Twins!

One is Madeline, one is Jackson. Which is which?

Closer Than my Peeps You are to me

The Girls took a walk down to "Crabbie's House" AKA the creek at the end of our street with Steve. They chased each other the whole way back!

Gabby came over to help Madeline get over her fear of the PowerWheel. I hated the thought of her super fun toy sitting in the garage all summer!!! Gabby is a pretty fearless little one so she took Madeline for a spin in our backyard to help warm her up to the idea! Madeline eventually warmed up to the idea and tossed Gabby in the back of her truck for for a ride! Gabby was so cute and kept saying "She's not scared anymore!" Gabby's a good friend!

A year ago today...

She was such a .....baby on this date last year! Sniff.......

Fast Times on the Farm

I insisted that Steve let me drive the tractor today to TRY to bring this little baby boy into the world but....even after an hour of mowing the bumpy yard...no baby. Zilch. Oh well. Least the yard got mowed!

Madeline wants two things right now - 1) To be with Daddy as much as possible 2) To be outside as much as possible. So they have been making the most of the nice weather of late and have been spending LOTS of time together outside. It gives mommy a chance to recoup - as I have NO energy these days, and tires Madeline out right before bed which doesn't hurt anything! Daddy got the idea to hook Madeline's wagon up to the big tractor and she couldn't have been more thrilled! They rode around all over the yard for quite a while. (And no worries the exhaust doesn't come out the back!) They also flew a kite, watered flowers, planted grass, took scooter rides, visited "Crabbie" at the creek, walked down to see the miniature ponies, went to the post office, and took Austin on a walk!

We finished up our weekend with a cookout with the neighbors which we all enjoyed. Madeline drove around the backyard in her PowerWheels Ford F150 and enjoyed swinging in the hammock.

No idea when babyboy is going to make his entrace - every time I feel like it's just around the corner, it changes ... I've just decided to accept that he'll come when he comes and there's not much I can do to control it. Sigh.

IT IS FINISHED!

Well loyal readers - you remember when the spare room looked like this: Very beige - husband loves the beige

Beige!

Now this!

This sippy is from my friend Christa! Gotta love the details!

The nursery is done! The newborn diapers are out! Though littleboy won't use the nursery right away, it still feels sooooooooooooo good to have it finished!!!