So that I know what we did last summer - Idaho

We joined Bibby, Pops and Leslie (and a few friends) on a trip to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.  It was beautiful! A really fun trip too... considering I was pregnant and didn't know it yet... and everything was starting to make me just a little bit queasy...

They were having a serious heat wave in Coeur d'Alene....

But us Texan's didn't mind too much... (that was one of the more mild days of this summer's heat wave... if I remember correctly... since  I had many of my brain cells fried in this particular heat I can't be sure...)

We did a little boating...

 Not a bad view...

 One of my favorite things to look at...

 This is Mudgy the Moose.  And if you look closely you will see his friend Millie the Mouse hiding in his ear.  There is a children's book about Mudgy and Millie written by a local and there are bronze statues protraying their adventures all over town. 

A favorite part of being in a hotel... jumping on the bed and pillow fights with daddy.

Have I ever mentioned before that my daughter and my sister are like 2 peas in a pod? 

They have the exact same sense of humor...

 And they looooove each other like crazy!!

We call this the little princess bed... She loved it.

 The book about Mudgy and Millie!!  She also has the dolls. 

 Orange Mouth Girl and her father Mr.Squintzy McGoof...

Leah, playing with a beer bottle she found on the beach...

                                                      

 We found a toy shop with the neatest little carousel you could ride for 25 cents!  We spend a few bucks there. 

 Chef Curley making her own pizza.

Leah and her friends Hannah and Mallory got to stay up late with their grandparents and eat ice cream and watch a movie...

 So the parents and the aunt got to go have some kid-less fun...

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So that I know what we did last summer - Galveston

We joined Giggle, Granstan and Laura in Galveston for a little vacation... And it just so happened that they were having a record seaweed year.  We didn't know it was happening until we got there, but it was big news and there is apparently a major fine for clearing any of it off the beach. So... we played in it instead.  Surprisingly, it didn't seem to bother anyone including this girlie...

 She just flew her princess kite right through it all... until the sea breeze made off with it... and took it out to sea... but not without a valiant effort on her mother's part to try and save it.  I ran hard through all that seaweed trying to be her hero.  To this day she wonders why I couldn't catch it.

 The seaweed didn't stop Granstan from flying all his monster-sized stunt kites either. 

Thank you, seaweed, for the memories.

 We found after some time that it was just as pleasant (and so much easier) to just have ourselves a little backyard pool party. 

 So pleasant, in fact that we had a 2 pool party.  There is a picture somewhere of Giggle enjoying a relaxing time of refreshment in the other pool.... wonder where that picture is??

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So that I know what we did last summer - 4 wheeling

Leah's first ride on her cousins' ATV...
With Jax and Mady... the 3 musketeers

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So that I know what we did last summer - Swimming

Summer of 2012 seems like a long time ago now... but I can't have my lazy, pregnant-ness get the best of my blog.  So I will try and just do a little catch up as quick as I can... I don't want to forget these things, and since Leah's baby book is still in pieces in a scrapping box 4 years later, I can't trust myself to capture our memories any other way. 

Our second round of swimming lessons with Ms Ann. It was EXTREMELY successful and she loved it!  (Despite the look on her face in this photo on the way to lessons.)

 

Swam with our friend Chloe, who we met at city swimming lessons earlier in the summer. 








Miss Ann had a terrible fire in her backyard before the session ended, so we had to miss a few days, but Leah still talks about it.  She can't wait for it to "get to be swimming time again!"


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LC quote of the day

"Mommy, did you know that they kill chickens to make chicken strips?"

"Yes. And how do you feel about that?"

"Well... I think it's cool... Because that way I get to eat chicken strips!"


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a little sister

Leah is gonna have a little sister!!!

She went with us to our ultrasound appointment a couple of weeks ago. 

 One way she is like me and NOT like her daddy:  She LOVES doctors, nurses, doctor's offices, hospitals and all things health care related... except getting shots and the sight of her own blood...

In the waiting room she decided to see what her daddy had in his pockets... she fills up all his pockets each morning with kisses and hugs in case he needs them while he is at work. Since he went with us that morning instead of going to work... his pockets were empty. 

 Getting ready for the ultrasound.

 She was thoroughly entertained for the first half of the appointment.  We heard her baby sister's heart beat, and saw her perfectly forming little body and organs. She is the picture of health and measuring exactly on target.

Leah was rewarded with a dum dum at the front desk.... The greatest part of the whole experience.

