Its about THAT time again...

...meaning, time for SWIMMING!

Carly is adjusting really well to the water but is most comfortable in the water with me.

She is so cute in her little swim suit, hat and swimmy diaper!

Cayson is growing gills and fins. He loves to swim!

He finally got the guts up to climb the water fountain and JUMP....he's getting brave!

We are getting to spend a lot of time in the pool as a family which is a lot of fun.

I completely intend to finish this pregnancy FAT and TAN.

(I got bare belly pictures when we went swimming but they are too embarassing to show so we will have to wait till next time to share the expanding mass.)

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News

I guess its time to come out with some fun news since its been killing me to keep it in! We are building a new and bigger house! We are super excited although it feels like it is going to be forever. We are one month into the 5 month build time so 4 months left, and if you are doing the math...yes, we are cutting it close. The house is in Waddell and for those that had no idea there was a town called Waddell in Arizona, its about 15 minutes closer to California than we already are. We are about 1 mile from the White Tank Mountains and it is very rural out there. We are excited for a huge lot and a bigger house!
So, what are we doing with out house? Before we planned on getting a new build we put our house up for sale and got an offer pretty quickly. Excited as we were, we started looking for foreclosures. But I had some very specific things I was looking for in a house...single story, 4+ bedrooms, large lot, 2500+ square feet, not needing a lot of work and of course, in our price range. THIS was impossible to find. We heard that Standard Pacific was matching foreclosure prices and decided to give them a try. Basically, we got an AMAZING deal with them and couldn't turn them down. We signed a contract, put our money down and the countdown began. Meanwhile, the offer that we had on our house fell through. So back on the market it is and out we moved. There has been quite a bit of traffic and interest so we are hopeful that we will get another offer on the house.
We moved out for the ease of showing and selling and to save a bit of money since Thad will be in school all summer. We are living at my parents house until it is done which probably means we will leave with one more little person than we came with. We've been here just over a week and so far so good. It was sad leaving the house since that was our first house together and we had Carly there but we are excited to move on and into bigger and better! Look foreward to more pictures of the building progress!

PS...we are down to 3 names for little man- Burke, Camden or Cohen...in that order. Can't wait to see which name he looks like!

Going private....

I am going to make my blog private for various reasons. The biggest one being that there are things I want to post and I don't mind if my friends know but there are some people that I don't want knowing this information...I'll explain better after the blog is private. Unless anyone knows of a way to block just a few people from viewing a blog??? So if you want to be added to the blog list then leave your address or send me your email address to lacy2xlou@gmail.com. If I already have your email in my address book you'll probably be added. I'm going to give it 2 weeks or so before I do it.

Even if I don't know you and you follow my blog I will happily add you- just as long as you have a blog that I can see...to make sure you aren't some freaky psycho!

busy day

Today was our ward picnic and Carly sat in a swing for the first time. She actually liked, tired and all! I had a hard time getting her to look at me so these were the best that I could get. We only got to stay for an hour unfortunately since Carly was already late for her nap and extra grouchy. While she went down for her nap (1 1/2 hours!!!!) Thad and I cleaned up the garage. Ewww! Carly played while Thad and I cleaned up the house and while I walked out of the room for a minute she disappeared. The picture below is where I found her! The funny thing is, I remember doing the exact same thing!

Carly is doing all kinds of things now such as mastering going up the stairs, which I have been dreading. The sad thing is that she can only go up. Her lack of communication ability is driving me crazy!!! She has the highest pitched shreik that she uses for EVERYTHING!!! Please Carly, learn sign soon! Mornings are my favorite part of the day. She is so happy to see me when I walk into her room in the morning and is usually playing in her crib or standing there looking at the door waiting for me. Her smile and giggle in the morning makes my whole day! I hope her attitude in the morning means that she doesn't take after her daddy...he is NOT a morning person.

Little man is growing great and is very active. I am already dreading my new stretch marks as I can see some new ones on my hips...ahhhh! I'm afraid he is going to be a big boy. He is still nameless but Cohen is at the top of our list. And last but not least, Cayson lost his second tooth. Thad pulled it out and I was unprepared so I did not have my camera to take a picture. I think his 2 top teeth are next!