Random Pictures

 

Micah's first day of school at his Mother's Day Out Program this fall.  He goes two days a week

 

Isaac is going with Micah to his same Mother's Day Out program two mornings a week

 

Sometimes their classes have joint time together

 

 

 

Picking strawberries at the strawberry patch this summer

 

Rock climbing

Pregnancy Update

I am scheduled for an induction 2 weeks from Friday.  I am excited to not be pregnant soon!  It's been a hot summer running after two little boys.  I've had a couple complications along the way including hypertension and gestational diabetes, but so far everything has been controlled.  An answer to prayer!  I had no idea what I'd do if I was on bed rest with these wild little men. 

 

 

 

 

I'm not a huge fan of pregnancy pictures, so this is one of the only ones I have.  My sister Tammy is due 1 1/2 weeks before me. 

Saint Louis

 

We met up with my sister Kristin & Adam in Saint Louis for the 4th of July weekend.  They have a camper, so we stayed at a KOA with them and rented this caboose cabin.  It looked a bit sketchy from the outside but was not bad in the inside.  It was the only cabin with a bathroom in it, so that was a no brainer for the pregnant lady.

 

The kids had a lot of fun at the zoo

 

They loved this water fountain with the elephant statue I think more than the actual elephants.

 

Boys being boys throwing rocks at the campground

 

One of the highlights of the trip was that both boys really got comfortable swimming in a pool.  Isaac use to enjoy swimming but after some traumatic swim lessons, he has been quite adamant about not wanting to swim.  Micah has always been timid in the water and a cling on.  Uncle Adam and Luke worked their swimming magic

 

We went to the City Museum.  It's an interactive museum for kids and adults with amazing architectural elements, along with a fun house and playground aspects.

 

 

I definitely made Luke go after Isaac on this narrow slide

Micah Singing

 

Micah started singing whole songs in the last couple months.  Hopefully he will develop a sense of pitch with time.  This is his favorite song, "Jesus Loves Me".  If this song comes on in the car, he drops whatever snack/drink is in his hand and starts swaying and singing. 

Baby Moon

 

We took a quick weekend baby moon trip to Memphis at the beginning of this month.  I had never been to Memphis before and wanted to see the city.  We went to the Memphis zoo to see the pandas, visited Graceland, ate barbeque, saw the ducks in the fountain at the Peabody Hotel, walked on Beale street, and road the trolley in downtown Memphis.  It was a relaxing, kid-free weekend!

 

Can't say that we are big Elvis fans but it was neat to see all his awards and records.

 

Pool at Graceland

 

Splash Pad Fun

 

The boys love going to the downtown splash pad for some water fun!  We started the summer off with both boys being scared to swim in the water, and we are ending the summer with boys loving it.  Mission accomplished!

Garden

 

I decided to try to plant a garden this year.  I'm not sure what possessed me to plant one this year being fairly pregnant and all, but I couldn't get it out of my head that I needed to plant this year.  So the large pregnant woman has been out there hoeing, planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting her garden this summer.  Last year I didn't even attempt it, probably from the sense of failure I had from the previous year.  Two years ago I had planted a beautiful garden along our fence line since the area was already sectioned off with stones and looked like a perfect place for a garden.  Everything was growing and we were starting to get some produce when my neighbor decided it would be a great idea to spray some heavy duty weed killer along the fence line that killed every living plant including my whole garden.  So this year I planted far away from the neighbor.   I had someone come and plow up a large section in the back of our yard and got to work planting.  I was a bit over ambitious on the produce I attempted to grow, some of it thrived and some of it died rather quickly.  I guess I'm better off buying certain produce in the grocery store or farmers market

 

Plants that Thrived:  tomatoes, zucchini, squash, peppers, butternut squash, cucumbers, collard greens, basil

Plants that Died:  swiss chard, beets, kale