Blossoming

Hey all,

       We were busy with church stuff most of the past weekend—although I should have brought the camera for the beach baptisms; it was such a gorgeous day—but I still have last weekend’s pics from the Botanical Gardens to show you.  Also, I am officially 20 weeks as of today.  Halfway through!  Yes, I know I don’t look 4 1/2 months pregnant; I don’t feel it either.  Honestly, it seems a little bizarre to me that I’m as far along as I am.  It seems to be going by very quickly this time around.  Anyways, see for yourself:

Not much of a belly, but I am in maternity clothes.  When you look at me straight on from the front (or the back, I suppose), you basically can’t tell at all, unless you happen to know me well enough to notice that my “waist” has shifted upward about two inches to the bottom of my ribs.

Here’s the arm-accented view.  You see the bulge now, don’t you?

We got a toilet seat for Logan.  We’re not really potty training yet, but recently he’s picked up on the words “potty” and “poo”; he likes to watch us use the toilet and he’ll usually let me know after he’s pooped in his diaper.  Judging by this picture though, it seems he’s not quite got the concept yet.

Now on to the Botanical Gardens . . .

We found a very small butterfly garden that we didn’t know was there before!

Jade vine flowers.

I thought this one was interesting because of the way it grows in a spiral.  No idea what it is though.  SG?

Logan gets a geometry lesson on a stone lantern.

Those crazy, crazy fish!

Water lilies!  As it turns out, this is only the very beginning of water lily season though.  There were already plenty of blossoms and a lot of different varieties, but when they really get going the whole lake will be covered in them.

  I love how the late afternoon sun made this almost black-and-white.

That’s all for now folks!  Have a wonderful day.