Catching up on July

While Nate was in Oklahoma helping with the tornado rebuilding effort, we stayed around home and tried not to cry.  We went to the 4th of July parade with friends.

We stayed up late to watch fireworks in our pajamas.

We got donuts and went to the Botanical Garden.

She was writing a letter to daddy to put in the mail to Oklahoma.  She told me she wrote: Dear daddy, What are you doing in Oklahoma?  Are you eating a lot of okra there?  Are you fixing the tornado?  Tornadoes are very windy and go round and round like the flusher at the pool.  Love, Vi Vi.

A pretty cool map of where different plants and foods grow around the world.

We had fun at the splash pad.

We went for a few bike rides.

Earlier in the month we went to the Butterfly House for the first time.  Our friends Theresa and Luca showed us around and it was a pretty cool place to visit.  This is the cockroach bubble.  Gross.

Gross and also neat for kids to crawl up inside and see lots of cockroaches up close. 

We saw lots of butterflies but were disappointed none landed on us. 

The outdoor part of the Magic House is awesome! 

We got VIP tickets to the Urge concert and it was a fun and beautiful night for it!

Violet got a hold of the camera and was taking pictures of her toys.  Here's pinkalicious!

And hey, mom and dad!

More big girl playdates.

She is getting GOOD at the bike riding thing.  She has outgrown the tricycle and this bike is actually a little small for her.  But, she can ride it all of the way to the city center and  back by herself (with just a little boost going uphill) so it's awesome!

31 weeks and our little guy is measuring back on track.  I wasn't too worried about him measuring 3 weeks ahead because I figured it was just how he was positioned or something weird.  We don't have the genetics to make huge babies - thank the Lord!!  All of the walking to and from the park and pool and particularly swimming laps nearly every night is so beneficial.  I feel good, sleep well, and generally can't believe we'll have another little guy in our family in 2 months or less!

Just for fun - 31 weeks with Violet.  This little guy is much lower than she was and it's cool to see the difference between winter and summer pregnancies :-)