My parents arrived today, the kids are thrilled to see them, the weather is finally cooling off, and I far exceeded my exercise goal for the month!  I was aiming for 1200 minutes, and I did 1605!
8/2: 45 minutes pushing stroller and wearing Ellie
8/3: 170 minutes pushing double stroller
8/5: 25 minutes pushing stroller, 60 [...]

The weather is finally better!  I don’t think it got above 79 degrees today!  It was lovely!  Literally the first day in months that it hasn’t hit 80.  Heck, I don’t think we had very many days in July that didn’t hit 100 degrees!  Anyway, it was so nice that I went for a long [...]

It was a pretty good day today. David let me sleep in, and I actually slept till 9:30! Then, I took the kids to the farmer’s market and for about $13 I got: two bags of sweet potatoes, a bag of tomatoes (including one heirloom tomato that my mom specially requested), a bag [...]

So, apparently all I needed to do was voice my concerns that Ellie wasn’t babbling or saying any words yet… She’s now babbling with consonants and saying “Mama!” when she wants me!  Yay!!!

I’ve been waiting and waiting for Ellie’s hair to get long enough for pigtails:

Killy often tells me its “too hot!” when we step outside, and he is quite correct.  It was 98 degrees today and we went to the zoo.  We had a good time seeing the animals, and playing in the discovery barn, but it was really too hot to be outside.  I think I got a [...]

So, in my last post I forgot probably the most surprising moment of my day… fitting back into my Old Navy size 4 jeans!  Really fitting into them!  It was too hot to wear long jeans today, but I did it anyway.  You know how some people say they have to climb a mountain “because [...]