JUMP!!!

Lily has finally learned to jump and get both feet off the ground. She used to just hop her body and one leg would come up but everything else stayed put. We were watching Cars (for the hundredth time) and when Mater jumps at the tractors and honks she started jumping with him. We got so excited we told her to do it again, it was so neat to see her jump like a big girl. It is amazing that she is going to be two in just two and a half weeks.

The season is upon us

It is official, fall is on the way! As the drought is ravaging our water supply and the 62+ days of 100 weather I am welcoming the cooler weather. The elms are tinged yellow already, whether from the cooler air, or the lack of water I'm not sure. I do hope the rain comes on in the next few weeks to cool us off further. Bring on the weather, the cold fronts and the sweaters!

Here we go again

Well, it is time to come clean I am not getting fat, I am growing a baby! We are expecting a baby brother or sister for Lily in late April. We will now have two spring birthdays and two fall birthdays. This did not catch us off guard because we were wanting another addition to our family. If God blesses us with a boy, we will be done with the baby making and our family will be complete (minus a few dogs and cats over the years).

Fantasy Baseball?-NO! Firecracker Baseball!

We had a wonderful 4th of July with Susie and Josh and Kristin. We had great burgers (Josh is really getting this cooking thing down to an art), oven fries and grilled sweet potato rounds. MMGood!

Lily was not to interested in the fireworks. She instead wanted to watch- you guessed it- Nemo. Over and over and over again. She did venture into the bedroom to watch Daddy and Uncle Josh dance around the flasher signals

We got her to hold a sparkler ~finally~ only to realize it was the very last one and we had no camera. She watched a few fountains and the rest of the flashers while we called to her from the other side of the glass.

Daddy and Uncle Josh then decided to start throwing firecrackers at each other to see if they could swing at them in the complete darkness and get a hit. They actually hit a few, you could hear the tink and then the crack as they exploded. Most of them sailed through the air and landed with a blast at their feet, or sometimes close to their head.

The last game was a bright (but not so smart) idea- Roman Candle baseball, with Josh as the "pitcher" and Corey at bat. This I wish I had gotten on video. These were the fastest flying Roman Candles I had ever seen. I was able to get one picture of Corey ducking, still clutching the bat, trying to get out of the way.

He ended up with singed hair and a small burn in his shorts and lots of laughter

Prayers needed

My 2nd cousin Seth and his wife Jace (JC) were in a bad accident on Wednesday on their way to New Mexico for vacation. Jace broke her back and leg and Seth broke both legs and punctured his spleen. He was in ICU last night for internal bleeding. Jace has been transferred to Austin, but Seth is still trying to get stable, then they will move him to Houston. There was another man involved in the wreck who is doing ok, with some compound fractures of his ankles.
Thank the Lord that everyone was wearing their seatbelts.
A truck pulled out in front of the other driver, who in swerving, hit Seth and Jace head on.
The driver that caused all this left the scene, but was found yesteday.
Please keep them in your prayers as they heal. Their kids are with family.

Dirty diapers be gone

Lily is potty trained, finally!
This is the third day of her using big girl panties, the toilet and no accidents on the floor. Today, she used the potty twice to go poo. That is a big deal. I can see already that she is going to be one of those children who are not able to be coaxed into things. She weaned when she felt like it and now used the potty when she felt like it. She has been in pull ups for 2 months (total waste of money, they are useless for trainers) and just now decided she would use big girl panties like mom. The big test will come today when I drop her off at a friends for watching. Let's see if she can ride in the car to her house without peeing in the carseat.

No more diapers! No more diapers!

Jingle Bells

Can you believe we are halfway to Christmas already. I don't mean the actual day, but the festivities, the spirit, the decorating. Lily will be two this year, so cutting down a real tree will be much more fun. Last year was wonderful, but I am looking forward to seeing her pick out a tree and say "this one!".
I know it is only June and the mercury has only just risen to 100, but thinking about how quickly the days have gone by reminds me of just how much there is to do before Turkey and Gravy, Tinsel and Lights, and Fireworks bringing on 2010.