Sunday, July 31, 2011

Random Pictures




There hasn't been too many fun and exciting things to take pictures of lately. Since it's been soooo hot, I've just stayed inside to 'nest'. Occasionally Lola will go outside with Brian to water the flowers, but for the most part, we all just stay inside. Surely it has to end soon, right?!




Speaking of nesting, I wasn't sure if it was something mental or if it was real. Regardless, I am definitely nesting. All I do lately is walk around looking for something to organize or clean. I've cleaned closets, under beds, dusted our blinds (I think for the first time since we've moved in), re-organized our bookshelf... it's out of control! But kind of fun!




During my coat closet organizing last night, I had a bunch of gloves, hats, slippers out, trying to figure out what we still use. Lola thought it would be fun to play a little dress up. She couldn't get her snow boots on, so she opted for her slippers, hat and sunglasses. She thought she was something pretty special!










Lola used to love the vacuum and always wanted us to hold her while we would use it. Now, she has become a little scared of it. My mom was using it the other day at her house and Lola went running into the kitchen where Wyatt was watching TV. I guess he picked her up and had her sitting with him (notice his arm around her). He was taking good care of her! :)











Ella's birthday party was a couple of weeks ago. Lola REALLY enjoyed eating her cake and ice cream!











3-4 weeks and counting until Little Preston arrives! So far, so good. I went on a tour of the brand new Birthing Center at my hospital yesterday and it's very nice!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Nesting?

I'm not sure if I was just tired of having a cluttery house or if this is what you call nesting, but something kicked in this weekend. Lots of cleaning, organizing and de-cluttering. One of the things I've been working on is getting caught up on Lola's baby book and getting ready to start the boy's.


Some of the pages in their books are "My First House" and "My First Room". So these pictures won't be exciting for anyone here, but are really for my Missouri relatives.


Our house:







Lola's Room:













We also made progress on the boy's room this weekend, but I'm not ready to unveil it yet, since it's not done.


5-6 weeks left!

"Booots"

Just a funny story...


For several years, Brian has called me "Booots" (and yes, it has to be spelled with 3 o's). It's just a cute inside joke that has become my nickname from him.

This weekend, Lola picked up on it and started calling me that. Brian thought it was very funny, so of course Lola kept doing it.


Brian would call for me and then next, I would hear "Booths!" and then the two of them laugh. I would say "Lola, you need to call me mommy!" And then again, "Booths!" giggle, giggle, giggle.

It was cute, but I much more prefer mommy!

A few random pics

I feel bad for not being a very good blogger lately, so I took just a few random pictures this weekend.



Lola loves to "cook" when we are in the kitchen, so here she is making us some lunch:







I asked Lola what color popsicle she wanted and she said "purple" so I got her a purple one and me a green one, which I thought was lemon-lime. I was very disappointed to learn it was watermelon (I don't like watermelon at all!). So Lola ate mine and hers!



4th of July Weekend

Our three-day Fourth of July weekend was a very nice and relaxing weekend!

On Saturday, my friend Heidi and I had a little play date with her two boys and my Lola at a local park. It has such a cute water park for little kids, but Lola was being very shy and didn't really want to play in the water. So instead we swang and swang and swang! She is a big fan of the swings!


Here she is with Parker:






Still swinging... (moved to the big girl swing)






On Monday, Denise and Russell hosted the annual 4th of July party at their house.

Wyatt and Lola in the pool:







In the slip n' slide







Not a great picture, but here she is, walking Darren and Angie's dog - Pip. Lola was walking around saying "Pip! Pip!"