Sweetnesst

So I am a silly expecting woman and some silly way erased all our pictures!! We have been busy and I think I had a lot of good ones on there, but it is nice to have pregnancy brain in this scenario and I can't remember what I am missing. We have been working outside lately and have rediscovered the beauty of family work. We tend to forget how wonderful it is to work together on something and then when the project is all done to see we all helped and it turned out great! We washed out the pool, preparing for the next set of 100 degree days that are lurking out there somewhere. (And yes we have already seen them this year!! AHH!!) We raked up the yard and swept the garage and cleaned it a little bit, still more to do. It was just a great day. The kids were exhausted and cold because if you are cleaning out your pool you might as well enjoy the dirty water too right? They slept so well that night!! They have also enjoyed the yard being cleaned up because Mom doesn't freak out as much if they go play in the dirt backyard. Emiley is getting good at riding her bike out on the back patio too! Another good way to run your kids energy out!!

Another exciting milestone for us happened yesterday. We got Andy a big bed! He has been taking naps on a blow up matress that was left up after Joe's brother Mark came to visit with his wife Niccole and baby Aislee, so we thought it would be a great time to get a bed for him. Daddy was really brave and as soon as the bed was in Andy's room the crib came down!! Mommy was a little worried but with a nap and a nightime behind us with only a little crying and knocking and one time falling out of the bed......I am feeling pretty good about things.

Ya know what I am grateful for? A husband that can laugh at himself! Yesterday morning Andy woke up and was a horrible grump!! He just wouldn't stop crying and just was upset. So while I was downstairs with Andy screaming, Joe jumped out of bed in alarm and started moving around upstairs. I thought this was a little weird that he was so anxious for the day when it was only barely 6 in the morning and he didn't have anywhere to be yesterday, but figured he wanted a good start. The next thing I know is he is turning on all the lights and tapping on the door telling Emiley very sweetly to wake up and if she didn't get up now she wouldn't be able to sleep through the night tonight. She kept telling him, "But daddy, I am still so tired." When he came downstairs we finally got it figured out that Joe thought it was 6 in the evening and that we were waking up from naps. He couldn't figure out why it was so dark and why I am sure we were all giving him some weird looks. He was so sweet, but it was so funny. It kind of gave him a weird sense of the day, but he is great and just laughed it off. Joe, I love you!!

Well, it's a little bit of a catch up! I am doing well with the pregnancy and the baby is a mover and a shaker! My other two were as well, but this little girl is strong!! It's neat to have a little taste of her personality even before we get to see her in our arms. That will be soon too, it just feels like this pregnancy is flying!! The weather helps, it was nice that even with a few days in the 100's we have had a nice little cool off for awhile now too. Life is good to us, hope it is for you as well!!