Summer is coming to an end...

Well, I have not updated this blog all summer! I guess that is because we have been super busy, especially the month of August and its not even over yet. We have anniversaries, birthdays, appointments, and Alan has a boundary waters camping trip planned for next week. Busy, busy, busy!

Today Alan and I celebrated our seven year wedding anniversary. I can truly say that the past 10 years that we have been together have been a major blessing to me and I am truly grateful to have such a loving, caring husband and a beautiful daughter.

This summer has also been filled with play dates and babysitting. Alivia has had a lot of friends to play with, but sometimes I think she would like more, only because she asks me almost everyday to play with a friend. Its a good thing that she will have a little brother or sister to keep her company in a few months!

Speaking of little brother or sister, Alan and I will hopefully find out the baby's gender on August 28th. We are very excited to learn what we are having, no matter the gender. It will be nice to put a gender to our day dreams and be able to start preparing for the new bundle of joy.


We have been trying to get to the pool as much as possible, but this abnormally cool summer has prevented that from happening often. When we do get to go, she enjoys it a lot! She keeps trying to talk me into letting her go down the 200+ foot tall waterslide... I think not! She is such a brave little girl!
We have not been able to make it to the Baertschi's lake house a whole lot with Alan's work schedule, but Alivia loves going on the boat and playing on the beach.
Liv has also learned to peddal on her trike, although she prefers it more when we push her.
Among the many things that she has picked up this summer, she has been able to carry on conversations with adults pretty well these days. She is quite the story teller and has to be the center of attention when in a group of adults. Alivia has been enjoying going on carnival rides now that she is tall enough. She surprised us when she insisted on going on the kiddie coaster. I have no idea what led me to think that it was a good idea to let a little 2 year old on a roller coaster, but I am all about making my spoiled girl happy. She really enjoyed it and has become a carnival ride junky at the ripe age of two.
Liv also got to enjoy the Fourth of July fireworks for the first time! It was way past her bedtime, but after the intial shock of how loud it was, I think she enjoyed herself.

I know I say it all the time, but she gets more and more fun as the days go by. I am so excited to see her interact with her new sibling, she is going to make a great big sister!