5!

The weekend went by too fast and we just took our picture this morning.  So this is 5 weeks minus 2 days!  

Measuring up...

We have a book that suggests what fun it is for kids to measure their expectant mother's tummy and then see how they measure up.  We gave it a try.  GASP!!!!   I currently have a 43 inch waist---well, it's not really a waist, it's more of a mid-section.  I am now as round as Ellie is tall!  Wonder if I'll surpass Emma in the next few weeks!  Oh my.

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We accomplished a lot this week!  Newborn clothes are washed, folded and put away.  Various baby items which were not saved due to our year of squashed living were repurchased.  Several were ordered, so now we have packages to wait for!  We even bought baby soap, lotion and itty bitty diapers.  Getting ready for a new baby is so much fun!

Sorry about that.....

Our  neighbors just moved into their beautiful new home and I had to go and do this today......

Their kitchen window looks right out into our yard.  I'm sorry, I'd have avoided it if I could have but I decided today was the day to wash the baby clothes.  After being packed away for such a long time everything smelled gross!   I was so excited to have them smelling fresh and Drefty but when they came out of the dryer they were still pretty funky.  So, I put them outside in the sun (my mom always recommends this for my laundry troubles....I highly doubt she ever envisioned this though) and I am now rewashing every load.  Guess what, they smell perfectly Drefty!

Thank goodness my kids are so awesome because what I thought would take a couple of hours has taken all day, and I'm still not finished.  When they weren't helping me drape clothes all over the yard they were building things.  Can you guess what all of these are?

July 4th weekend

 

Such a great 4th of July weekend!  We started our celebrating on Friday.  The girls went to my mom's so Kevin and I spent the day together celebrating our anniversary.  What a wonderful day we had!  Nothing too exciting,  in fact, terribly ordinary and everyday.  Out to eat, a little shopping, a stop at the library and the grocery store but we considered it to be a perfect day together.  Saturday brought a nice morning of projects around the house and then on to....Chuck E. Cheese.  Contrary to what Kevin and I feared, we actually had a really fun time.  We spent exactly an hour there!  That included using 30 tokens and eating pizza.  We all left happy and sane. Next stop, Toy Story 3,  what a great family movie!  On Sunday morning we participated in Gram and Grandpa's annual neighborhood parade and 4th of July celebration then swam and had fun at Gram's....we sure missed Grandpa Gordon, he's on his way up Mt. Kilimanjaro.  We ended the weekend with a family get together at Grandma and Grandpa Jim's.   

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Do you think we're getting silly excited?  Well, we are.  

These photos take planning.  Here we are in deep discussion about how many fingers each girl will hold up, even weeks are really much easier!

10 Years!

Today we celebrate 10 years of marriage.  I can honestly say that they have been the most wonderful years and as contrived as it may sound I love Kevin more every single year.  It is so much fun being married to your best friend!