Marathon

Would you believe your husband if he left early every Saturday morning to train for a "marathon" and you found this picture on your camera?



A simple vote of yes or no would suffice. :-)

The world as Natalie sees it...

Just a random update to say we are still alive. Our major accomplishment this month? Natalie is using the potty!!! I am afraid to type this, but, knock on wood, no accidents in two weeks! Yahoo!!! We had tried a few suggestions from others, none of them worked. Everyone kept telling us to just put her in big girl panties and she would stop peeing in them because she wouldn't like being wet. Well...the girl is as laid back as they come and being wet didn't bother her at all. So when the house was all wet, we stopped that. We tried other things, still no progress. Finally, we thought, we'll just wait. Then one day a couple of weeks ago she said she wanted to potty. She did all day and each time I wisely rewarded her with chocolate. (what girls will do for chocolate.)

Now here we are. I'm not sure when I'll learn to filter kind advice and just let her grow at her speed. She's done most everything when she decided she was ready. She threw away her pacifier. She gets herself dressed. She eats however much she is going to eat and that varies on any given day. She takes her own pictures.




The only constant is chocolate milk every morning. She comes by that quite naturally. :-)

We've enjoyed a day off together. It's been fun to run around the house and watch movies. She napped with me for the first time in a long, long, time. As she snuggled up close to me I found myself enjoying the being still with her. We run all the time. It's nice to know that some things, some times, when she chooses, she still wants to do with me.

Details

Well we have gotten lots of phone calls and e-mails from our blog announcing baby number 2. It's been fun to let Natalie tell our secret. Many of you have asked for details so here are a few.

We are due on August 24. Our first ultrasound is this Wednesday (Chris' birthday). We are praying for everything to be fine.

Natalie doesn't really get it at all, but when asked, she'll tell you she wants a sister.

And...to answer the most frequently asked question. We don't know. I don't know if we will find out what the sex of the baby is before sheman is born. I cannot explain how much fun it was not knowing when we were pregnant with Natalie. I think it's the only reason I got through labor. With that said, Natalie does well if she is prepared and it might help her to know if she's sharing clothes or making room in her toy box for boy toys. So I don't know. We have several weeks to decide. We are at a loss for names. I want to use the middle name Lee (Boy) or Leigh (Girl) because it is family name for me. Any suggestions for a good first name? We are up for them... Have a great week!

The B I B L E

Natalie loves to sing. Usually she memorizes a song in no time and will sing it by herself. She loves the B I B L E; however, she cannot remember the third line as it is supposed to be. I will give her credit for always singing it the same way. Enjoy...

Things I love

Here are a few things I love about today:

It's supposed to be 70.

We just now need to rake leaves out of yard...in January.

I slept good last night.

Funny faces.

Natalie's new shirt:





And...




Summer babies.