Ralph and the girls enjoying a cookie during movie night. I decided to wait to put clothes on them. There was too much chocolate involved.
Mother's Day. Flowers and treats.
Mother's Day morning. Breakfast in bed and things to pamper me. What a great family I have!
Creative Amber. Look, no hands!
Finishing up the basement. This was a great day. All of the plastic came off the floors and all of the tape came down. Last step - base boards. (Which are all done now, two months later.)
The color of Ralph's office, and Amber in a little bit of a jam. The funny thing is she held still for this!
The great torch has been passed on. Amber's favorite Cherry dress, which she wore at least once a week for two years, is now Hannah's. And they both are ok with it. Nice.
Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Merrill while they were on duty at the Conference Center. The girls had a great time in the great open space. It's a big building.
These two have had a love hate relationship for the first two years of their lives. Mostly it has been Eli trying to hug or play with Hannah, Hannah getting smashed or trampled, or Hannah just crying when Eli walks by. All he wants to do is play. So they can now play together nicely... most of the time.
Cousins and lolly pops, at Gardner Village.
Silly Daddy likes to put the girls on top of the car when he helps them out of their seats. Strangely, they don't seem to mind it.
Ralph's dream coming true... a room of his own, with lots of bookshelves and lots of books to fill them (which have been in boxes for a good number of years now.)
This is Hannah, hiding from the vacuum noise. She was fully awake, head smashed into a pillow, bum up in the air, and stayed that way until the vacuum stopped. She is terrified of loud noises. If they start in the same room as her, she is paralyzed with fear. Any suggestions to help her get over it?
Thanksgiving Point. We watch for horses when we go places around Draper. Today they got to ride on horses. They loved it.
And feed corn to animals. Look at how both of their mouths are open, prompting the animals to open theirs and eat.
The girls caught the tail end of classes at the Little Gym in June. Here is Amber in her tap performance.
And Hannah the dare devil. They love classes and have started new ones for the summer. Hannah asks me every day, Hannah's turn? Class? And when we take Amber, she fusses the whole time saying, No, my turn! Trying to get into the gym.
So little boy is due in two weeks, which means some time after that he will make his appearance. We are just relaxing, trying to have fun each day, trying to keep cool until the baby is born. Ralph and I went away for our 8th Anniversary which was on June 28th. He surprised me with a trip to Park City. We had a wonderful time, relaxing, eating, relaxing, eating, and shopping. That about sums that up. I feel refreshed and ready for the next few weeks before D-day.
