Rainy Day Fun

What does one do on a rainy summer day, when a tropical depression is on it's way???
You find something that keeps him busy.
Today Nick painted as we waited out the bad weather. He worked really hard on his ladybug project. We have rain coming for the rest of the week so by the end we will have a whole bug family.

6 Months

As of today we are now 6 months into our pregnancy. I am feeling more uncomfortable each day. Now that we are into the summer months, I am getting more rest, unfortunately it is also much hotter here in Florida.
A few more months and the newest soccer player will be joining the family. I can already feel his goal kick.

Summer Fun

Summer is a great time for our family. Nick and I are able to stay home throughout the days and have fun. We still work on our school work reading, math, and science. However our days are also filled with fun like games (he is driving us crazy with the game Clue) and even staying up late (well a little later). He is very proud of himself he is now working on not just taking baths, but he has been actually taking showers, on his own. In just a few short weeks Nick will be a second grader. This is very exciting for him, he has been waiting a long time, especially since I will be in second grade next door. This could be a good thing or a bad thing????

Today we did some shopping. Nick ended up with new pajamas and flip flops. We were able to have a nice lunch together at a restaurant where Nick was able to make his own pizza.

We even got lucky on our shopping trip and purchased our first major item for the baby. Today we finally found the infant car seat and stroller. So we will now be able to at least bring the baby home (that will be a good thing). It took us so long to find the right one. One thing down, about a million things to buy!

What Parents do out of love...

Since we didn't know that Bloomie Jr. would be joining our family yesterday. We had to celebrate his first birthday today. As you can see from the picture Bloomie is one year old. Nick made him his hat and helped him blow out the candle. Bloomie wasn't alone in his celebration as you can see from below some of his new toy box friends came out to wish him well.
Of course it was mostly the bears that came. Happy Birthday Bloomie Jr.!!!

Nick's New Friend

For those of you who have been reading my blogger for some time, you may remember a class stuff animal named Bloomie. Nick was sad to see his friends go from first grade but even more he was very sad to see Bloomie go. At the end of the school year Nick's teachers raffled him off to one of the students. Nick of course was not that student. So he was determined that he too would find and have his very own Bloomie. We went to tons of stores only to find that we were not going to find him. So rather than wait for months and keep looking for him, Steven and I let our fingers do the shopping. After what seemed like a short shopping trip we found our very own Bloomie. We found him in all sizes and all colors. When Nick saw this he insisted on the tiny one. I guess by having the tiny one it feels like a baby.
Today after much anticipation Bloomie arrived in our mailbox.
Welcome to the family, Bloomie Jr.