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Thirty-two weeks! Only seven to go until the big day… unless she comes sooner. I had a checkup last week (every other week now) and everything looks just great. I suspected that she had turned from head up to completely sideways, and my doctor agreed. It is a little uncomfortable in a different way –Continue reading “Baby 2 Update”

When the weather was cooler, people kept saying to me, “You must be enjoying the cool weather.” I guess because I’m pregnant. Why do people automatically assume that because I’m pregnant I’m enjoying 60 degree weather in July? I smile and say nicely, “Actually, I’m a sun girl. Bring on the heat!” This weekend itContinue reading “Some Like it Hot”

We took a trip to the park to meet our friends Carrie and Emi this week. The kids had fun splashing in the water park and playing on the play structures. We ended with a snack and made it home before nap. 🙂 JT “driving” Emi JT riding the whale JT showed Emi how heContinue reading “A trip to the park with Emi”

Our celebration started on Thursday: the big day! I woke JT up with a song, just like last year… Then his very first birthday present was watching the garbage truck come down the street. 🙂 We did errands in the morning and I tried to get a picture of him after lunch, but he wasContinue reading “Turning Two”

As you may have noticed, we do the same thing every Tuesday: we ski on Long Lake. This past Tuesday we invited our friends the Skagens to boat with us. Of course, we had a wonderful time! A common sight on the lake Adam gets in a good ski run Jim and Aly go forContinue reading “Tuesday Tradition”

On Monday, we moved JT into his new room. He says it “new oom!” which is kind of funny. It used to be our guest room, and it is much bigger than his old room. I didn’t paint… but I did assemble a new toy shelf and a toy box and hang wall art andContinue reading “New Oom”

We’ve been planning this weekend with friends since December, and it finally arrived! We spent last weekend at the Macaleers’ house on Lake Whatcom with the Agledals, Mazzoncinis, Shucks, and Windhams. That’s 12 adults and 7 children, ages 4 and under… and four of the women are pregnant. Wow! We had a wonderful time andContinue reading “Lake Whatcom”

Some randoms… I got these Carhartt overalls at our kids’ consignment shop for $6. Score! We came home from a long, hot day on the river with friends and had stopped at the produce stand on our way in. When I came in from unloading the car, JT was helping himself to the fresh raspberries.Continue reading “Around”

We invited our friends the Bonnells down to Long Lake to hang out with us on the first official day of summer, July 6th. It was hot and we had an awesome time! The Bonnells brought their son Brady (1) and their niece Emily (2). We also invited Kelsey (almost 5, who lives there) toContinue reading “More fun on the Lake”

On July 5th, we went down to our friends’ lake cabin on Lake Tanwax. We had a great time and Jim was glad to have some relaxation time after working seven straight days in a row. JT loved hanging around Eli (“Ee-i”), who is old enough to teach JT some new things but young enoughContinue reading “Lake Tanwax”