Hampton Beach

Wow, what an awesome Saturday we had! We left around five o'clock p.m. and got to the Hamptons around six! It was great! Traffic was not bad at all and we found parking pretty quickly. Every summer solstice they have a sand sculpting contest and today they were judging and having fireworks afterwards. So, we were able to look at all of them and they were all amazing! Then, we went down to the beach for Joey to look at the water . . . only, when he saw the water he ran into the water! He loves water! The water was freezing! We weren't planning on him actually going into the beach water, but luckily we had a swimmie with us. He would have stayed in the water the rest of the evening, but we decided not to let him freeze.

Then, we went on the boardwalk and just had fun! They have a huge arcade and Joey got to play wheel of fortune and the slot machines! He was really good at the slot machines and he was able to get some tickets and got a few prizes! After we left the arcade we got Keith and Joey some fried dough (same thing as funnel cake only shaped differently) and Joey LOVED it. I think the two shared it pretty equally. MMM. Must have been good. I was able to get a corn dog. How amazing is that. I haven't had a corn dog in over a year. It definitely wasn't up to par with corn dog 7, but it was still good. Joey and Keith ended up sharing a cheese dog, though, we were expecting that to be different. We thought it was a cheese dog from like the food court in Amarillo, but it was just a hot dog with cheese on it. I figured since we bought it was the corn dog that's what it would be. I guess that's what we get for assuming.

After Joey's tummy settled from all the yummy, unhealthy food Keith and Joey went to go play on the playground they had on the beach and shortly after it was time for the fireworks! We were so afraid that Joey would be afraid, but he ended up LOVING it. He smiled and clapped and had so much fun! Whew, what an exhausting day, huh???

19 months

Today Joey is NINETEEN months! Time sure does fly by so quickly! Yesterday Keith and I sat down and looked at some of Joey's old baby pictures. He sure has gotten so big! Yesterday was also Father's Day and it was a gorgeous day and allowed us to celebrate it nicely.

Saturday we bought Joey a new kiddie swimming pool and Keith set it up Sunday morning. Joey absolutely loved it! While Keith was putting it together his other little pool was still out in the yard and he just jumped right in there in his pamper. Needless to say, his pamper expanded super big. Once Keith finished his new pool he got right into it and played in it. Then, we were finally able to go inside and take a nap and then eventually go into Framingham to get some dinner and a couple more plants for the front yard. It was so nice outside that we decided to eat our dinner outside on the patio furniture. It was absolutely gorgeous . . . but there was one problem. When Joey is outside he just wants to play. He ate enough to tie him over, but wanted down from his high chair! As soon as Keith let him down he ran over into the new pool, clothes and all, and dove right into it! He had so much fun and played forever! Unfortunately, since we spent most of the day outside I noticed this morning that he's got several mosquito bites. Poor baby!

Keith is out playing golf today with church. Both he and Phil went together. I hope they have fun. I don't even know where they're going. It's some course that's an hour away from the church building. I'm sure they'll all have fun and it'll be nice getting to know some of the other men from church. Hmmm, must be nice just to take off work to go play golf!

This Wednesday the baby will be 16 weeks! CRAZY! Hopefully, that means my morning sickness will totally go away soon. I was a little over four months with Joey when I started feeling 100% better. I think I actually started getting more energy back, too. I hope it comes soon. I got in this week to get my quad screening . . . ugh, more blood! Luckily, I don't' mind needles too much and my veins always seem to cooperate.

I hope every dad had a great Father's Day yesterday!

Everyone is home

This week sure did creep by slowly! Keith had to go to Long Beach Monday - Wednesday . . . well, basically Thursday morning at one! To top if off, he worked a full day Thursday. Luckily, today is his day off work so he was able to sleep in this morning! Tammi stayed the night with Joey and me Tuesday and Wednesday night . . . so, no one worry!

Joey had his assessment today and did great. He's average on a few things and excelling in several others. He is a little behind on his speech, which I was pretty sure he was, anyway. So, in the next couple of weeks we'll be able to start speech therapy with him. I'm kind of looking forward to it, because he's not way behind, but this will definitely give him a head start! Joey sure did have the ladies working pretty hard to get his attention. He definitely was comfortable since we were in our own home, but he didn't want to play with their toys! He did enjoy the puzzles, but everything else was kind of dumb. Why in the world would you want to put cheerios in a bottle? He just wanted to eat them!

