Camping....

Last weekend we went up to where my parents were camping and spent the day. It was a lot of fun. It's not often that my mom gets in the pool with us. Just so you know, the bag that was left home had Christian and my swim suits in it. I normally don't swim in my clothes but I really wanted to get in the water. Luckily there were some spare boxer shorts ( they were brand new!) and my brown under shirt. It looked like I had a load in my pants! I felt so stupid but what do you do. It was HOT!

Jellybean of course loves the water and had fun playing and splashing. Christian and I fight over who gets to hold her in the pool. She is just too cute!

We had yummy hamburgers, salad, and baked beans. I love food when your camping! It just tastes so much better. Well and of course the fact that my mommy made it! I love her!

Thanks for a fun night guys!

9 Months....

While I was in Chicago my little sugar bear turned 9 months old. I haven't had anytime to post these pictures, so here they are finally! I tried to do a quick little photo shoot and it didn't work. I could not get her to look at me. Of course the grass was way more interesting. The picture of her looking she was screaming! Oh well. She is still just as cute from the side view!

Overload Update

July has been a crazy month for our family. I have been in Chicago the last 2 weeks looking for a place to live. We have to be out of our house by the end of July. It's coming so fast! Now that it's down to the end I really don't want to leave. We have such great family and friends here. We love you all so much!!

Hopefully some of you will come visit! There is a ton to do in Chicago. Dirty Dancing starts on Broadway the end of Sep. I can't wait. The shopping is fabulous! My mother in law came last week for 4 days to help me with Jellybean. We hit some good sales! It's so fun because you can walk around for a couple miles and the stores never end!

I have walked so much the last 2 weeks. We rode the trains and walked everywhere we went. My aching feet! It has been so hot and humid there. I don't have hair that works with any of that!

We still are not sure where exactly we are going to live. We want to move out to the suburbs but we haven't found the right house. It is really hard not knowing the areas. It's a big culture shock for us and I want to feel safe. We had a Realtor show us around and that was super helpful.

Hopefully when Chris goes back this next week he will find something.

Here are a couple pictures of us waiting for and riding the train in down town Chicago.

I sold my living room furniture and decided to bring in the patio set. I know it's crazy but what else are we going to sit on? The swing is great indoors. I love to swing and watch t.v.

Who needs a rocking chair when you have this?

This is a picture of the guys hauling away the love seat. That was the first set of furniture
Christian and I purchased together.

I also sold our office furniture. Thanks for your help Alice and Rookie!

We have played many hours of Rock Band at my parents house. I love this game!

Fireworks

We spent the fourth of July with Alice and Rookie. We got some take out from Cafe Rio and headed to watch fireworks. Jellybean was more interested in playing with the grass than anything else. She would pick a handful of grass and then pull each blade one by one. Right before fireworks started the sprinklers turned on. Luckily only the corner of the blanket got wet.

Jellybean and I went swimming with Charlotte & Texi. It has been so hot so we loved cooling off in the water. We also went another time with Shanda, MaLia and Daddy. It was so much fun to see how much Jellybean loves the pool. She would scream and splash and scream some more.

Hope everyone is having a fun summer!