Comparison fun

Here are pictures of me during my pregnancy with Chloe and now with Lily at about the same weekage...

What to do on a hot Summer day...? Sorry I go a bit overboard on pictures sometimes...

Well this morning while it was still "cool" out (meaning it was only 89 degrees as opposed to 109 haha!) we went to the park to walk. We haven't really done that for a while since it has been so hot and the mosquitoes have been so bad. Our town did finally spray and I think it has helped quite a bit!

I thought this duck/goose? with the brown was neat looking.

This afternoon after the kids naps I got the bright idea to go outside and let them play in the water. Our pool water was getting nasty, so we dumped it out and it seemed also to get a hole somewhere, so we've decided not to put it back up. Anyway, I had an idea that I hoped would be fun for them anyway... Here is a picture of them in their new chairs from Papa and Grandma. I had them sit while I got our fun ready...

I gathered up some buckets and their pool toys, put a drop of dish soap in each container, and then filled them all up with water! They had a blast! We were out there for at least an hour and a half just splashing around in the bubbly water :-)
Sean was a little hesitant about the idea, but he decided I was pretty smart after all...

After a while they were getting tired of the buckets, so I put the sprinkler on low and they all enjoyed that for a while. They don't like it on too high or it hits them in the face and then Chloe won't go near it, but this way they all had fun.

Soon after that I shut off the water and we started to dump out the buckets. The kids wanted to use their watering cans to empty it out and water the grass in the process. That worked OK until they poured water all over my chair, so then I made them sit back on their chairs while I finished the job.

Last here is a picture of Sean pretending to be an astronaut the other evening. You can see his spaceship off to the side also. We watched Planet 51 two days in a row, so he is is currently really into the whole alien/astronaut thing right now.

More maternity pictures

Special Delivery!

Mama and Chloe!

Mama and Eleanor!

Sweet and silly sisters :-)

Chloe didn't want to be included in this one...

Mama and Sean! I plan on taking some more with him. I'm trying to talk him into doing some without his shirt. He wants me to keep my shirt down, which is just fine, but I thought it could be cute to do some more poses with him, maybe where my face is in the picture too so he doesn't have to look straight up at me, but more directly at me...

Grandma's 80th Birthday Party!

My Grandad put together a little Birthday celebration in honor of Grandma's 80th year of life! It was a really nice time for everyone.

Eleanor loves to cuddle with her Great Grandma Bubbles! She even put on new earrings, a bracelet and several necklaces because she knows that Grandma Bubbles loves pretty jewelry and sparkles!

Goofy Girlies!

Big and delicious Birthday Cookie from my Aunt Cyndi's store!

Pretty and yummy Birthday cake! I thought the flowers were really pretty!

The kids wanted to be included in the picture with the Birthday girl holding her cake :-)

The men cut and served the cake and ice cream. I must say they did a very nice job! Way to go on the cake cutting Grandad!

Beautiful Birthday Bouquets!

Here are some pictures of pictures that I took. They are my Grandma and her sister, my Great Aunt Arlene.

I must say that my sweet Niece, Little Miss Naomi definitely has some of her Great Grandma in her! What do you think Tab?

These aren't quite as clear as I'd hoped, but they are small pictures to being with, so I couldn't make them too big without getting a lot of "grain" in them.