"Nastics"

Laekin and mommy just finished a month long "Mommy and Me" gymnastics session. Throughout the month, Laekin was talking about "nastics" and attempting somersaults in the living room. She has also been teaching her favorite stuffed animal, Curious George, a few routines. She tells him "hands down George", "somersault", "good job George". It's pretty funny. Here are a couple of videos from last week.

Bittersweet...

We await with excitement to welcome our son into our family within the next couple of weeks. I think that Laekin is realizing that it is coming soon as she has been helping me wash his clothes and get all the "baby" stuff ready. She picks up his clothes and says "so cute...baby brother." I had her feel my belly the other day and she felt him move- then a couple hours later she saw my bare belly (as he was moving) and pointed to my tummy and said "baby brother moving!" I asked her yesterday when her brother was coming and she said "soon." So fun. I cannot wait for her to meet him and love on him.

It is also somewhat of a bittersweet time as our lives are about to change a lot. It will never be the 3 of us again and we are taking in all the time that we have together these last few days. It is similar to when Jeremy and I had Laekin and we realized that it would not be the 2 of us anymore. Yes bittersweet. God blesses our lives with these "little people" that impact us deeply- more than we could ever imagine. I am so grateful.

I love these pictures that my friend took while at Taco Tuesday the other day. It encapsulates my thoughts.

Last day of Summer

We had a great BBQ and picnic together with some friends last Sunday. It was the last day of summer... always a sad day for me- i love the summer, but we had a good time at the park with some yummy food and fun! Here are the pics!

Love and Hate

Here are the pics from the good days with Laekin and her cousin Silas- the days that they loved each other! These two could be hugging and kissing one minute and then pushing each others buttons the next. It was great to have so much time together this summer to spend with my sis and her family.

Happy Birthday Girlie!

Today our Laekin Joy turns 2! I can't believe that 2 years have gone by already... but then when I really think about it it seems like Laekin has been a part of our lives for a lot longer.

Happy Birthday Laekin- Thank you for being you, for keeping us running after you, for making us laugh, and for all your hugs and kisses. It is an honor to be your mommy. Love you peanut.

Too much fun with PhotoBooth

This is what we have been doing in our spare time. It makes us laugh way too hard (as you can tell from the last picture)!

Santa Barbara

I am a bit behind on posts lately. My brother got married on August 16th to his beautiful wife Jill. Jeremy, Laekin, and I were all in the wedding along with my sis, Matt and nephew Silas. As a bridesmaid I got to have my hair and makeup done! I am assuming it was pretty noticible since my almost 2 year old daughter saw me and said "Mama EYES" and then looked at my lips and said "Blood." It gave us a good laugh! They got married at the Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara and it was truly amazing. Definitely the nicest wedding we have ever been to! We ate great food, danced, and had a wonderful time celebrating the marriage of Nick and Jill.


Rehearsal dinner



Reid (bro-in-law), Justin (Jer's bro), Tim (Jer's dad), Jeremy