Childress: Lazy or busy

Things have been pretty busy around here. Our friends Shane and Pilar and their two boys came out for a visit from Utah. We had a lot of fun with them, and are going to miss them so much. This week Nona has been staying with us, and we have, well Adra has worn her out. We have loved having her here. Grandma is still in Washington and we miss her dearly, but she is coming home tomorrow night, the girls will be so excited to see her. I am in my 37th week of pregnancy and my doctor has scheduled for me to be induced on June 30th. It is only 11 days away, so I have been trying to get prepared, by washing all his little clothes, but there is still lots to do. We need to get a bassinet for him, and we need to set up his swing and bouncy seat and all that other baby stuff I have packed away.

Also we have pretty much decided that we are going to move into my parents house until the house is built. Right now the condo (our house) is for sale, and it is going to be really hard once the baby comes to keep it clean and ready to show, plus we had to move the kitchen table out of there, so we have no place to eat. Joshua and I are going to slowly move out of there, keeping the big furniture at the condo until it has to be moved. We are going to try and sell the leather sectional with matching armchair, computer desk and love seat....if anyone is interested let us know! Luckily my parents practically have an apartment in their basement, we have two bedrooms (David's and my old room) with a full bathroom, play room and living room, so we are set. We still have to set up the crib for Adra and we are going to get a bed rail for Farrah so she can sleep in the day bed. We hope to be in our new house by late September to early October.

Last Friday Joshua had the great idea to take the girls to a drive-in. We went and saw "Up", which is a cute movie, but I think it is made for older kids and adults more so then toddlers. We had a lot of fun though. We got there an hour early to get a good spot and had a picnic in the back of my dad's truck (he was so nice to let us borrow it). The girls stayed awake the whole time (the movie didn't get over till past 11!). It is something we would love to do again....maybe without the kids next time :-)

Farrah loves to line things up, so she decided it would be fun to put a baby on every stair....it is amazing how many baby dolls we have!

We have played outside a lot...

... which is a good way to get Adra to sleep!

Last Sunday was Joshua's 27th birthday. We didn't plan anything big, because his family was planning on coming up to visit on Tuesday. To our surprise, during dinner, Joshua looks out the window and sees his family drive up....all of them, his parents came and Hope and BC came up with their kids, as well as Jake, and Charlie. We were so excited....the funny thing is that they didn't tell each other they were coming (his parents and BC's family), but they pulled in the driveway at the same time. Suzanne has stayed all week, but everyone else went home. Josh was so happy that they surprised him!

Daddy's yummy devils chocolate cake (luckily I made enough to feed a big crowd!)

The hand bouquet we made for daddy.

Daddy's presents (the Tony Stewart thing is a running joke....Joshua can't stand him!)

We're going under!

Adra loves to nap with Kirby

They are making some progress on our house.....the foundation blocks are up! They are supposed to do the plumbing and electric this week (we haven't gone to check yet)

Can we move in yet?

Here we are at the park with Shane, Pilar and their kids. We had so much fun (even though it started raining). Afterwards we went and got ice cream....in the rain.

Azden had his birthday while they were in town, so we got to celebrate with them. We went to this bouncy castle place, and the kids had so much fun. Adra loved it right from the beginning, but it took Farrah a little longer to feel comfortable there....but before long she was going down the big slides. We will definitely go back there, especially when Joshua can go!