Cherries and a flip

Nate and I headed up to Door County this past weekend, intent on picking our own cherries and heading to the beach for a swim. We ended up bagging the pick-your-own idea when we found it much easier to find farm stands and roadside stores that sold freshly picked fruit than to find a place that had pick-your-own. So, we bought a pint of Bing cherries and a quart of tart cherries (variety unknown) - they are a delightful summer treat, eaten cold out of the frig.

Since we haven't really had any swimming opportunities yet this summer, I've refrained from buying a maternity swim suit. Instead, I made an old bikini do extra work on Saturday (and fittingly, it is a suit that has cherries on it). I'm sure this image will be shocking to some, but I'm sort of proud that I can still get away with it (though maybe this is a matter of personal judgement?), so here I am, in all my 8-months-pregnant glory. And just to be fair, here too is a shot of Nate, enjoying our freshly purchased cherries on the beach in Egg Harbor. He was brave enough to go for an actual swim - me, I wimped out and only went in up to my knees in the 67 (we guessed) degree water.


This morning, we headed to St. Mary's Hospital at 6am to have our external version (breech) procedure done. And we're happy to report, it worked! The doctor was able to manually flip the baby around (by pushing on my belly and rotating the baby's bum and head in a clockwise fashion). As long as the baby stays in a head-down position for the next 3 weeks or so, we should be all ready for a natural delivery.