On Monday morning, April 19th, Kirsten gave birth in a scheduled C-section to a 9 pound 1 ounce 19 inches long baby boy they named Ivan Sebastian. Her gestational diabetes caused him to be so big and the doctor didn't want to hazard a v-back birth. Mother and baby are now home and doing very well.
Steve and I will fly to Utah this Tuesday evening to get to meet this new little fellow. Can't wait!
Sarah celebrated her 34th birthday on Saturday. Doesn't this ice cream cake look incredible? We are also excited to spend time with her while in Utah.
I have been working through the week on a blessing outfit for little Ivan and I finished it last night while finishing up season two of the Great Pottery Throwdown and a BBC miniseries about queen Victoria and prince Albert.
Larkin spent most of her time with us Tuesday morning playing downstairs with the two stuffed kitties she brought. Here they are having a tea party....
We had some chilly temperatures on Tuesday and, combined with the rain that fell, we actually had a bit of snow later that afternoon! And a freeze warning that night. Happily, I have just planted in pots so far so I was able to bring them in the house to protect them.
In typical April-in-Missouri fashion, the next day was sunny and not nearly as cold. The dogs needed to be groomed and the earliest I could get them into a groomer close to home was mid-May! We needed to pick up more dogfood from the rescue shelter down south of here so I thought I might see if I could get them into the groomer we used previously that is located near the shelter and, happily, they had an opening for Wednesday. So, I cleared the calendar and Steve and I just made a day of it. We dropped Linus and Sally off at 11:00 and then drove to a nearby state historic site. It was Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site and was just lovely to explore.
We packed a lunch and ate in the car and then put the seats back and napped. We drove around a little nearby historic town called Kimmswick and visited a Christmas shop when we got the call that the dogs were done. They look so good but darn it, with the weather turning chilly, I had to dig out the doggie sweaters for the poor, shivering dogs!
I had a visit from Elizabeth, a Columbia friend, on Thursday into Friday. Her daughter is getting married in June in Oregon and she needed a "mother of the bride" outfit that would fit her short and rather round shape and she was not sure she would find anything in Columbia. So, I invited her to come to Saint Louis and we would shop here. Now, I am NOT a shopper by any stretch of the imagination but I texted a friend who IS and who used to live in Saint Louis (and she has a daughter who still lives here) and asked her where we should go. And, surprisingly, she and her daughter both recommended the Dillards at the South County Mall just down the road from us. So, that is where we went and that is where we actually found something that is suitable. It is literally suitable - a pants suit....get it? Ha Ha. Anyway, I will need to alter the length for her so she left it with me and I will work on it when we return from our trip.
Friday was a day to spend at the Honda dealership. Over a month ago, the hatch back window broke into a million pieces and we had to have it replaced. At the same time, the back latch stopped working and, initially, we thought it might be glass stuck in the works so we had Safelite return to check it out. Well, it wasn't glass so I called the Honda dealership to tell them the problem. Through a phone diagnosis, the correct part was identified and ordered and, when it finally arrived, I scheduled a repair for Friday. We also needed to have the passenger side mirror replaced (because I backed out of the garage and bumped it, cracking the mirror) and we needed a safety/emissions inspection. Sadly, I couldn't schedule a loaner car during this repair because they were all booked so I packed a lunch and my book and went to wait it out at the customer waiting area. Four hours later, I learned that the car failed the emissions test and needs a knock sensor AND that the back latch needed even more parts to be fixed. All parts needed to be ordered. The only thing I left with that afternoon that was fixed was the side mirror. I believe we are going to leave the car at Honda while we are in Utah so it can be fixed once the parts arrive. Hopefully Honda will agree with me when I call about it tomorrow....
Yesterday it rained the whole day so, even though I was able to pick up the tomato plants and herbs I ordered from Gateway Greening (an outreach branch of the Missouri Botanical Gardens), they did not get into the ground. Hopefully, they will tomorrow. But, I did get to go to the pottery studio and check on my projects and, happily, they survived their first firing. I won't be able to glaze them, though, until mid-May.
Emily finished working on the photos she took of the string quartet and here is a sample. From left to right is me, Ara (2nd violin), Doug (viola), and Melissa (1st violin). Next week, I will blog from Utah!
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