4th of July

We had such a great 4th of July weekend. It started Friday night with great friends at a BBQ. The girls had so much fun swimming and eating. We then had a BBQ with family and neighbors at our house with again yummy all american food and fireworks. The girls had a great time watching fireworks. The bottom picture I love because Hanna is giving Dad the thumbs up on his firework display. I am so grateful to live in America and have the freedoms that we have. I could not have asked for a better way to spend 4th of July!

Times like these

This summer has been a lot of fun so far but it has been challenging for me. I want to have a fun summer for the girls but being pregnant really makes simple things difficult like walking from the car with 2 kids and a bag full of stuff to the pool. After the short walk and getting settled I am ready to go home! Not to mention the 90 degree heat! I really should not complain because I am so grateful of how well this pregnancy has gone and that I can still get around and do fun things with the girls. The girls love the water park and Hanna finally will go under water! That is huge for her because a couple of years ago one little drop got on her face and she would have a breakdown. Hanna is doing better on her bike but fell over while on a bike ride with dad and did not want to ride her bike for while. So we got her a helmet and knee pads which has helped a little but she is still a little scared to go on bike rides. Ava is starting to talk a lot more, well I can understand her at least. They finally started playing together without fighting for at least half hour increments which is a break through. They still fight but at least I can clean or cook now without constantly breaking up fights. I love the pic of them in the hammock because they thought it was so much fun and were not fighting! Little moments like these make all the bickering worth it!

 
 


It has been a while......again! So here is a picture of Hanna's first date. Hanna and Craig had a date night, they went out for pizza and then went to a dance at our church. She was very excited to have time alone with Daddy. The other picture is of Ava's pig tails. I was so excited to finally be able to put her hair in pig tails and she actually left them in most of the day. She is growing too fast!

More Pics

 
 
 
 


more pics of the beach and the girls!

It has been a long time!

 

 

 

 

So again I have been a slacker and not updating our blog like I should. Well here are some pics from our mini vacation at the beach in Oregon. We stayed at a cute little place in Seaside on the beach. It was weird not having anything to do and basically relaxing for 2 days straight. The girls stayed with Craig's parents and had a blast. Of course Hanna did not want to come home and cried most of the way home....6 hours! We are doing great just getting excited for baby #3!

My Princesses

We found out this week that we are having another girl! We are excited to have another princess. I am so grateful for my girls. Sometimes I complain because they can be so emotional and sensitive but I honestly would not want it any other way. Here are some pics of my little princesses. Don't you love Hanna's 80's hair. This is what it looks like at the end of the day.

TAG

So I thought Rebecca's tag would be fun. Here are the rules:go to your picture file and open the 6th file and the 6th picture. Then you are supposed to tell the story behind it. So I cheated a little....I skipped to the 7th picture because you probably did not want to see the 6th! But here is the picture of Hanna being born. I LOVE this photo. Craig did such a good job in being support to me and then taking awesome pictures....I do not know how he did it. Hanna was born May 28, 2005. My labor started at about 3 am and then around noon I was ready to start pushing. I pushed for 3 hours!!! My Dr said that my pelvis was too narrow and that we would have to have a c-section. I was devastated. I really wanted to have a regular delivery but all in all I was grateful that we were both healthy. So here is she is after 12 hours of labor. So now I am supposed to tag 6 people so I tag Heather and Andy, Clara and Kyle, Kerstin, Tiffanie & Danielle. Only if you want!