He did very well, though, and Keith and I are very proud of him. Well, we're always proud of him, he just showed us of more reasons today! We sure do love that little man!

I bought our plane tickets this week. For some reason the flight is not confirmed, yet, but we're planning on getting to Amarillo around one or so on Wednesday the 11th. We're getting excited to see family and friends! It'll be nice to celebrate Cindy's wedding and Papa's 90th birthday party!

As for me, morning sickness it starting to go down a bit, but I still am dealing with it. Ugh, I'm just ready to be finished with it! I thank God, though, because it just reminds me that the baby is growing well and getting the nutrients it needs. Well, I'm going to go grab my boys from the backyard. Hope everyone is doing well!

It's been a while

Sorry for the delay in posting to this blog! Things are going really well. I had another doctor appointment last week and things are going great! In fact, we get to find out the gender of the baby July 5th. It'll be just in time for us to share the news with family and friends back home since we'll be going to Amarillo the next week. I gained THREE pounds this last month! It sure does feel like a lot more than that, though! Whew!

Keith and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary . . . by running out of gas and walking home! At least it was a nice, quiet evening and we didn't have far to walk.

Keith received an award from work for publishing a paper. The reception and dinner was so nice! To top it off, Joey got to visit with Tammi for the whole evening while we were there!

Joey is still getting into everything and is so active! He's definitely a Keith junior! It seemed all of a sudden that he just GREW! His feet are getting huge and he's starting to wear a lot more 2T's than 18 months. He's going to be bigger than me soon!

It's hot outside

Boy, all of a sudden it just got HOT outside! I'm really happy that it's a holiday weekend, because Keith only worked half day Thursday, he was off his regular Friday, and he's also got Monday off work! I'm really grateful for the wonderful weather! Thursday we were able to just hang out in the back and watch Keith chop down some of that tree that had fallen last week.

Today was really nice! We went to go eat lunch with the Robinson's for Sue's 40TH BIRTHDAY! It was nice just getting out and having some fun with them. Afterwards, we came back home and watched Joey play in his little pool. Man, I wish we had a big pool right now with this gorgeous weather! He actually ended up not napping at all today, which is very rare for Joey. He usually takes two naps a day and each nap is 1 - 2 hours long! He was just having too much fun outside . . . which made Mama and Daddy exhausted!

This week was my 12 week marker for pregnancy! It's really hitting us that in SIX months there will be a new addition to our family! I sent out a general email to announce the pregnancy and it was really nice getting to hear from so many of our friends congratulating us. With Joey we announced it pretty quickly, but we took our time with this one. I'm just happy that things are going well!

TIMBER

Today Joey is 18 months and we celebrated it with a BANG! Last night while we were watching TV we heard a loud crash. Keith looked outside from our window in the dining room. Everything seemed fine. The winds weren't even blowing, so we figured maybe we were hearing Levi upstairs making some noise. Later that night Keith went to let Levi outside and yelled for me! I came running outside and was surprised with huge branches. Apparently, the wind had knocked some branches into our backyard . . . only the branch kept going . . . and it wasn't windy! One of our trees had fallen! We are very grateful that no one or nothing was hurt. It was a very huge tree, at least 60 fret tall! If it had been just a few yards closer to the house it would have caused major damage to the house. Whew! Praise God!

Joey's doctor's appointment went great and by medical opinion, he is "perfect." This appointment was by far the best appointment ever! He got no shots and the usual nurse wasn't there. Don't' get me wrong, we love the nurse but she always gives him shots. Can you believe he's 18 months? His next appointment is when he turns two years . . . right about the same time this baby will be here! I had a small panic attack realizing how quick the baby was coming and nothing is ready!

Wheel of Fortune

Most of you know that Joey LOVES game shows. I don't know what it is about game shows . . . they're just fascinating! This weekend while we were shopping Keith found a hand held wheel of fortune game that connects to the TV. Joey took to it immediately and kept spinning the wheel and decided that we were buying it. That evening Keith loaded it to the TV and Joey was enthralled! It's just amazing. He doesn't even mind if we play. Actually, we set up his high chair and just let him watch us play. He ended up eating a HUGE dinner just because he was so into the game. Silly man!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY (TOMORROW) TO ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE!!!!!