Maternity Portraits

Jensen and I went to Target last week and had portraits made. I never wanted to do maternity pictures with Jeff when I was pregnant with Jensen but it seemed like it might be cute to do them with big brother. I was really nervous and felt like a total goof the whole time but we got some cute shots that little brother might like someday

This one is my fave
I had them do some shots of Jensen to mark him being 3 1/2 years old. He just looks like he's up to mischief

This is silly mommy!

When they told me to do this I thought it was weird and I would hate it but it turned out pretty good

Rolling a car on mommy's speed bump. I wish the photographer would have gotten the car in the photo

Cheesy but sweet!

Will it ever end?

I thought since we were done with all our home improvement projects except for the fence we would have the house on the market very soon. Well, turns out the staging and decluttering is going to take a lot longer than I though grrr! We have to completely empty the man cave, I mean garage to paint the gross dingy walls and ceiling but that requires getting the car put back together to get it out. We also have a lot of unnecessary furniture to remove and the question is where is it all going to go? Maybe in the garage once its painted and cleaned out, maybe in a storage unit? Also, what do we do with the stuff we don't want? We could sell it but that requires time and effort and since we are less than 90days from having the baby I'm not thrilled about doing any of that. Its also hard to decorate and stage when I have no design sense at all. Our real estate agent friend Rodd took me to Kirklands home store this weekend to get some stuff to decorate with but it just makes my head spin and I'm not entirely sure all this is necessary. Since it looks like we will not be out of here before the baby comes, I have to figure out where the stuff for him is going to go as well. All but the most bare essentials will have to be stored for a while I guess. I wish I could call one of those tv shows and have them come do all this for me in 1 day!! Ok that's my vent for today.....

Peek at Baby Jones

Since I had a low placenta last time, we got to have another ultrasound of the baby. He looks really good and is measuring about 27wks so a little ahead. My Dr will call and let me know if the placenta has moved up or not.

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Foot

3D profile

Still a boy

We got a good view of his face and he opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue. He sure is Jeff's kid!

Red Door

This is definitely one thing I wish we had done years ago. We painted the door colonial red to make it look more inviting and I am amazed at what a difference it makes. We have the fence left to replace and some staging then the house goes on the market. Now, hopefully that won't take too long but its hard to put up a fence when it has been 105 degrees outside!

24 week Belly Pic

24 weeks

Happy 80th Birthday Grandma Cassie!

Jeff's Grandma Cassie had her big 80th birthday this week and we made sure it was special. She had never been in a limo so we arranged for a super stretch limo to surprise her. Her brother and sister and their spouses drove up from Potoeau but just told her they were coming up for lunch. The limo came to get them all then made two other stops to pick up Grandma Cassie's two closest friends and their husbands. The 9 of them rode in the limo out to Yukon for a party at Jeff's aunt and uncle's house where the rest of her family was waiting. She was very surprised and couldn't believe we planned all that without her knowing. Grandma said she and her friends had a great time so that felt good to give all of them a fun day.

It took the driver 2 tries to get in the driveway
Grandma Cassie's friends and family in the limo

The birthday girl arriving at her party

Siblings Curtis, Cassie and Lebrecia

Jeff's dad reading to the kids, so sweet

Soggy but fun 4th

July 4th is usually blistering hot and dry but this year it was soggy and wet. We weren't complaining though and had a blast anyway. I really wanted to take Jensen to see the parade in Edmond but ended up talking myself out of it since it would be a hassle and so hot. When we woke up in the morning though it was cloudy and fairly nice. So at the last minute we decided to give it a shot. We got a great spot right in the middle of downtown and got to see many cool things. We cracked up when Jensen saw the Shriners and said "hey, that man has a bucket on his head"! There was a big Star Wars float thing and he kept talking about Darth Vader.

That evening, we drove an hour away to Tuttle where one of Jeff's friends from work lives in the country. On the way down, it started pouring but we figured it would pass on time to do fireworks. Jeff spent about $250 on fireworks and could not wait to blow stuff up. He has always told me this is his favorite holiday and its like Christmas to him. We got to Chris and Jayme's house and they were really dissapointed that it was so rainy. They had a moon bounce that had to be taken down, a horseshoe pit and a kiddie pool filled with rain water. You could tell they really planned a lot of fun activities and they kept apologizing for the rain but we didn't mind as long as we got to do fireworks. There was a little boy named Hunter that was a little older than Jensen and they became fast friends. They even helped themselves to the water balloons in the rain

It started to get dark and it was still sprinkling but the guys started the fireworks anyway. The good thing was Jensen wasn't nearly as afraid of the noise this year and enjoyed it a lot more

Jensen didn't understand at first what to do with the sparklers, he kept throwing them out into the yard since he saw Daddy do that with the other fireworks

Hunter and Jensen enjoying the sparklers

We got a bunch of glow stick and Jensen and Hunter had a great time with them. They came in handy too when there was a loud pop.

They were able to keep a fire going in the backyard so we made s'mores which I loved.

Yummy s'mores

the day before, both Jeff and Jensen needed a haircut so we went to Doc's barbershop. This place cracks me up because its like the ones you see in the movies complete with old guys sitting around BSing! Its cheap too