winter has really head his grip this year with cold, wet, and gray days. The two trees at the front of our school house have finally fully expressed themselves which means that Spring is officially here!

We also want to make a shout out to fellow babies that have sprung in the past two months including Baby EB, Baby NR, Baby RD, Baby JB, and very soon Baby McK. The anticipation is building as in about 6 weeks plus-or-minus, Barack should be with us and we are very excited to meet him. Here's a recent picture of Mama and Barack:

At our visit to the OB, we had another check in with the ultrasound technician and Barack is looking good. The pictures are not so clear this time, so we won't post them. Mama was able to see Barack practice breathing. He is head down, but he likes to sit off to the side and kick her right ribs. His heart rate was 135 bpm (very appropriate for a boy, the old wives say...) He's measuring on time or a little ahead (a-"head" if you base it off his large noggin filled with all those smarts he got from his parents no doubt). His estimated weight is 5 lb and 11 oz. (but the ultrasound can be off by up to 2 lbs at birth.) We are not quite sure were he's getting his weight from. He is expected to gain a 1/2 pound a week from this point until birth as Mama gains a pound a week. The nursery should be finished in about 2 weeks or so, so pictures will be posted then. We are waiting on some odds and ends as well as decorations.

Happy Spring everyone from the Barrel!!!