Summer Vacation

We had a wonderful vacation this year up near Traverse City, MI. We stayed at a family member's house and it was fantastic. Jeff had just gotten back from the Dominican on Tuesday and we left again on Wednesday. But he was a trooper :) My sister and her boyfriend came as well as my brother and his girlfriend. It was a blast being together. Josh got a lot of time with everyone. Here are a few pictures from the trip.

This is everyone. Jeff, my brother Justin, my dad, and Mo (in the back row).

He loved being by the rocks and throwing rocks into the water.

He had a lot of fun with his Uncle Justin.

He loved hanging out with daddy throwing rocks of course! :)

And he LOVED the slide.

This is the same toy he was on last year when he turned 6 months. This time, he turned 18 months!

We went up to Charlevoix to see a lot of fun boats and to get some fudge.

He has a little leftover sunscreen in his hair and it made for a cute hairdo :)

And he absolutely loved the water. You could see to the bottom everywhere. It was beautiful.

Trying to scoop sand.

Well that's it for now. We had a great time but are glad to be back in our own bed. There's just something about sleeping in your own bed.

Baby boy is moving around a lot. I'm still feeling great except for a few annoying veins. But other than that, we are doing great. Josh is still a super sweet little boy. He told Jeff "love you" the other day without being asked. It was adorable! But he no longer wants to go to bed :( :( :( (nap or night time) and I have had to let him cry himself to sleep every time. Thankfully it's never for very long. Josh is starting to test the limits with everything and throwing little crying fits when he doesn't get his way. I have been praying SO MUCH MORE these days for wisdom to discipline and for grace. I know it's just beginning. But he does do so many cute things. He loves to pray at meal times and not just in the beginning. Randomly while we are eating he will say "momma pray" or "daddy pray" and we stop and say a prayer. His favorite thing to say is "dear Jesus", then Jeff and I will fill in the middle like "thank you for mommy, thank you for daddy, thank you for baby brother" and then he will yell "AMEN". He loves to say Amen. And he also loves to throw things and make messes. Anything he can do to make a mess and he will do it. And he loves to go on his big boy bed and throw the pillows off with daddy.

Ok, that's it :)

It's A...

BOY :)

Josh will be having a little brother. We are SO excited! We weren't sure we were going to find out. We had planned on being surprised but the night before the ultrasound, I really really really wanted to find out. It was so much fun finding out. But I think both ways are great. So when/if baby #3 comes, who knows what we'll do. But for now, we are excited to think of 2 little boys running around. My prayer is that they will love and serve each other and Jesus all the days of their lives. I pray they become best friends and Godly husbands/fathers.

We just got back from vacation on Monday night so I have a lot of pictures to post of that. Stay tuned.

Camping

Well I can officially say I've been camping. Although not in tents, we stayed in cabins with only a bed and a table (no bathroom) so basically the same thing :) We went with the Tonagels who have done this before. Greg cooked some great meals and the boys had a BLAST. I had a great time except for the night. It was a sauna in our cabin. I couldn't fall asleep until 2:30 when the rain finally came and cooled it off. But it was a great experience and I think I would do it again. Here's a video of our trip Jeff made. We had over 30 minutes of film and shortened it to about 8. Please ignore all of my narrating. I didn't realize I did that so much until I watched this video :)