Happy Anniversary!!

I am so glad that Ian is my husband. We have so much fun together. Of course since becoming parents we don't have many pictures of us alone... but I love this picture of us in Mexico... it is one of my best memories of us as a couple before Eve came along.

Ian is such a good husband. He really takes up the slack for his pregnant wife. He is so patient. Of course his greatest quality is how awesome he is as a dad. I love seeing him and Eve and can't wait to see him with his little boy!!

Blanket for Baby Brother

There are more... but this one is my favorite so far.

4th of July

Or as Eve insists, the first day of July.

Our Weekend

We had a great day before Father's Day. This summer I am babysitting some kids, Eve loves the built in playmates, and we brought them to Ward Lake for family day. Ian helped Eve fish in the lake... she didn't catch anything then, but that morning we picked the kids I babysit up from City Park where they were having the kids fishing derby and Eve got to catch a fish there!!! Nothing better than catching a fish with a Barbie fishing pole.

It was such a nice sunny day. Ian took the kids out in the canoe and I stayed and supervised lake side. Then it was to our house to play on the deck in the sunshine. We finally broke out the kiddie pool so the kids had a blast. It was a great day.

Then just at midnight the flu kicked in for me. I was glad that Eve had decided to sleep over at my mom's so I could be sick and not worry about waking her up. But then the phone rang at 3 in the morning it was mom warning us that Eve was sick. Poor mom. She dealt with Eve's flu. Then Ian's Father's Day was spent running to the store for just the right liquids for his dehydrated and miserable girls. Poor guy!! But we really appreciate that he helped out so much! Made life much easier for us. And maybe Father's Day will come later for him... when the energy is back and the aching bodies are completely healed... Of course for me that may not be until this baby is done cooking.

Eve recovering from the flu. What a nice bed the closet makes, with towels for blankets. She recovers in style, with her princess dress on.

Vacation

We finally got to go on our "spring" vacation. We went up to Wasilla and stayed with Ian's parents and Ian walked for his graduation. Of course I didn't take a single picture the entire time we were there... I was just too busy! We had lots of fun.

Kim and Anica had decorated a room for Eve and she was so thrilled. She wanted to show her room to everyone! It was so sweet. Another bonus is that she is in love with Anica. Some nights she refused to let me or Ian do bedtime... she wanted Anica to do it. All I know is that it was a welcome break for me.

It was a wild week. We had lots of shopping to do, since we could actually go to real stores! So of course we had to stock up on stuff. We took two bags up and checked 6 coming back if that says anything. Eve had a blast shopping. It is hilarious how much she enjoys shopping. She would just load up a cart... I figure why not let her, and then go through and only get a few of the things she has decided on. It kept her busy.

Graduation was at the end of our trip. It was so nice to watch Ian walk... I know he worked so hard for his degree and appreciate the difference it will make for our family. It was so funny to think that when I walked in my college graduation I was pregnant with Eve and there she was cheering Ian on, and I am pregnant with another one now. Oh how things change!

Finish Line in Sight!!

So I got the paperwork in the mail. The latest that I will have this baby is August 17th at 7:30 in the morning! I am so excited. It is great knowing for sure that it can't go any longer than that. I am also so lucky because the amazing doctor who delivered Eve is going to be the doctor delivering this baby! It is a total luck since he is only going to be in Ketchikan the month of August and then we probably wouldn't see him back on the island for 4 months... but I am fine with that I am just feeling so lucky to get that doctor!

Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail...

We had the best Easter weekend this year! On Saturday we went to the mall to do Easter events... they weren't that exciting to my toddler. So we went to the hardware store, where they had bunnies, turkeys, and a baby goat. There is a sucker born every minute... and we ended up with a bunny. Eve has named him BunBun. She still reminds me every day that we need to go back to the store to buy the baby goat for Grandma Helen's deck. She seems to think it is very important, but the goat is already sold so we can't even go just to see it.

She stayed the night at Grandma Mil's on the Saturday night before Easter and woke up to help make dinner for e'rybody. She told everyone she was doing this. She was so excited when we showed up at Mom's to show us the purprise she made us.... jello eggs. She ate really well that night, she had a hand in every part of dinner so she felt awesome about it. I thought it was cute.

We also had a fun Easter egg hunt. Eve found 70 eggs all by herself. She thought it was so much fun. They were filled with small toys, stickers, and just a little bit of candy. It was perfect for her.

Do you notice her cute dress she is wearing on her Easter egg hunt? My mom made it for her, isn't she awesome?