Ball and Hat Man

 

Eli was given this hat a couple weeks ago by a friend of ours. Since then he has pretty consistently had it on his head. He just loves it. Sometimes I even let him sleep with it. He also loves carrying around his Buckaroo football that is dad caught for him at the first game we went to. If he doesn't have a ball in his hands he will come up to us asking us where a ball is so that we can help him find one. He really doesn't care what kind of ball it is as long as he can have a ball in his hands.

Love this picture

 

This picture was taken by our good friend, Leaca Young. She does great work. I was just looking through the family pictures she took before we left Alaska again because I am finally printing them off to frame. I decided this one needed to be shared on the blog. Luke is such a great dad and makes me smile daily as I watch him interact with the kids. My favorite lately is when he walks in the door from work. Micali screams as the door opens and then yells(in a deep "manly" voice) "Who's in MY house?" Eli hears that and starts giggling and runs as fast as he can to give his dadda a hug and kiss. I love my little family!

Artwork

 

Last Saturday I left for a meeting. Luke took the kids out to get some fresh air. This is what they came up with.

Half way there!!

 

Well, this week marks the half way point. I think I am past the sicky part from the beginning. I am hoping that I can get a lot done with organizing our home before I get to the to big to do much stage. I will be going back in for a second ultrasound on Monday because she was laying in a really awkward position. They tech wasn't able to get all the shots of her she wanted. I think mostly along the spine. Micali says that I have a baby sister in my tummy but she is having a brother in hers.

Eli has figured it out!

 

This picture doesn't really go with this post but it was a collage that disappeared when I went to blog it a few weeks ago. He was pretty cute. I wanted to write about Eli's progress. When my sister was down here for Labor day two weeks ago Eli was taking 3-5 shaky and careful steps away from furniture before he would fall over. This weekend as we watched Eli around her apartment we both watched in awe at his accomplishments. He was walking clear across the room. He could stop in the middle pick something up and keep going. He could turn around and go different ways. He could be sitting in the middle of the room and decide he wanted to go somewhere and just stand up right where he was and walk. It took him a long time to decide to do it but now he has it figured out. Micali loves watching him walk and we both giggle together to see him toddling all around the house. I don't think I will have to worry about carrying two babies around come February. He, I am sure, will be quite independent by then! We love our little man.

A lot of driving

 

We decided to make the drive up to northern utah to stock up on groceries, see friends, and spend time with our sisters. The drive took us close to five hours and we had a packed schedule the entire time. The kids stayed up the whole way there until 10:30 at night. We were sure they would pass out way before that. The next morning we loaded up our van with groceries, had lunch with some great friends,visited with my Kendra and Austin---where we SCORED on lots of clothes and baby gear from her neighbor. Then we headed back to Luke's sisters for games. Sunday we just spent the day driving back home and due to our AC going out we made a lot of frequent stops for cold drinks, slushies, and ice cream. The pictures in the collage were just of our last hours drive home. I was sad I didn't get the camera out the whole weekend!

The coach

 

Luke had his first home game last Thursday. The kids and I went up to support him. We had a good time eating popcorn and watching daddy. We made it until half-time and the score was already 34-0 so we decided he could get the win without us. He is learning a TON about football and enjoys it more and more everyday as he works through the learning curve. Football is so much more complex than we ever thought.

Micali looking marvelous

 

Micali's beautiful blonde hair was getting out of control. It is so fine and breaks off easily when I put it up. So she was starting to look like she had a mullet it was so short on the sides and long in the back. I didn't want to cut it all super short though so we just took off half the length in the back. I had been thinking I would take her somewhere to get it done but decided that with her attention span I could probably do just as good. I bribed her with some chocolate pudding that she had made with me the day before. We wrestled each other the whole time, I was constantly reminding her she needed to be careful so I didn't hurt her with the sharp scissors and she kept telling me "don't be so dangerous, mom". In the end it didn't turn out so bad and Micali still got her chocolate pudding to enjoy!

Tickled Pink.......

 

We are tickled pink and happy to say
a darling baby girl is on the way!

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