July....

July has come and now it's half way gone and I haven't posted a dang thing! So here's my pathetic attempt to get a little caught up, hopefully I'll be able to add to this in a few days...

We had a check up of the 1st of July and it went pretty good. I have had a hard time lately being pregnant and that day was particularly difficult, so I let Dr. Housel know about it. When he walked in the exam room he asked if I was ok and if there was anything he could do to help me, I told him I wouldn't be happy until he started me! I bawled almost the entire visit and was sort of embarrassed about it. The girls at the scheduling desk probably thought I was a complete psycho, but then my mom reminded me that they probably see that sort of thing daily. I could never work at an obstetrician office, way to many hormones for me! Anyways, he said that Tessa is around 4 pounds 2 ounces and is growing well. He also said she is breach and that if she hasn't flipped by next appointment we would set a date to do a version (flip the baby the right way). I had the same thing with Brooklyn, so I'm really not too worried. One good thing would be that if he has to flip her he would be willing to break my water after the flip...meaning she will be coming sooner than August 18th :O) We'll keep you posted, we have an appointment this week!!

Happy 4th of July!

Brooklyn looked so cute on the 4th, her attitude wasn't too bad either considering we had to wake her up at the crack of dawn to go the celebration. We, like always, headed down to Hansen Park for the Elwood Town celebration. I had to head off to work after breakfast, but I did get to watch Boky do the children's parade (thanks Pam for covering me for a few). Zach did the trap shoot and actually did quite well. He always seems to do better when he doesn't go out and practice the days before the shoot. He won a little money, chocolate, and pop. That night after I got off work we went to my parent's for fireworks, Boky LOVED the sparklers.

Our garden has not been doing so well, I don't know if it's the fact that Gunner eats the plants, Brooklyn picks them, or the lack of constant watering. However, we finally got some peas!!! We also had some radishes, but they were way too hot (must not have gotten enough water). Brooklyn loved picking the radishes so much that she thinks she can pull other things out as well. The tomatoes are starting to get little green maters, but none of the other plants are really doing anything. Bummer. Next year we'll do better, because I won't be pregnant and hot.

We got Brooklyn a swing set ( I guess it was actually June, but hey I'm updating from the last time I posted :)). It has a slide on it, and that is her favorite part. She has started to get daring and go down on her belly, it's so cute. She also likes to stand at the top and yell at Gunner (who tries climbing up the slide to get her). And she gets mad when Gunner touches her swing set.

This past weekend we were able to go up to Idaho Falls and visit Mark and Tammy (oh and we can't forget Frodo). It was a good visit, the only problem is the drive. Brooklyn hates being in the car so long. We ended up buying a portable DVD player for the way home, and I must say it was well worth the money we paid. Anyways, we got to see the falls, they are so beautiful. I took a few pictures of the temple as well, and we even got a few family photo's (I will post them in the next few days). It was nice to get away and to see them, it has been forever since our last visit. Next time though we are going to try and get up earlier so we can spend more time, we didn't get out of bed until almost eleven that day and it's a 2-2 1/2 hour drive!!

Well, that's the begining of July in a nut shell... look back later for more posts this week!!