Good News!

For those of you who haven't heard, I'm pregnant again. I'm already 20 weeks along - just 20 more to go! We found out last week that we're having a boy this time. Adam was so happy he was almost crying. (I can't say he was crying because he never admits that he was.) He's been happy for several days now too. It's been awfully nice. Emily, on the other hand, was very sad. She wants another girl baby. She pouted a lot that day, and almost cried when we would mention it. But we went to Build-a-Bear a couple of days ago to make a bear for the new baby. I think that helped a little bit. No news on a name, except that Adam wants to name him Clark, and I don't. He's due January 16th. We're looking forward to his arrival.
(Sorry there aren't any pictures. We got some good ones from the ultrasound, I just don't have a scanner to put them on the computer.)

First Day of School

Emily started preschool two weeks ago. She goes two mornings a week and is really enjoying it there. She is learning to cut and paste and draw straight lines among other things. She is also making some friends there. She gets to make her lunch and pack her lunchbox each morning. She's growing up so much!

Vacation at the Beach

Adam's family has a vacation tradition - every year we go to a beach house in Southern California for several days. It's always a lot of fun spending time with everyone and going to the beach. We spent a couple of nights at a campsite. We went to a small water park. We had a picnic at a park and played some softball. We also spent some time playing at the beach. The weather was great! (Almost anything is better than the summer heat where we live though!)

Emily at the campsite in her warm jammies - which we actually didn't need because the weather was so nice!

Carinn eating some breakfast from a cup at the campsite.

Carinn and Adam walking on the beach.

Emily playing at the beach playground.

The kids had help from their daddies for the softball game. Emily got to pitch for a little while. It was fun to watch the kids "run the bases" because they went all over the place.

It's kind of hard to tell who's concetrating harder here. Adam sure loves his sports.

One of Carinn's favorite activities on vacation was chasing the seagulls. She got a lot of exercise doing that. (That means I got a good amount too, since I got to chase her down and keep an eye on her.)

Carinn and Grant playing in the sand. What a nice picture, right?

Here's the front view. Their faces are so funny! I think I like the other one better.

We went to Ben and Jerry's our last night on vacation. As you can tell in this picture, Emily really enjoyed her ice cream cone.

Visitors

Aunt Rachelle came for a visit in July, and she brought her boyfriend Jordan with her so we could meet him. The kids loved him almost instantly. In fact, I hardly got any time with the kids while he was here. Carinn made him her new best friend. They were playing together all the time. It was a lot of fun to watch.

Adam, Emily, Carinn, and Jordan playing Candy Land - a favorite around our house!

Jordan and Carinn reading together.


The kids with Jordan and Aunt Rachelle.

Happennings

Well, it has been a while, so we have a few things to share.

July 24th was Carinn's 2nd birthday. We celebrated with a lot of our family. We had dinner, then watched Adam and Uncle Aaron play in their softball game, and then we had cake and ice cream. It was a lot of fun.

Carinn enjoyed her cake, and shared it with the rest of us. It looked great, thanks to Laura helping me decorate it.

Grandma Davies took Carinn to Build-a-Bear for her birthday present. Carinn insisted on carrying the whole box all the way through the mall to their car, and into our house. She even fell asleep cuddling up to it in the car on the way home. She loves her new "Kitty".

Cookie Time

Adam loves to make cookies with the kids. (Cookies from a bucket, that is.) Here's a shot of them enjoying their cookies and milk.

Playing Fetch

No, we didn't get a dog!

Emily and Carinn were playing fetch one evening before bed. Every time Carinn got the ball she yelled "I got it!" (She loves using her new sentences!)

Getting ready to throw (check out Carinn's concentrating face)

Action!

I got it! (Princess slippers and all!)