If only vacation never ended....

We also had a great time with the Wilson family.  We packed in lots of fun things, and managed to get some pics as well. 

Went on a little hike.  Can I just say I love the pacific northwest?!

At one point Kyle ran down a different path and we could see him darting through some trees. We thought it was a great impression of Edward (twilight) although he was a bit slower :)

Logan's all-time favorite song is "Praise to the Man".  He knows all the words and sings the loudest whenever it gets sung in sacrament meetings.  We had fun playing and singing songs together.

For FHE we went swimming.  We had a great time.  It must have been the beginning of summer because yikes we are all so white!

Showing off her "floating" skills

Trying out the kayaks with Uncle Kyle

We went to a cool park on the beach.  I think this was Camille's first trip to the "real" ocean.  We go to the beach at Lake Michigan which feels so much like the ocean with the tides, sand etc that I sometimes forget it's just a lake!

Learning to skip/throw rocks

This pic makes me laugh.  Kyle was jumping off some driftwood with Camille.  He is such a good uncle to protect her neck from whiplash.  He is great with kids in general, he is a stud and we'll miss him when he leaves on his mission in 2 months!

Giving Jenna a hug goodnight.  A new approach to "baby got back".  Cam was wearing her night-time cloth diapers, they make her bum look extra huge.  We had some good laughs getting her to "dance" which just means she shakes her big booty :)

The Maritime Festival in Seattle was a lot of fun on a beautiful sunny day.  There were lots of fun events including fireboat demonstrations, air/water helicopters and tug-boat races. 

The coast guard were there and we got to take a tour of one of their boats.  As we were about 20 ft up the stairs onto the boat, the wind caught Camille's hat and whisked it into the Puget Sound.  I thought it was gone for good, but some of the coast guard guys said they would see if the could hook it when it came around the side.  A few minutes into the tour he came back with a dripping wet hat.  Thanks guys!

The family minus Brian, Christina, their kiddos and Courtney.

There was an awesome clam chowder tour we went on.  For $5 each you could go to 10 different restaurants on the waterfront and taste their clam chowder.  At the end you got to vote for the best one.  We were sooooo stuffed by the end but it was delicious!  Our favorite was at Anthony's.

After the festival we stopped by the REI store in Seattle.  If you ever get the chance, stop here!  It's REI's flagship store and has tons of awesome things, not to mention it's humongous. 

They have a fun kid's play area.  We tried to get a pic of the cousins in this cute little kayak, but of course it was too exciting to get them all to look at the same time :)

Kyle, Camille and I met up with Christina and her kids, along with the Welch's at Point Defiance zoo & aquarium.  It's been years since I've been here and I forgot how beautiful it is.  It's nestled right up against the Puget Sound in Tacoma so the view is amazing.  We had a great time and lucked out with another beautiful and sunny day.

Feeding the budgie birds was exciting and scary at the same time!

Spent some time at the park, Camille begs for "swings and slide" every day!

D-day

So my Dr agreed we could change my due date to July 9th instead of the 14th.  I know this really doesn't make any difference, and she'll still come when she wants to, but it makes me feel a little better knowing she *should* come sooner.  It's a long story, but I guess that was my due date originally.  She also said that 1st time babies usually come a few days late (Camille was 2 days late) and 2nd time babies come around a week early.  So based on my "new" due date, we could have a new baby as early as July 2.  I'm not counting on it, but it would be so fun to have a 4th of July birthday...fireworks every year to celebrate!  I'll have to not be too disappointed if she decides to come around the 14th instead. 

I'm having a few contractions during the day, so that's encouraging.  This pregnancy went by WAY faster, and I'm sure it has something to do with chasing after a toddler the whole time.  

Projects are coming along.  I just finished making some washable nursing pads.  I'm hoping they work awesome--I only used disposables last time.  I just used a bunch of my scrap material so if it's a bust it's no big deal.  I also turned a few of my old shirts into summer dresses for Camille, hopefully I can post about them soon.

Almost wet myself...

While we were staying at Grandma Harker's house, Camille decided it was a good idea to color with crayons on the floor.  Luckily it came out easily, but to teach Camille that it's not ok to color on the floor, Nick made her clean it up (with his help).  When he called me in to come look at her cleaning, I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants (could be a pregnant thing)!  She really got some muscle in it. 

Since then we haven't had any more coloring on the floor, and I frequently find her cleaning the floor with the kitchen towel, and sometimes she even starts scrubbing the walls.  If she could keep up this trend when she's a teenager, my life would be much easier! :)

Home again, home again jiggity jig!

We enjoyed some time with Nick's family and as usual it was over all too fast.  Here's a few pics we got of our fun:

Playing at the airport before our flight out.  I was so happy that Camile did great both on the flight there and back!

 Camille learned to get a little dirty and make mud pies. 

Swimming in the hot tub with Grandma

Sadly I look much more excited than Camille for a dental check-up with Daddy.

I love this pic of Kowen getting his hurt toe worked on by mom and great grandma.

Fun times at the park

34 weeks and counting!

Missed a few weeks again, but honestly I'm sure the pictures don't show much of a difference.  I certainly have grown though, I don't think I can zip up any of my jackets anymore!  While I was home in WA I stole a few of my little brother's t-shirts to wear to bed because all of mine are now belly shirts!

Still feeling pretty good, more uncomfortable day by day but that's the way it goes from here on out!  Had an ultrasound last week to check on the growth-development, and I'm happy to report we're still expecting a girl!  Apparently this little one is going to be a chubber, either that or my due date is off because she's measuring 2 lbs bigger than Camille at this rate.  I'm hoping the date is just off, I feel and look pretty much the same as my last pregnancy but we'll have to wait and see.  I assumed because this was a girl that they would be about the same, but I have to remember every baby is different!  

I'm excited to be done with pregnancy soon and finally see this little kicker!  Wish me luck with all the last-minute projects I still have left to do! :)

30 weeks

34 weeks

We are here, we are here!

I am happy to report that the lack of blog posts is because we are too busy having fun!  One of these days I'll play catch-up soon because I have a lot of fun pictures.  Just wanted to say that we are still alive and well!