it went down

Here are some pictures that my husband took of the Basement Sale.

Don't forget to notice my unusually large ankles in this picture. And I will let you all know that after the sale I plopped down on the couch and the button directly over my belly popped off. Don't worry, Connie was there to witness it and laugh about it with me.

We will be having another sale where I won't be pregnant and it won't be so hot. It should be awesome.

I'm not into sports

But you invite me to a box sweet were they feed my hot dogs you can bet I will be there.

Russ and I went with his boss and his wife Mark and Michelle to a Diamondbacks game. I am pretty sure they played the Dogers and they lost. It was fun to get out with Russ though.

Here we are at the Christian rock show afterwards.

It was really a fun night, but my feet were a little swollen at the end of it all.

Dog days of summer

I am not sure why I take Gracie to the mall once a week just to ride the carousel. It is so hot walking to and from and we usually only stay long enough to just ride the carousel. But look at her. She was in her newly purchased Belle dress with cowgirl boots pretending she is Mary Poppins.

This is her saying "tally ho!"

She just loves it so much I can't help it.

It also means we stop by Russ' work cause he is really close and that is always fun. On this particular day we picked him up and met Connie at Joe's Farm Grill to try some of their hot dogs from their limited time "Dog days of summer".

Little did we know we would be back twice to try more of those delicious dogs.

Now September is over and hopefully it took the heat with it and now we have to go back to the Farm Grill to get some pumpkin shakes and let our children run amok under the citrus trees.

There's not much better

than a Sunday nap. Usually I am in the mix of blankets with them. I think this Sunday I was too warm and got up.

But they slept just fine. Maybe it wasn't warm for William because he wasn't wearing a shirt.

And Gracie is just a really good sleeper.

Every Sunday afternoon I look forward to this.

Meanwhile

While I was making the corner for baby Russ brother in law came to help get us a new tub put in. Because ours looked like this.

I should have gotten closer to the bottom. It was a kind of dirty that could not get cleaned. They thought I should be the first to break the tile since the new tub is for me to birth in.

Too bad I was not string enough/too nervous to actually break through.

Russ had a lot of fun though.

Once they got it all broken up.

Russ (and a lot of the house) was very dirty and dusty. and William wanted in the picture.

I will always take my children's picture.

Almost ready for the tub.

Just looking at this picture makes me want to take a shower. It was not fun living in this house that weekend.

But now it is all finished and beautiful. There are a few touch ups with paint and a light fixture to put up and then I will post some pictures.

Lets just say that I am relieved to have that project mostly done.

Hey fall

I am just going to pretend like you are here, okay. Because I can't wait anymore.

A corner for baby

I decided that this little baby is going to sleep in our room. I don't have an extra room to put him in and it is just easier when you are nursing to have them in your room. At least that is what I think. I don't know how long he will stay in here, we will play that by ear.

Our room is very small so I was happy when I found a bassinet for $4.00 that fit just perfectly in the corner of my room.

I decided that it looked kind of sad and plain and I figured since this little guy isn't getting a nursery he should at least have a nice corner.

So I got to work, Russ took pictures of me because it is funny to see me sitting on the floor.

Here is the finished product. Nothing fancy, but just cute enough for me.

Want to know what the "J" stands for? - Joseph. I have known for a long time that I wanted to name a boy Joseph and while Russ and I were watching conference this last weekend we both had it confirmed to us that that is indeed his name.

Love the little shoes I just found and the wooden rocking horse Russ parents sent us from Norway when William was born. Haven't decided what picture to put in the frame yet. William wants to wait and put a picture of the baby so we will probably do that.

okay buddy boy - your "room" is ready, come on out.