Ballet Class

Here are a few pictures from Haley's first ballet class. We are not sure where she got this idea, but she has been asking to take a "ballerina class" for several months now. Thanks to a friend a church, we found a dance company nearby that has a 6-week summer class. Haley absolutely loves the class and asks to go everyday! Her outfit was so cute that I just couldn't resist sharing the pictures with you! There is nothing cuter than a 2 year old ballerina!

Face Painting

Last week our church had a playdate and did bounce houses and face painting. Kyle and Haley had a great time and I got to sit in the air conditioning. It was a great way to spend the morning. They loved getting their faces painted! The lady that did it was so amazing I had to take a picture. Kyle chose Spiderman and Haley wanted a butterfly.

Oklahoma Trip

Here are some pictures of our recent trip to Oklahoma. We rented a cabin and had a very relaxing and fun vacation. The kids did really well and are still talking about it! Mimi and Grandpa (Sara's parents) got to go with us. We enjoyed having some help and some time with them after the kids went to bed. Kyle and Haley enjoyed having a constant audience! Some of these pictures are a little out of order, but shows the highlights of the trip.

Playing mini-golf one evening

Boys and fire...

Smores!

Riding the train

Cotton candy after the train ride

Here is a picture of the cabin we stayed in. Nice beds, AC, bathrooms, kitchen and TV! Not exactly camping...

7 (almost 8) Month Picture

For those of you brave enough to look, here I am at 31 weeks (8 months) pregnant. I feel huge and uncomfortable and I have never been so hot in my life! Even with all the unpleasant things associated with being pregnant (especially a 3rd pregnancy) we are really excited about meeting this new little addition to our family. After my doctor's appointment last week, she told me that he had dropped in the last week and is head down, which is unusually early for this to happen. I don't want to get too excited, but I'm hoping that means he might make an early appearance, but not too early.

Potty Training

This would not have been my timing, but those of you who know Haley know that she has her own timing (and opinion!) for everything. So, we were thinking about trying some potty training with her starting next week after our vacation and VBS at church. She had been asking occasionally to go potty and had actually started going sometimes. We had been talking to her about wearing "big girl panties" soon and she seemed excited about it. Well, last Wednesday afternoon after her nap she took off her diaper, announced that she was now a big girl and refused to put a diaper back on. Great timing, of course, with another day of VBS on Thursday and our vacation coming up in a few days. I did NOT want to be running to the potty every few minutes on vacation. Anyway, she has been doing great, with a few accidents, but really seems to be getting the concept. We have even ventured out to eat and to Wal-Mart in panties and stayed accident-free. She did great on our vacation (still a few accidents), but we have been using a Pull-Up when we are out sometimes, if we can get her to put one on. I am hoping she will be completely potty trained by the time the baby comes and really hoping that she will not regress once he arrives. We'll see...

We finally have a name!

After much debate on my part and none on Jared's part (he wanted this name from the beginning) we have settled on a name for our newest little one. It is:

Alex Michael

I am now 7 months pregnant and feeling huge! I'll post a picture soon.