Swim Ranch

Emily is taking swim lessons this week at the Swim Ranch. It's a really neat swim program here. This is a perfect week to go because the weather has actually cooperated. She is doing so good! She loves the kickboard the best! She got to go on the elephant slide today, but Roy did not take a picture of her on that. They get a sugar cookie at the end of the lesson every day. We will be back next summer I hope!

Busy Weekend!

We headed to Little Rock Friday to celebrate Mimi's 85th birthday! We had a great time and I must say, she looks GREAT for 85!!! On Saturday, we went to Matt and Neha's engagement picnic. It was very hot, but it was a lot of fun! The food was wonderful! I only took a couple of pictures that day. I hope someone sends me the group picture and I'll post it. On Sunday, we celebrated my brother-in-law (Blake)'s 30th birthday. I didn't bring my camera that day.

I am totally exhausted and I'm planning on staying home next weekend for sure! We are heading for our big trip in almost a week!

Emily is going to Swim Ranch this week, so I will post pictures of that later on this week once Roy comes to watch.

Bird's Nest

My mom made me a beautiful wreath for my birthday. Well, the birds thought it was so beautiful they decided to make it their home! We found a little nest on top of the wreath! I had Roy take a picture for me. I love that they found some purple and pink string somewhere too! We will have to keep watching for baby birds!

More Fun

Emily's kite!

Flying the kite

On the train (yes, again!)

On Saturday, we went to Roy's parents. The girls went to lunch, then stopped at Creekmore to ride the train and play, then we went shopping. The guys stayed at home supposedly to work on the new room. It got really windy, so Roy brought out Emily's kite. It's the first time she has flown one this year!

4th of July!

We had a fun 4th of July weekend! We headed down to Fort Smith to visit our family there. My mom and I took Emily swimming, then on the train at Creekmore. She loved it! After a yummy cookout, we headed downtown to see the big fireworks. She was a little scared of the fireworks, but said they were very pretty. I will have Saturday's activities with Roy's family updated in another post. Too many pictures!

Big Sister Emily

We are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our second child around January 20th! We went to the doctor yesterday and heard the heartbeat! That was so exciting. I found out a couple days after Mother's Day. That was the best Mother's Day gift ever. We had an ultrasound at 6 weeks and everything looked great (I guess that is a perk of having infertility issues in the past). I wanted to wait to officially announce it until after I heard the heartbeat. Please keep us in your prayers throughout this time! We have 2 more months until we find out if Emily will have a baby brother or sister. I'm a little over 11 weeks along.

3 Year Check-Up

Emily went to her 3 year-old well child visit this week. Just so I don't forget, here are her stats:

Weight: 28 lbs. (25 %ile)

Height: 36 in. (25 %ile)

Dr. Silvey said she was perfect! She has mastered all the skills required at age 3. ;) I am concerned that she is such a picky eater. He gave me some suggestions, so we'll see if she works. He seemed to think it was her age. haha This girl will not eat breakfast lately, just wants chocolate milk to drink. She used to love waffles, toast, and cereal. She will not touch it now. ;(