When we found out Curley #2 was a little sister, Leah first said "Awwww... but I wanted a brother!" However, you can be certain that if we had said "It's a brother!" she would have insisted she really wanted a sister.  Its just how it is in the Curley house these days. She quickly came to terms with it and has already set aside a few things for her baby sister when she gets here.  Leah is growing out of clothes and shoes every day lately and each time something is too small she suggests we can save it for her baby sister when she is big enough.  :) It makes my heart so excited.  Sisters are wonderful.  Life is more fun with a sister and I am so glad she gets one. 

  I have had one fear... only one.  What if this little one talks as much as Leah does?  What will I do?  Will I go deaf?  Will I go insane? Will life as we know it ever be the same? I have been assured by many people that the second one doesn't ever talk as much as the first... they don't have equal opportunity.  But then there is my mother's example.... I WAS THE SECOND CHILD!

I can't spend anymore time on this fear though.  I have bows to make and hoards of little girl clothes to sort through! We will meet little sister in 19.5 weeks or less! 

     

LC quote of the day

It's early to post a quote of the whole day... She might come up with a better one but I doubt it's possible. (And if I don't post it right away, I forget it... really poor memory lately... evidenced by so few posts...)

After I vacuumed 2 rooms I had to lay down for a rest. Leah said:

"Mommy, if you get too tired doing all this stuff with a baby in your tummy, you can get Daddy to do it!"

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LC quote of the day

After having a little face painting at the arboretum:

"Mommy, can I keep my butterfly on for my nap? I promise it won't distract me because I can't look at my own face."



A very good argument... sure to make her daddy proud.


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another little curley

Could it be?? 

Another one of these is on the way?

  Yes, it is!!

  There is his or her first photo at 6+ weeks! (Kevin doesn't ever trust pregnancy tests (???) so it was when he saw this that he finally believed it I think.)

As I eagerly leaned waaaay over the table at Scotty P's (her favorite restaurant) to tell Leah the news, she became very concerned and her first questions to me were "The baby is in there right now??? Are you squishing it??"

After assuring her that I would not squish the baby, she had 352 more questions... including, the all important, what color pacifier would the new baby get?  Then she called all her grandparents to tell them she was gonna be a big sister. 

She talks to the baby in my tummy every night at bedtime and often sings her original song, "Thank you God for the new baby."  She also asks multiple times a day "How big is the baby right now, Mommy?" And "When will it be as big as (fill-in-the-blank-with-whatever-random-object-she-is-looking-at)?" 

She has also picked out names already.  For a girl, Princess Aurora.  For a boy, Prince Phillip. The royal baby is due to arrive the first week in April 2013!

We are praising God for this gift. It is from Him alone that all blessings flow. "I have prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him." 1 Samuel 1:27

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LC quote of the day

"Daddy, when I snuggle up in your lap, I know I am right where I need to be."


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little firecrackers



This year, Leah got to watch fireworks with cousins, Jaxon and Mady.



One of the biggest hits of the whole day was glow-stick-necklaces

Waiting patiently for the dads to get back with snowcones...



Still... waiting...





YES...STILL...WAITING....



I seriously think we were still waiting even at this point.  The dads spent half of the fireworks show in the snowcone line. 

On the 4th, we went to OK for our annual get-together with Kevin's family.  Stopping at Max's for breakfast.



The princess of Independence



Having a poolside chat with cousin Mady.

Dinner at Gilley's with Giggle and Granstan.

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LC quote of the day

"Mommy, when I am bigger can I borrow your high heels?  And your wedding dress?  Oh...wait...no... I will have to get a different one because I need a pink wedding dress." 

His little lamb

Leah's Sunday school class has been learning Psalm 23 this summer. A verse or two every week.

For a few weeks in the spring and early summer, she was having real trouble with the dark. It came out of the blue. Even with lots of night lights and discussions about having nothing to fear, something was really bothering her about the dark. 

And then she learned in her class that the Bible says that there is nothing to fear when Our Shepherd is near. Even in the dark valleys, the shadows, scary stuff... Our God is with us and He comforts us.


And because she has been learning in BSF that everything the Bible says is absolutely true(since infancy)... guess what happened?  She trusted in the truth of God's word and no longer fears the dark! She knows who her shepherd is and what He promised. 

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And while we are on the subject of sheepy-things, here is a pic of a shepherd's crook pretzel stick we found during lunch...





And another one of Leah chillin at the sheep barn this summer...


"I will fear no evil, for You are with me."


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