2. veggies from our giant garden. broccoli. lots of broccoli. zucchini, tons and tons of zuch. basil. smells so good. soon, our tomatoes are gonna start turning, and i am so so excited.
3. rain. i don't remember a summer like this summer! we had heat in april! and may! and even june! (some years..it doesn't officially warm up until july, i swear) and it has been hot! just the way i like it! i know that a lot of people have been praying for rain in these parts, due to a slew of wildfires around the state...well they got their wish. we have had rain the past few days.
but, even i, queen of the sun, must admit that it was a beautiful kind of rain. a summer rain. a nice break in 100 degree temps, and a delicious smell, of course. our grass all of a sudden greened up, and my plants look like they are alive again. also, the dust has settled, and the whole earth around me seems new, in some just been rained on way.
4. our first REAL family night. yes, that's right. i finally put my big mama foot down, and declared that it is time. so, dad made peach milkyshakes, and lyn chose a song (book of mormon stories & i am child of God) and i read a story out of the friend. and then we read another one, for good measure. (on lynley's insisting)
lynley was as quiet and excited as can be for her first family night. Tlyer, on the other hand, had to be repremanded for his changing of the words of the song, and trying to make a joke right before the prayer. MEN! they are 15 at heart for the rest of their lives, i think. lol. anyways, we made it through, and it was a sweet expirience...cheesy sounding. but, it's true. my little girl soaks it all up, and she loves the attention, and the whole thing was great.
5. a new pet! just kidding. but, someone did door bell ditch a fake snake on our door step yesterday haha i am not afraid of snakes at all. tyler is deathly yes deathly afraid of them. i mean, it's kind of embarrassing..and pathetic. (sorry ty) i mean, he was like hyperventilating..and he didn't even find it! i just texted him a picture of it..so, he knew it was fake the whole time...and yet he wouldn't get within 5 feet of the fake snake! i think he needs a little intervention or something!
6. i am turning 23 on Thursday. i cannot for the life of me remember how old i am these days. i even had an incident awhile ago, where someone asked me my age and i told them "18!" like it was the truest truth i'd ever known. lol.
7. i feel baby girl numero dos move all the time now. it's a flopping and flipping movement, that makes me queasy sometimes, but i had forgotten the magicalness of it all. really, i mean, i had completely forgotten. how it is actually kind of nice to have a little permacompany..to feel love for someone, and it's totally effortless, and there's no work (besides the work of being pregnant) involved. speaking of being pregnant...
this pregnancy has been great thus far. (knock on wood) i mean, i am living my life normally, and still managing to be pregnant, and to me, that feels good. I am running, geeze, at least 4x/week still. (i finally bought a belly band BEST INVENTION EVER) besides it making me famished, and the chore of choosing fruit over a donut...i think the exercising is doing my body and my mind so much good. why didn't i exercise with lynley?! dumb me. anyways...tyler will tell you wholeheartedly that i am hormonal, and a crazy pregnant lady (hahaha) but, i beg to differ (of course!) i am enjoying my days with lynley, trying to do things with her everyday that i know i'll miss when it's not just the two of us anymore. she talks about having a sister...and the baby alot. it makes me happy..and i am really getting to a really good place with this new reality. there is starting to feel like maybe there is a tiny whole that needs filled in this family..that there is definitely some room for another tiny girly person.
8. lynley draws the best pictures right now. i mean, seriously, it's hard for me not to keep every single one. and lots of the times, they hang on the fridge for a long time..even scraps of paper that she has drawn some giant headed, three legged beast, that i think is the most adorable thing i ever saw.
9. we are setting some big financial goals right now, to be accomplished by the end of the year! it feels good, to reflect and look at our lives, and do a little cleaning up before baby comes. i love a good purge, and we are going to shoot to be debt free by January. what feels so good, is that i know that it is totally possible for us..together. that with both of us on board, it'll be done! yay!
10......to be continued.
3 comments:
geez court you look great. I wish I had kept up on the running from the beginning of this pregnancy...didn't though...I guess i just get to start all over after I have the baby. yippeee!
exercise as long as you can while being pregnant!! it makes the recovery sooo much better. i learned that lesson:) Even though I gained 70 lbs both pregnancies. One exercising one not, and def had abetter go round when i exercised all the way through! you look so cute it's ridiculous:)
court loved reading this post! looks like life is going great for you guys right now, so many exciting good things coming in the future! I plan on exersizing with our next baby, 2 or 3 miles a few days a week. I hear it helps a lot {body & brain!} Good for you for sticking with it! ps-where did you get your belly band? Looks comfy!
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