Water Play at Ronda's

Ronda bought a bunch of fun new pools and water toys this summer and regularly calls to invite the boys to come play.  A week or two ago, we spent a Friday evening enjoying pizza and play time in the water and with silly string...no wonder Owen never wants to come home!!  I don't buy silly string!

Liam and Aja

 Justin, Sully and Owen spraying each other

 Ganging up on Justin!

 Weeeee!

Friends are an Amazing Blessing!

A few weeks ago, I got a surprise invitation in the mail.  It said that a few of my closest girlfriends were taking me to dinner at my favorite restaurant, Pier 500, to help me celebrate Baby M!  What an amazing blessing!  They thought of all the details. The table coverings, the flowers, the food, the company and the amazing desserts!  They know me well! :)

 Jen, Lisa, me, Jackie and Pammy

As if all of this wasn't enough, they spoiled us with gifts galore and coupons for lots of fun things like help with the nursery, meal prep and clean up, and play dates with Owen for after the baby is born.  This particular group is pretty dead set that Baby M is a girl, so I went home with an abundance of PINK! ;0)  Love these ladies so much.  It warms my heart that they love me and our family enough to think to do this for us.

July Fun at Heidi's!

Owen always has so much fun at Heidi's.  Even though we are super excited for him to start preschool on September 2, we will be so sad to leave Heidi's Little Star daycare.  She is so great!

 Nicky, Owen, Drew, Cody the dog and Lily

 Owen and Baby Maggie

 Owen and Collin "painting" their toast

Jump tent day!  Heidi rented a jump tent and then invited all of us to come for a BBQ that night.

 Can you tell he had fun?

 Always so helpful and kind to the little ones.  Here, he's helping Sophie buckle up.

 Enjoying our BBQ

 ...so much that he didn't want to go home. :(`````

 Loving the teeter-totter with his friend Seth

 The big excitement in July was watching a nest-full of birdies hatch.

 Thursdays are puppet wagon days.  They walk to the park and enjoy the show!

 Bike day!

 Owen, Kaden and Madison

 Water day!

 Owen and Kaden in their matching swim trunks

 Now that is determination!

 Sophie and Owen enjoying a freezie

 They even got to eat lunch outside on water day.

This and That!

Okay, so it has been awhile.....a long while since I posted last!  We've been busy and having a lot of fun, but I think I've realized my limits while being pregnant this time around.  Instead of spending time downloading photos and posting when Owen naps, now I rest too!

My pregnancy has been going well.  I'm not used to this third trimester stuff - it's all new to me!  The swollen ankles, the baby's head jamming into my diaphragm so I can't breathe, the leg cramps....so much fun!  But I am certainly not complaining.  The baby has already stayed in longer than Owen did, so we have passed that hurdle!  Our C-section is scheduled for September 9, so about 8 more weeks to go!

Here are a few photos I've taken over the last few months:

Seeing Shrek at the Children's Theater with his two best buddies, Sully and Liam

We broke in our fire pit by making s'mores.  Owen LOVED them!

 On Father's Day, we celebrated what an amazing Daddy Paul is!

 Liam and Owen having fun at the splash pad

The Summer Concert Series started at my work this week, so Paul and O came up to visit me.  Daddy treated Owen to some marshmallow ice cream.

 Then he got the "Flash" logo painted on his arm.

On the 4th of July, we went to a parade.  He had so much fun seeing the fire trucks and getting to pick up candy and freeze pops!

 Then we enjoyed dinner with our neighbors and went to Bielenberg for the fireworks.  He stayed awake the whole time and thought they were "SOOO COOL!"

 Anxiously awaiting the fireworks with his pal Leighton

This kid is obsessed with his truck from Auntie Dawn and Uncle Bob.  He puts on work gloves, a helmet, and ear protection and would ride it for hours if we'd let him!

 Today we spent some quality time with the Withers family at the MN Zoo.  We always have so much fun with them!

 Riding the wagon back from the Farm

 3 little cuties!

 Livia, Sophia and O

Next we headed off to celebrate our friends Piper and Lucy, who turned 3 with an amazing pony party! 

 

Owen feeding Cocoa a carrot before his ride

 Taking a ride on Simba

Practicing his lasso skills at the party

So as you can see, we've been keeping busy!  I'll try to be better about keeping up on my posts from now on!