Owen helped make his birthday cupcakes--lemon with lemon frosting. He's becoming quite the good little helper in the kitchen.
This is Liv and her famous "O" face. Now, when you ask her to do it, she opens her mouth much bigger. To get this face, we have to say "Do the little O face" We can't help it; it's just too cute!
In May, Justin and I went to Fall Creek Falls to celebrate our anniversary (8 years on June 7th!) I loved it! It was so beautiful and peaceful. It reminded me of all the walks we took on our honeymoon in the Smoky Mountains. We finished the day by seeing "Thor" and eating ice cream!
In June, we went to a local park for "Touch a Truck" where the kids could climb on all kinds of trucks, walk around inside, and of course blow the horn. Here is Liv on the party bus! She's not too sure about it, but we stayed in there for a while because it was air conditioned :)
Owen outside of the SWAT vehicle. He liked this one, because their is a hole in the top that the police men lifted him through.
We haven't taken a ton of pics lately; just trying to stay cool and stay happy. Our baby girl will be here in about 3 weeks! We spend our weekends cleaning (Justin steamed all the carpets) and organizing, but I think I'm nearing the end. I don't even want to grocery shop anymore. I'm ready to meet her, although I don't think I'm ready for the sleepless nights! I'm praying that at 6 weeks, she'll be sleeping 6 hours. This may be wishful thinking, but I'm really hoping!
Celebrating the 4th of July by watching fireworks! Liv loved them. O preferred to stay in the car.
Celebrating Owen's 3rd birthday a little early with cupcakes, party hats, noise makers, and balloons.
My sweet almost 3 year old
Swimming in the pool at Grandmother's. Liv is showing her "O" face for Aunt Mik
Using a marker for a "roller" at Kid's N Stuff in downtown Albion. Owen loved the plane, legos, and playing the piano. Liv just liked running around!
So, I thought it should be time for a REAL update, since I haven't in about 6 months. The reason for the lack of blogging is really just because I didn't feel up to it. The last post I did, (with the kids covered in baby powder) I was a few weeks pregnant and felt horrible. I just had no energy and frankly no desire to do much of anything except watch TV or sleep. I'm finally out of the exhaustion and ready to try keeping the blog more up to date :)
So here's a quick recap of the last few months....
Trisha: I'm now 30 weeks along with our new little girl :) Nesting has set in, but that's really hard to do with 2 little ones who "un-nest" everything I do! I feel well...not great, but really have nothing too major to complain about, except that I've already gained more weight so far than I did with both my other pregnancies and I still have 10 weeks to go! Eating no-bake cookies at 10 at night is not going to help my situation! I'm tutoring again this summer, and plan to teach at the homeschool co-op this fall.
Justin: Still "climbing the ladder" at the Bank of New York Mellon. Definitely not his dream job, but has made some friends, and gets to talk to people throughout the day. We are hoping for a promotion by the end of the year; something that would allow him to teach and train co workers instead of being on the phones all day. In March he led worship for our community outreach at our church, and he may be volunteering soon to help out more at Belmont.
Owen: Yay! He's potty-trained! We started in May and spent an entire week at home, and he got the hang of it pretty quickly. He does pretty well, unless we have a power struggle and then all heck breaks loose! We haven't had any real accidents in a week, and he does great when we are out in public. Still working on obeying the first time he is told and coming when we call for him. We've tried taking toys away, spanking, time out, and taking away something fun to do. Hopefully, the combination of these will begin to change his stubborn little heart! Owen also knows how to spell his name, write the letter "O", and can match like items, especially in books. He loves his stuffed animals, especially Puppy, and has begun more imaginative play. He likes to chase Liv and tries to play with her. He has the most energy of any child I have ever seen, but now will sit for a while to read books or watch Elmo's World, Sid the Science Kid or Toy Story. Owen also sings our prayer at dinner. "God our Father, once again, we bow our heads and thank you...Amen" Then he adds what he is thankful for, which most of the time are things that he sees at the table, like: Daddy, plates, ketchup, napkins, etc. Very cute!
Olivia: Curls, curls, curls....where did they come from? I don't know, but I hope they stay. She is such a beauty! She likes to climb on the table, read stories, and loves music. She wants to be anywhere Owen is, and has become somewhat of a bother to him. She loves to take the toy that he is playing with and run away! She doesn't like to share my lap with him either. She will either try to push him away or she just finds something else to do, until she can have me all to herself. She loves animals, and will point to any animal she sees in a book until you tell her what it is. She makes a great horse sound! When Owen sings the prayer, she does too, and now she is actually starting to sound like him. She is still our little snuggler and likes to be rocked and sang to. She turns 18 months old tomorrow!
That's all for now! Thanks for checking back!
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