Happy Independance Day!

I love Independance day! I love fireworks, and I love our country!

Scott and I waiting for the fireworks. Can I just say that I LOVE that we were wearing sweatshirts and jeans.....IN JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucy with "gramma" Deb waiting for fireworks. Lucy did great.....fireworks actually put her to sleep. We'll add that to the list.....right up there with dirtbike rides :)

Lane waiting for fireworks.....he was SOO helarious to watch during the show...he LOVED it, and had a blast running around and staying up late.

Lucy getting tired :) again....check out those eye lashes!! geez

Many faces

Here are some of the many faces of Lane. He is such an expressive little guy....

Sad face. This face can be found when lane is in trouble, or has to go to time out, or is told that he cannot have candy or a snack before dinner...
Silly Face: this face can be seen just about any time, especially when he is stalling bedtime routines

Suprised face: this is the face when he is caugh off guard, or caught doing something he shouldn't.....like chasing the chickens around with a large stick!

Partial mean guy face: He had a hard time doing this one without smiling. This is the face reserved for most strangers, sometimes people at church, and anytime he is told to go potty.

Fish face: this is the face I get when i get kisses...

michievious face: This one comes out for a lot of pictures and right before someone gets tackled....

One common thread for all lanes faces is that most of the time they are dirty :) And Adorable......we love our Lane!

Even Crazy Lane :)

Master chefs

While we were in Ohio, I made cookies with the little boys. They were such good helpers, and scooped their own cookies on the sheet and everything. Totally cute!

Here they are scooping their cookies. Lane is sporting a classic cooking outfit, T-shirt and undies :)

Debating on if they should actually put the cookies on the sheet or eat the dough. I know....it's a really tough choice.....

Here we are with their finished sheet....they were so proud :) Cuties!!

Mobile

It's official. Lucy has been mobile for a little while now. I would post a video if i could becuase it's pretty funny. She uses one foot and one knee, and gets going faster than her little arms can move...so it looks like she's trying to run with her arms......and sometimes she just can't keep up and lands on her little face.....

she'll get it :)

Now we just need to have her walking by October, and we'll be set!!

She also loves to pull herself up to standing now....It's her favorite position.

She's getting pretty adventurous just holding on to things with one hand, and she even lets go sometimes to see if she can do it on her own...

here's her "crawling face" It reminds me of when lane would crawl around and bite people's toes....

here's the preferred crawling technique. Right knee down, left foot as the propeller, and arms go as fast as they can....helarious. I've caught her a few times up on both feet trying to bear crawl, but she acts stuck when she does that. So fun!

Backyard S'mores

we had a little campfire for Family Home Evening a while ago....we roasted hot dogs for dinner, and had s'mores for dessert. Lane was in heaven. Lucy enjoyed the experience and even got to try roasting her own marshmellow.

of course she couldn't quite get the stick over to the fire, but she had fun waving it around

she also had fun lounging in the camping chair most of the evening.

enjoying the fruits of his labor

s'more face


this was Lucy's first graham cracker....she was (and still is) a BIG fan. Note the intense concentration and "don't even think of taking my graham" expression...

S'mores 101. Lane was a fast learner

roasting lessons. two handed! he's a natural.

More Family Pics

Here's some more Fam pics we took while in Ohio......

OHIO

Here's some more random pictures from our Ohio trip..

Lucy discovered tinker toys
Lucy also perfected her wrestling technique and pinned 9 year old cousin several times. Here she is demonstrating "the smackdown"

us at the zoo again. Lucy was REALLY excited about the bird.....

Lane made a new best friend, Bilbo......much to bilbo's dismay

forced family photo

Riding cousin Alan

Learnign to use the doggy door

Sibling Snuggles

Zoo

While we were in Ohio, we went to the columbus zoo. Lane had a good time, and got to see lots of animals. It was a long day though and Lane had to get used to the crowds of people. I think it was the biggest place he's ever been in his short life.

Sitting on the stinky flower

Lane's hand on the monkey hand

Feeding the birds

Me and my sister (Local wildlife :) )

attempt at a group photo at the shark statue

Lane and Nathan in a one of the rare "good" moments :) They had a little bit of a struggle learning to share the cart. Hopefully it won't take as long when Nathan and family come out to washington this summer.

Petting the snake

IT'S A.......

(the objects in this photo are smaller than they appear. I.E. the belly)

I KNOW I KNOW!!!!!!!!!

I told everyone I wasn't going to find out what we were having.

BUT I cracked....

And it's a GOOD THING I did, becuase I was was 100% positive we were having a boy, and was about 2 seconds away from tearing down the nursery and making all BOY stuff for it.

SOO the sign represents my sentiments when the ultra sound guy showed the picture on the screen for about 30 seconds, and I didn't say anything, and he says, "You know what you're looking at right?" I say, "yeah....but I don't see anything" He says...."umm...that's because it's a girl" And I say..."no...we're having a boy, your machine is clearly malfunctioning, becuase I don't see anything" He says.."Um...that's becuase it's a GIRL" it took a minute to sink in....WHAT!?!?!! Another girl? My first thought was "poooor Lane" then i thought.....yikes. These girls are going to practically be TWINS, and I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope that they get along in say....oh, 14 years!!

SOO there you have it :)

We are excited, but have to start ALL over on the name game becuase of course, we were having a boy, so why come up with girl names....

Seriously....

Crazy Hair

Lucy's official First "crazy bath hair"

I think she likes it :)