I know, I know :)

So, I knew when I started this blog that I would be terrible at keeping it up. I am just the sort of person to silently grumble at other people that don't update their blogs as frequently as I like but then just leave mine for months. Haha! I initially started this blog as an outlet for myself. It seems like as a mom your whole life shifts so completely, sometimes you feel like your old self has disappeared. Anyone else ever feel like that? I wanted to be more than just a caretaker or homemaker. I want my old interests and talents. I want to still be an individual, and I wanted some way to keep in touch with myself and reflect on things I am doing or I like. So what do I do? I post everything about my son. Go figure :). Go ahead and laugh, because I know at least someone feels the same way :). Anyway. Here are some things that I have been doing to pass my time lately.

I have been playing my piano pretty frequently. When the weather was not so good, I played every day. But Now I'm enjoying playing outside more than on my piano. BUT don't confuse me for some sort of talented person because it takes me MONTHS to be able to play one song! Granted it is a really hard song. I think.

My sweet hubby and I have been trying to grow a garden again. It is really big. And it is also a really big mess. Weeds are everywhere, and the weather has not been the best to promote optimal growth. Plus, I am getting really big with this pregnancy so it is getting hard to reach those blasted weeds :(. (i'm not posting a pic until it looks less dead and more presentable haha)

I have been having a ton of fun with my sewing machine. I took a short quilting class earlier this year from this amazing lady in my ward. And I have been working on lots of projects. :D Its WAY fun. But that being said, I am also blowing my budget at fabric stores. Not so fun :(.

I have been playing with friends. :) And I have been having so much fun with them! I hope that we aren't getting on their nerves though :S. We went on our first camping trip for the summer, and it was PERFECT! Perfect weather and everything! So much fun :) This is the waterfall from the enormous amount of runoff right by our campsite. It was so pretty and the pics don't do it justice. Sorry Jen! I didn't know I got you until I got home haha :)

On the left side of this pic you can kind of see water dripping down from the tree. So pretty.

I have been reorganizing EVERYTHING. My little brother is going to come stay with us for a couple of months while he gets his certification. So I have to clean out the spare bedroom and make it livable for him. Plus there will be another little pinkish addition in september too. I have had to reorganize the nursery to fit 2 kids worth of stuff in it. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.

I have been painting a new room for Dozer. He probably wont move in until his birthday, but it will be much easier to do it now than later. It is turning out SOOO cute and I will post pics when it is done.

I realize that I have failed to announce on my blog that I am finally expecting again :). It's been a long hard year with 2 miscarriages. But the Lord's timing was finally right, and we will be having a baby girl in September if all goes well. :) So getting big is something I have also been doing lately. Real big. No pics. haha

And of course, since he is my most favorite thing in the world, My cute boy! He has been so sweet lately. He has learned how to give hugs (FINALLY). And he comes and gives me hugs all the time. And kisses if I'm lucky :).

He has been REALLY picky lately and it is hard to feed him, but he does have his favorites :). Corn on the cob is a fav lately.

He loves to put on shoes. Even my high heels sometimes haha.

We saved some money to build a sandbox for him this year, and it turned out great! Great job love!!!
I got this fountain from my mom forever ago, but I can't turn it on because it is a magnet for destruction. The water will be ALL over the entryway as soon as I turn my back. This is one of those instances.

Spelling out the alphabet at Grandma and Grandpa Smedley's house :)

Writing more letters.

I love when he crashes like this :). Poor tired bug.
Playing in the sawdust. He has it in his eyelashes. And then got it in his eyes. Ouch!

He LOVES mud. We had dug up a post, and it left a hole that got filled up with water when the sprinklers went off. He had a lot of fun :). I didn't have so much fun cleaning out the tub after he had a bath haha.

This was in the tub after the mud fest.

Fun in the toy box.

Sun glasses from Grandma Smedley :)

He loves his books :). He goes to sleep with either "caterpillar" "moon" or "monster"
His first experience dipping cinnamon bread sticks in sweet cream at the Pizza Factory :) He devoured it.
More coloring :)

I'm not sure if you can see it very well, but I bought him some window crayons to play with. Well, he had me sitting there writing the alphabet over and over. And words and shapes and everything else. Anywhere he was tall enough to point to was covered in something :). We had a lot of fun. Now I get to wash it off to start over again!