Justin's Big Surprise

Justin surprised me on the 4th of July with a BEAUTIFUL pair of diamond earrings in celebration of the birth of Emmie! He said that there are two diamonds to represent my two girls! He was SO sweet to do that and I was so surprised. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband. He takes such great care of his girls and we love him so much!

What is in the bag?!

Loving my earrings....I have worn them ever since I opened them!


Scroll down for more pics from this weekend! Hope you all had a great Fourth of July!

Lainie and her Uncles

Lainie had lots of fun with Uncle Mick and Uncle Michael this weekend. We managed to get a few cute pictures of her with them. It takes Lainie a little while to warm up to the men in our family! For some reason, she has a major fear of men. It all started when she was a young baby, and we are still working on her warming up to men in general. I have recently changed pediatricians so she could start seeing a woman because every trip to see our male pediatrician was a nightmare!!! Thank goodness she started to warm up to Uncle Michael, Uncle Mick and Grampi this weekend!

We spent the day at Erin and Mick's house today before Emmie gets here. Erin made a D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S meal for all of us! Gramma and Grampi treated us all to ice cream afterwards.

Lainie colors with Uncle Michael

Uncle Michael set her up with headphones on the way to see Uncle Mick and Aunt Erin! She watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in our van on the way there.

Lainie plays music with Uncle Mick, who is a VERY talented musician.

Playing with Uncle Michael while we were out for ice cream

Fun at the Fireworks

Lainie loved to watch the fireworks on the 4th of July. She would say "Where did they go" and then "Oh, there they are!!" whenever they were being shot. It was so cute. She pointed out all the fireworks in the sky. Once the big show started, she was a little frightened by the loud noises, but she watched for a little while until she fell asleep!

Happy 4th of July!!

We had such a fun 4th of July weekend with family! Gramma, Grampi, Uncle Michael, Aunt Erin and Uncle Mick all came over to help us celebrate. Here are a few pictures from the day!

Lainie playing outside

Aunt Erin, Uncle Mick and Lainie Bug

Lainie loves Sasha!

Uncle Michael and Lainie Bug

Everyone hanging out before the fireworks

Lainie watching the neighbors shoot fireworks from our front porch

What's Happening with Lainie?

Lainie will officially be a big sister in 5 days, or even sooner if Emmie decides she is as cramped as her Mommy....not likely! :) For some reason, my girls are big, yet happy as clams in my tummy. I am SO ready to greet this little one. I don't think I could get any bigger, yet I am sure I will this weekend after eating a little barbeque and celebrating the 4th.

Lainie is really starting to talk more and more. She now will ask, "Mommy, what are you doing?" or "Daddy, where are you going?" It is so cute! She is working on learning her shapes, and seems to know the triangle, square and circle. She imitates everything we do. She pretends to do her hair and make-up with me every morning, shaves her face with Daddy's electric razor, puts lotion on her legs, talks on the phone, etc. etc. She will also repeat EVERYTHING we say, so we have to watch what we say around her. Her newest exclamations are "Oh Man!" or "Oh Gosh!" which I am not sure where she picked up. We really don't use those much, but who knows?! She also does this snicker that Justin does which is hilarious. We just have too much fun watching her grow up and change. She is a true blessing.

Her very favorite thing in the whole world is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I cannot explain the love she has for Mickey and his friends. That is definitely her latest craze. And can I mention for the record that Goofy DRIVES me crazy?! All the other characters are fine, but Goofy....ugh! How awful am I?

I am leaving you with some pictures from Kade's 3rd birthday party last weekend. It was a pirate party, so Lainie was given necklaces for treasures, a tattoo, and had her first experience with a pinata! She wasn't so sure about hitting him, but she was all about picking up the candy! Imagine that!

Happy Birthday, Christie!!

Just wanted to wish our friend, Christie, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today! We hope you have a wonderful day and get lots of fun presents. We wish we could be there to celebrate with you. Love you girl!

Spaghetti Night

This picture explains why every "spaghetti night" is also classified as "big, bubbly bath night"!!

Let's Color

Lainie loves to color! This has become one of her favorite activities these days. She has several Color Wonder markers and will color with those, but she also loves crayons. Here are a few cute pics of her coloring with Justin.

An Update on Emmie

Justin, Lainie and I went to see Dr. Crowe this morning to check on Emmie. She did an ultrasound to see how big Emmie was, and at 36 weeks, she is measuring 7 pounds, 11 ounces! I think she is going to be a big baby just like Lainie was. The ultrasound tech could see a little peach fuzz on the top of her head, so it looks like she will have a little hair. My c-section is scheduled for July 8, so Emmie should be here in about 2 1/2 weeks unless I go into labor before then. We can't wait to meet her!