July wrap up

Well this month we have actually had one thing going after another. We started the month going to St. George, Lucas was sick for a week or more after we got home, mixed in there were Lucas and Brian's birthdays, I spent a week recovering the car seat, and then my mom came for the last week!

Lucas has become quite the little helper. He is pretty good about cleaning up after himself and he LOVES to help do laundry!

We have a "garden" aka one enormous zucchini plant. I swear from one day to the next we have a little zucchini that starts growing and then the next time I look at it, it's 16 inches long and 3 inches in diameter.

I am getting a lot more into sewing. My latest things were recovering the car seat, making a cover that attaches to it (with a peep hole), and making cute Activity Bags that I am selling if anyone is interested!

That is my super quick recap since most things were covered in other posts from this month

Mom's visit

For the six days my mom has been here visiting and it has been lots of fun! We haven't done a ton, but we have had a few outings and she has been able to help me out with Lucas a lot. Although we are sad to see her go tomorrow, it won't be long before she and my dad pop back here to see the baby!

Since it is monsoon season here in ABQ it hasn't been the best of weather for going out and about. On Tuesday it was the only clear day while she was here so I decided to take her to the zoo and of course Lucas had a blast. His obsession with peacocks (and of course feeding the fish and ducks) grows with every visit. This time he chased this poor peacock for probably 5 minutes, all over the elephant enclosure, until finally the peacock went into a roped off area and I pulled Lucas out of the roped off area and carried him away screaming.

On Thursday since the morning was supposed to be clear we took the time to go and see the Temple. It isn't as "grand" as the old Utah temples but like all temples, still was beautiful in its own way. The only real downfall in my opinion is that they don't even have a visitors center here! I had never heard of a temple without a visitors center.

It is going to be weird to have an empty house again! Hopefully it won't be for long. We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our little guy. Oh!! We finally found a name we can agree on....ddddrrrrddddrrrr (drum roll)..... Levi

I forgot to add this picture! So one night my mom was making me my all time favorite food and she likes to "beat" the dough with a plastic bag on her hand to limit the mess. Without us realizing why he was doing it, Lucas pulled out my box of sandwich size ziplock bags, pulled a bunch out, and then opened one of them. He then put his hand in the bag and was trying to reach up on the counter and stick his hand in the dough!! Because he was so excited about it, my mom put the dough on his table so he could help. This kid is seriously so observant and just plain smart!

Brian's Birthday!

Well Brian turned 28 this year!! It was cake overdose by the time his birthday rolled around so Brian asked me to make a frosted Angel food cake. Although it doesn't look the prettiest it was pretty good :) Lucas thought it was especially fun to help blow out so many candles. Now every time he sees candles he says "cake!"

For you dirt bikers or motorcycle riders we got Brian some really good priced gear on www.cyclegear.com. He was excited to get his first (ever) pair of new riding boots and a new helmet.

Lucas's 2nd Birthday!

Well I know that I am WAY behind on posting seeing as how I have skipped the entire month of July.

We went to St. George for a few days over the 4th of July (more posts soon to come) and while we were there we decided to have a party for Lucas. So, on the 4th we invited the family out to a cool park we had never been to (Highland Park - in Bloomington Hills) for a little get together. I was especially excited that some of my family from Brazil was able to be there and experience an American birthday party.

It was great to have everyone together for a few hours. The kids had a lot of fun playing on the play ground, but the most fun was filling up balloons and throwing them around! Poor Dad had one of the worst "explosions" when he caught a balloon!

This year Lucas was lucky enough to have two cakes! He had a Yo Gabba Gabba cake in St. George and then on his real birthday I made a cake for him and put Curious George on it. I am not the best cake decorator but he did like how he could take the characters off of the cake and play with them! I think that next year I will have to step up my skills, but for this birthday it worked out great.

4th of July in SGU

Since Brian got 2 days vacation over the 4th we were lucky enough to be able to make the LONG 10 hour journey to St. George. We had lots of fun crammed into 3 days of actually being there. Someday we hope to be able to spend at least a week there so we can see more people and not be quite so rushed, but who knows when we will get the chance for that!

We got to watch a Brazil game with my mom and dad. Which unfortunately was their worst game of the cup and got them eliminated. It was hard not to let that ruin the rest of our day, but there was too much to do! Towards the evening we got to go swimming with Brian's family and it was a lot of fun to see them and especially see Lucas and Mya enjoying the water. Those 2 are pretty close in age (6 months apart) so it is too bad that we live so far away.

It was also really nice to have a chance to see my best bud Shannon pregnant! We were only due 3 weeks apart (so why does my belly appear to be bigger?) but she ended up having to deliver early (4 weeks early?) a few days after we left. The boys were giving each other high fives through our bellies :)