splash park

Well...Lucy's room is now almost done. Scott worked long and hard yesterday to get the strawberry ice cream looking paint on the walls. It's very pink in there, but I like it :)

As it always seems to, life is still going by at an incredibly fast pace. The summer is almost over and it feels as if there is still so much to do before Lucy's arrival in October. However, this week has not gone by without it's share of good times. We've been swimming a lot lately it feels like, which is fine with me. Elly has really taken a liking to the splash park. She actually tries to push me away the whole time we're in the pool and attempts to climb out of the toddler inner tube we have for her.

We have also been able to frequent the splash park. Scott was able to go with us for the first time a couple weeks ago. Here are a couple moments we captured while playing...

cranky hormones

The retail business redeemed itself last night. After we had gone to the Home Deopt, Scott suggested ice cream. The most friendly lady helped us at Dairy Queen and was very fast.

In other news, I am sitting and just watching today....not allowed to participate in the painting of Elly's room. Instead I am trying to entertain a cranky 18 month old who is getting more teeth. It's not so fun, especially with my hormones all cranky too! I'm trying to convince Scott to paint Lucy's room this weekend, too. Then it's all done. We'll see.

crazy busy

Our lives have been crazy busy these past couple months. We're trying to keep up with a growing toddler, work, spend time with each other, lead a community group at church and get ready for baby Lucy's arrival. Things in the house have slowly started to change and while the mess is getting to me, I think it's all going at a good pace. Today we hope to buy some paint so we can finish the walls in each of the girls' rooms. Plus my friend Emily is helping me sew some curtains for the rooms so we might go buy some fabric. We had a fantastic 4th: swimming and hanging out with friends and playing cornhole, but we did miss shooting off fireworks (they're illegal here for those of you who were wondering).

For everybody wishing they could have chased a polka-dotted Elly around the park while she hunted for eggs on Easter Sunday, here is what that looked like. We love how she shakes the eggs before placing them in her basket.

scorpion on the wall...

So I walked into the bathroom the other night and saw a scorpion on the wall....I made Scott come and kill it. Since then, I seem to be slightly obsessed with finding out about scorpions in AZ and how likely it is that one would be able to exterminate them. Turns out my chances of getting rid of all them or keeping all of them out of my house aren't very high. I won't walk barefoot in the house anymore either. And I peer around every corner and turn every light on at night before walking into a dark room...I promise I'm not crazy...I just don't want a scorpion to be lurking around the corner, ready to strike.

San Diego

We're going to San Diego!!! Woo Hoo!! We haven't had a vacation in about 2 years. We're (well Janice is anyway) excited to take Elly to Sea World. On a side note: It's very possible, however unlikely, that we might get blown away today by the wind. Seriously, I can't remember such gusts since Kansas.

It has been a while since we've updated this thing. You know how it goes: Christmas, child's first birthday party, finding out you're having another kid...kinda takes up a bit of time. And yes, for those who didn't know yet, we are having another baby due to arrive in October. We were surprised but are extremely excited. We've been busy trying to explain it all to Elly, but she just laughs and says "belly." However, our Dr. gave her a sonogram picture of the baby at our appointment and all she could say after that was "baby." Maybe she's getting it all, but we're still thinking it is going to take some time.