Family Photos 2015

Dave's very talented cousin took some family photos for us this Summer. We had to be up and ready to leave by 6:30am! It was a little rough to convince Dave to be happy and smile, but the girls were easily bribed with a large bag of M&M's:) I love having updated photos of my little family. I cherish them and will hold onto them for many many years!

Grandma Michael Comes

Grandma Michael came for a week to come and play with us. She was on her way back from helping Tara with her new baby. We managed to go out and do a few things on some nice sunny days. We found a little train station that took us on an hour ride through a pretty area. They had an open train car and we spent most of our time out there. Addison convinced us to stop for UDF ice cream on the way home for lunch:) We took a nice picnic to one of our favorite parks and climbed the big tall town that Addison thinks Rapunzel lives in. Avery kept yelling at everyone that it was her tower! Grandma made bed time full of a lot of laughter and playing around. Thank you for visiting us and we wish we all lived closer!

Apple Picking

I was tired of sitting around not feeling well and we went out on a Saturday afternoon together. There was an apple festival in a nearby town going on. They had bee hive demonstrations, food trucks and apple picking. It was a really hot day so we didn't last a really long time, but it was still nice to get out. We came home and peeled lots and lots of apples. We made an apple crisp and then my dad made my favorite apple sauce like my grandma used to make. I pretty much lived off of it for a week!

Papa to the Rescue

About a month ago Papa came and stayed with us for a week. My mom had some girl friends visiting and he got kicked out:) The girls had a lot of fun and ran wild with him. He took them to the zoo and somehow the girls convinced him to let them get their faces painted. Addison went with a fierce purple cheetah and Avery picked a flamingo. They were on cloud nine and it was very dramatic when it was time to take the paint off. We went to Papa's favorite dinner spot of a Costco pizza combo. Papa was a hero and helped catch big grasshoppers in their bug catchers. Nights ended in laughter and soaking each other with a hose. I was able to get some rest and sit in my bed waiting for the nausea to pass. One evening when I was feeling decent Dave and I were able to sneak away to one more Red's baseball game. Aren't we grateful for grandparents who live close! 

Keepin It Real

This pregnancy has once again reminded me that my body doesn't do pregnancy very well. I just hit 19 weeks and I think (knock on wood) I'm finished throwing up all day long. Poor Addison would pray for me that I would feel better and it would make me cry! I've done a lot of falling asleep and then finding 100 photos of myself sleeping from the girls. I have never been so happy that Addison is able to get food out of the pantry and fill her own water cup for her and Avery. Netflix has been rolling most of the days, but we're surviving. Both my parents have spent time helping in between scooting back to Idaho. Dave hasn't complained once that I haven't cooked, rarely cleaned and look like death when he comes home. He took the girls to the library one day and they found a book that he thought was perfect called..Sometimes You Barf. I've been taking the girls to playgroup again and I'm back to making dinner and cleaning the house. I've started purging closets and organizing rooms. The nesting phase in the second trimester is my favorite. I'm starting to show and people can tell I am pregnant. Besides the being sick part of pregnancy I'm carrying very different this time. This little lady is sitting extremely low and I am a lot smaller this time around. I am relating it to chasing two busy girls around all day long! I am starting to feel her move and kick a lot more and as usual it seems to be later at night. I love being able to feel the baby move. It helps to remind me that this suffering is all but a moment and it worth it.