breaking and entering...

we have a little neighbor girl who is old enough to know better but young enough not to care. so, instead of knocking and waiting to be invited she just traipses in and out of our house as if it were her own. disconcerting but not wholly unbearable. however, zander seems to have picked up the habit... he walked right into the house of my mother-in-law's neighbor (in case you didn't follow that as badly as i didn't follow that, as i was typing it, that is the neighbor of susan josko, darcy's mother).
furthermore, apparently when kathy (susan's neighbor) asked him to leave, he wouldn't. how rude. so, this week i am going to talk to our little neighbor girl and ask her not to be quite so free with the way our door swings.
as for zander, well, we told him that trolls live in other peoples houses and they would eat him if he went in uninvited.
think he believes us?

Belly shot,summer fun, and projects!

Almost 29 weeks

Do you see the tan line on my arm???? Zander and Allissa with the two neighbor girls! They love swinging on the glider together.

The other day I looked out the window to check on Brody and Allissa and this is what I found them doing. It was so cute to watch them prepare and slide and then do it all over again and again! They are the bestest (not a word I know) little buddies!! When we go out in public people are starting to ask if they are twins. Brody has a big head so sitting in the cart they look the same size.

Zander chillin on the swing set. I love the sun shining behind him.

Today I have my wonderful glucose screening test and my RH- shot!!! I'm so excited to drink the super duper strong SPRITE!!!! I'm just counting down the minutes until I can indulge!! Baby Carleigh is going to be going crazy after I drink it so the kids should be able to get a good feel of her. I started making the kids their bedding. I have so much to do in the next 8ish

weeks it is unbelievable. I have zanders quilt all cut and ready for sewing. I took a few pictures of him with it last night so here it is...

I am using David Walkers robots and rockets fabric. I am going to applique a planet and rocket ship on the big wide strips. Zander is really excited about it and Lissie is bugging me to make hers and baby Carleighs. I started with the boys because it was a little more simple since I don't have to make bumper pads, and a diaper stack! I can't wait to have them all finished and installed! Until then I have a ton of sewing to do!!!

Happy Birthday Grumples!!!

Today Mr. Grumples (aka Brody) turned 2!!! We had a GREAT day. It started off with church. No one had to be taken out during sacrament meeting so that was cost to a miracle although Zander did need a bathroom break. Then Brody went to nursery with Lissie and he only cried for the first 5 minutes before he finally engaged in playing. Seems like each week he is getting a little bit better. After church we hurried home and got changed so we could head down to Twin Lakes to visit with my two brothers and their families. We had some great food and all the kids had a blast playing together. My brother todd's boys are here for the summer from South Dakota so it was fun seeing them. We all sang Happy Birthday to Brody and ate lots of cake at the end on the night! It was a fabulous day. It was also my neice Jenna's 3rd Birthday today but we celebrated it last weekend so today we just celebrated for Brody. We all feel so blessed to have the Grump in our lives. He has to be one of the sweetest kids on the planet and I love ever minute I get to be his mom and snuggle him. I love the way he gets so excited over my belly. The first thing he said to me this morning when I went to get him out of his bed was baby Carleigh as he pointed to my big belly! He is going to be the most loving big brother! Can't wait to see all the things he accomplishes in the year to come! I love you Brody!!!

Frida dress by Patty Young

I got a few new patterns and decided to test drive one of them last night!!! I love the way it turned out! I also made a super super easy headband that took about 3 minutes to make. I just love sewing!!

Alright, we give up...

No, its alright, you take the bed.

No, don't worry, we'll find somewhere else to sleep.