1st Photo Shoot

Believe it or not, we've never taken Joanna to have pictures made. I think it's more of a lazy thing than anything else, but lately I was really wanting to. For a few weeks I've been thinking about going, but first Joanna fell and scraped her face, then she ran into the door and bruised her forehead, then she was sick... Finally today, she was basically blemish-free and quite well. We've had a very crazy couple of days (which I'll get to), but we were determined to go have some pictures made. I was very pleased with the experience. I definitely spent more than I wanted to, but like I told Matt, if you average it out over Joanna's whole life, it's a very reasonable amount of money per month for professional pics. We got a boat-load of pictures, probably more than I know what to do with. I'm going to hold some of the bigger ones back for Christmas, but we'll pass out the little wallets whenever we see ya. We got a CD of all the images they took (75!), and I've decided not to post any of the ones we chose to buy. You'll have to wait and see those in print. For today, I've chosen an assortment of images featuring what I like to call "A Joanna Look." The quality isn't super great so I'll describe to you what I think she's thinking/feeling in each picture.

"Hmmmm.... what is all this about?"

"Seriously?"

I'm not sure, but the tongue is out and the arms are reaching -- it's a good thought. A smirk, I think. "You lookin' at me?"
I can't remember what she wanted more of: the ball, the stuffed animals, the camera... something.
"I'm done now."
"Huh?"

Now on to the crazyness of the past couple of days. Wednesday night Matt came home after Bible study to a house several degrees warmer than when he left -- unusual. We were pretty sure that the A/C wasn't blowing cold air, just coolish air. Well, within an half hour or so, it was back to blowing cold air, and the house cooled off. I was willing to believe we had imagined it, but we also thought the A/C may have just had a little hiccup. The next day (yesterday) I told my mom what had happened so she could be on the lookout for anything strange while she watched Joanna. Well, she called me while I was up at the church to tell me she had turned off the A/C because the ceiling was leaking in the living room. Great. Interestingly, the leak was through a beam in the ceiling, so we don't have a water spot on the sheet rock. The earliest a technician could get out was today between 1-5pm. So last night Matt, Joanna, and I stayed with Mamma and Pop in the cool air. The A/C guy is at the house now, hopefully he will be able to fix whatever it is with no problem! I don't want to go all weekend without my cold air!

***Update: The A/C is fixed and working hard! It's now down from 84 to a cool 81. Whoo hoo! I know night will bring our usual comfort. It already feels a lot better in here with the air circulating. I think it smells better, too.

On an unrelated note:

I've started feeling the baby move around. It started a few weeks ago with tiny flutterings and bumps, but over the past couple of days (s)he has really stepped it up. I don't think the movements are quite strong enough to feel on the outside, so Matt has to wait a little longer. Last night my wonderful husband was rubbing my sore lower back and the little guy/gal was going wild! I can remember Joanna fetus doing that, too. They just love when I get my back rubbed!