The Monday before our move, my good friend Dayna dropped by my mom’s house. She moved to a hot place on Wednesday as well but in her case it was Las Vegas to be with her fiancé. So now we’re both living in hot weather with no friends besides the man closest to us…funny how life works out isn’t it?
Here’s Christian with her…children just love her. I guess that’s why she went into teaching!
The Monday before we moved, I got together with two of my best girlfriends from High School. We had lunch and caught up a bit on our lives. It was really a fun time for me and I’m so glad that they made an effort to get together amidst their busy lives.
Here is a shot of my two cute cousins who made it possible for me to get away without Christian.
Thanks to everyone for making my day so fun!!!
Jared’s sister Deborah is borrowing my piano while we’ve moved out of state. She invited us to dinner the Sunday before our move so that we could tour her new house. Christian had a lot of fun playing with his cousin Trystan.
Here are some shots of Christian giving “one more hug” to her before we left!
Thank you Deborah for babysitting my piano and the lovely dinner!
Though we had a move coming up, we felt it was still a priority to go to Bear Lake this year and be with our family. Christian has wanted to go to a beach ever since he played the Curious George “Building a Sandcastle” game on www.pbskids.com. This year was fun as we stayed at someone’s house that we borrowed and then had a private beach to play on.
The first day with all of the packing for both the move and the lake slowed us down a lot. We didn’t arrive at the lake until about 1 pm and then we ate lunch and headed down to the beach for some sun and sand (and wind).
Helping Cousin Zachery build a sandcastle.
Back for more sand.
Hanging out with his girl cousins.
“Look! I found a gun!!!” (wonderful)
At one point he took his water socks off and was afraid to get out of the water because he didn’t want to get his feet dirty.
Here’s my uncle Steve and his newest fashion creations…
Check out this hot guy I got to spend the day with!
Christian trying out his new float toy..more or less.
We told him to go test it out…but he decided to go find some different people to chill with…. I think I need find a way to emphasize stranger danger! At least he’s not shy?!
My cousin Carly graced us with some tunes.
Here’s Christian checking out the giant hole in the sand his cousins created.
Looking for tiny seashells.
Christian figured out a way to get as much sugar in his body as possible!
The second day it rained quite a bit and so we hung around the house for a while and then some of the group went to the hot tub. I stayed at the house so that I wouldn’t poach my stomach.
After lunch we all watched Sandlot and then pretty much everyone left. It was a fun year…a little different than the others but I’m glad we came. Who knows if we’ll be able to go for a couple of years!?! It’s nice to be part of a family that though we have some differences basically have the same beliefs which will hopefully help install good beliefs in Christian. Plus I hope he can see that it’s fun to get to know his extended family as well.
This morning was my ultrasound! I love ultrasounds!
They dated me at 19 weeks and 2 days which I thought was interesting since I thought I wasn’t 19 weeks until tomorrow. My new due day is January 4th 2010. I guess we’ll see when the baby really wants to come and then we’ll really know what my due date is since I’ve been told the 9th, the 7th, and now the 4th. How odd “guess dates” can be!
Here’s the baby’s sweet profile…darling huh?
Here are the feet and legs.
And it’s a ….
GIRL!!!
Christian’s been telling me since we told him that he was going to be a big brother that it is a girl. Last year he used to beg me for a baby sister. When I told him last night that we were going to find out what kind of baby we’re having he looked at me like I was crazy and said “Duh, well I already know that it’s a girl”. Then I asked him if it was a boy what he would think and his reply was, “Well, it’s not a boy.” So I guess he had some inside info or something.
Personally, I’m very excited to have a baby girl to dress up and sew fun things for!
I have a love/hate relationship with Christian’s hair. I’m never sure if I like it best longer with his curls or short. One thing I know I don’t like is the in between stage (which it ends up being most of the time while I make up my mind whether to take action and get it cut or wait it out for a while until the curls are cutest).
I finally caved after seeing him one too many times with his head just covered in sweat from the heat and hair combo after playing outside for about 15 minutes. His hair is getting thicker and thicker. I know he didn’t get that from me. Lucky boy. I am just afraid that if I have girls they will get my hair….
Check out all that hair!!
Now he looks about a year older. I hate that! My baby is growing way too fast.
Thanks mom for the haircut it’s really cute..even if it makes my boy look so old.
Despite the crazy summer we’ve experienced so far, I’ve been able to take Christian to a couple of fun places. I’m showing the most recent to the furthest just for those of you who may have already seen some of these pictures already.
These are the pictures from “The Living Planet Aquarium” where we as a family yesterday. Christian really had a fun time feeding the stingrays and it was pretty enjoyable to watch him wiggle and squeal after he touched one.
Here are pictures from the day Jared, My mom and I swung by “Thanksgiving Point” with Christian to go to the Petting Zoo on our way to Provo when my dad was in the ICU and we couldn’t see him until after the staff meeting.
Here are pictures from our adventure to “This is the Place Monument Park” With our Andrus cousins earlier in July.
These are pictures from going to the zoo with my sister Julie and her daughter Lily.
These pictures are from visiting Tracy Aviary and then Liberty Park on Jared’s day off.
I’m not sure that he will remember this summer but it is a possibility…I hope he has fond memories of the times we’ve spent together if he does.
