July '08

Because I'm trying to use this as a sort of journal, I've been feeling the need to update it. However, I've been sucked into books and various other things and have not yet gotten around to an update so here it is.
Fourth of July:
Zach and I forgot the camera and were therefore unable to get any pics of the day but- we had a great day! We woke up early to attend a flag raising ceremony and breakfast held by our ward. Then we went out and ran some errands, which was kind of hard to do since many things were closed as it was a holiday. Then we headed out to Boulder City for a BBQ with the fam. We had tons of great food, Zach got to play a little rock band (the only X-box game he's into), there was a rather long and big round of croquet which was won by the birthday boy (my brother Darrin) and we watched some great fireworks which Lincoln fell asleep through. We were exhausted but happy when we finally made it home.
The pictures in this blog obviously have nothing to do with Independence Day, but they're what we've been doing since then.

Lincoln tried out his pool and didn't seem to be much of a fan of it. You can see the scowl on his face, then him climbing out of the pool. However, since then, he's acquired a love of the water, particularly the hose as I've been trying to rescue our lawn with some handwatering.

We've also put Lincoln to work. We have a huge Mesquite bean tree in our front yard that drops bucket loads of beans each year. One day I started picking them up and Lincoln started copying me. I thought it was great, until he decided he wanted to put rocks in the bucket as well(our landscape rocks). Anyhow, we got a little good work out of him.

And last, we've finally decided to start telling people, other than our family of course, that we're pregnant again. I realize this probably deserves it's own post, but this way only the most dedicated readers of our blog will know 1st. Anyhow, I'm out of the first trimester (yea!) and starting to feel good and have my energy back. It's amazing, the second trimester is sooooooooooo much better than the first- I'm finally able to get more things done around the house and I don't feel like I have to constantly have something in my mouth to keep the nausea away.
I'm about 15-16 weeks along and will therefore be due the first part of January. That means Lincoln and this little one will be right around 18 months apart. We're excited, nervous(only because Lincoln is still quite young), but excited.