This is the life!

Today the rest of the fam headed to the water park, and Allie and I decided to spend the day at the pool!

If I had it my way, I think I'd spend everyday at the pool! It is probably good we don't have one. I may never get anything productive done.

Rainy days

Well our first full day was pretty overcast and rainy off and on, but we still managed to pack in some beach time, pool time, putt putt, dinner, and ended the evening with family game time! All in all it was a great day, but I think everyone is looking forward to some sunshine today!

7 hours of fun

It's a good thing Allie enjoys car rides. Otherwise, the drive wouldn't have been nearly as pleasant!

2 Weeks!

Wow. Has it really been that long since I've blogged?! Apparently so! I feel that an apology is long overdue. I hope you will forgive me, and I promise to do much better.

I'm not sure if the lack of blogging has been due to the fact that we've had a lot going on these past 2 weeks, or due to my wonderful new phone, which sometimes makes me forget I even have a computer altogether (and yes, I know I can blog from my phone, too, so that's probably not it), or due to the fact that my mind has been more and more scattered these days as I find myself loving each minute of playing with my sweet Allie, but also loving each minute of naptime, so I can get some rest, too!

So what is it that we've been up to? Well, naturally we've been swimming as much as possible, we had a quick trip to Pickwick with some good friends (and NO kids!), I've been busily getting ready for a baby shower and bridal shower that I'm giving this month, I finally picked out bedding for Pierce's room and will begin decorating as soon as we are able to get rid of this one last pesky piece of furniture, which I've been diligently listing on Craigslist. (If any of you need a REALLY pretty black, distressed entertainment center that holds a 27" tv, let me know!) We've also been enjoying time with family from out of town, as well as THREE fireworks shows! Allie loved them all!

In other news, this last month has been quite eventful for Allie as well! While she is STILL not walking (at 13 months!), she has expanded her vocabulary to include quite a few words! She'll say brush, hi, makeup, ducky, bath, bite, milk, juice, mama, daddy, gator, book, up, and a few other things I know I'm forgetting. Of course, she doesn't ALWAYS say them on command, but that's only normal.

I've also decided that despite a baby coming in September, I am moving ahead with holding Christmas in the Valley! So, mark your calendars for November 6! As you can imagine, I'd like to get the details nailed down before Pierce's arrival, so I'm working on vendors now. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Keep in mind, we have limited room, so each vendor will be carefully considered before any decision is made. I know I am in need of someone who sells stationary/Christmas cards. Last year's vendor will be out of town and unable to come! If you know of anyone for this slot, PLEASE let me know!!

Well, consider yourselves officially updated on our lives! Allie and I are headed off to the beach this morning with my family! Poor hubby is staying behind to enjoy a fun-filled week of work! We will miss him, but we're not ones to pass up on a free beach trip! Stay tuned this week, and I be sending lots of picture updates your way!

Good Laughs and Maybe a Tear or Two

For Father's Day, we went to see the much anticipated return of the Toy Story saga. I believe Eric has been talking about how excited he was about this movie coming out for about the last 2 years, so it seemed a fitting dad's day activity!

Very few films can live up to the anticipation and hype that this one has drummed up in our family, but I feel that this one did just that. Not only did it have a riveting story line that can be appreciated by all ages, hilarious scenes that were enough to make you laugh out loud, it also had a very unexpectedly touching and somewhat emotional ending.

So much so in fact, that as I sat there in the theater biting my lip, trying desperately to control the tears pouring down my face, I began to seriously wonder if there was something wrong with me. While I really would not deem myself overly emotional in normal times or in pregnancy, I always tend to wonder if the crazy bodily phenomenon of pregnancy is to blame for such unexpected emotional outbursts. I was very relieved to find after the movie that the other women in my family also shed tears of their own at the end of the flick. So to answer my question, no, I don't guess there was anything wrong with me, at least not anything that doesn't also affect the other females of the fam. =)

Have you seen it yet? What did you think?