Some Family Photos

Seeing as my brother was in town, we had him take some lovely photographs of our family.

So, here are some pictures from our extravaganza. Thank you, David. You're wonderfully talented. We love them.

Best. Laugh. Ever.

So, Jared and I (being the unbiased judges we are) think Joel has the funniest most contagious laugh ever.

Here is proof.

My Sad Little Garden.

So, about me being a "natural".....

I failed. Miserably.


But in my poor tomato plans last efforts, he did produce about 5 Tomatoes.


I did something wrong, but I'm not sure what.... Maybe I'll try again next year.

PS.

My "unkillable" flowers... Yeah, they're about fried, too.

Cedar Point

We have been so busy! My family has been in town for the past few weeks and we've been pulled a million directions.

We went to Cedar Point on one of our adventures. I was really worried that we weren't going to have ANY fun! I mean, i have a 1.5 year old and I'm 6.5 Months preggers... How much fun can we have on "America's Roller Coast"? haha. But my kind and loving father listened to my advice and got everyone a "double pass" so they could spend time in the water park and at Cedar Point. We had such a great day! Too bad we didn't get any pics of him at the water park. It makes me kind of sad. Oh well.

This was his first ride he went on. (I was promptly reminded afterward that i wasn't supposed to be on any rides because of my pregnancy... lame.)

Before. He looks really lost, doesn't he?

You've got to really look close at his face. Priceless.
Also note, that you can no longer see my nephew, Preston. Out of fear, he would not sit up and hung onto the middle bar for dear sweet life.Joel wasn't too impressed with the whole, "ride the rides thing."

So like any good parent, we forced him on another. :)

So skeptical.
Getting set up.

You have GOT to click on these to enlarge. Really. His face is awesome.


He freaked the whole time, so I wasn't going to force him onto any rides. But he saw the race cars and he chose to get on those.

Getting ready to go.
This is where the ride starts and the pictures get really funny.


hahahahahahah.

I think what made that ride scary is that the cars took the turns really fast and really rough. Poor kid.

At least Jared had fun. :)
Then we rode on the train. He did have fun on that ride.


I Even waited in line for a roller coaster so Jared could ride on one big boy ride!

Thank you Grandpa Miller! We had so much fun.

Look!

Ah ha! My garden is officially growing! Look at me... I'm a natural :)

Cilantro sprouts!

Two of the MANY tomatoes I have growing.

And two tiny peppers growing.

No bell peppers yet. but there are a lot of buds on them. I'm way excited becuase i thought i killed all my plans. My tomatoes were looking VERY homely but I got some fertilizer from my mom and they perked up the next day! Yay!

I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home!

Let me first say, that I'm blogging with internet explorer today and it's not going as well as i would have hoped.... for some reason, i can't move the pictures or upload any videos. So, I've rewritten this blog about a half a dozen times. Irritating.

So, Joel loves his daddy. A lot. I pretty much dissapear when he comes home. And Jared is such a good dad for him. The other day, we went outside and the wrestled. I mean, come on! Look at how much fun they're having!

Joel and his Car are also best buds... too bad his legs are too long for it anymore. Poor kid! His age is perfet for this car but he's just too big to get it to really go!

This is a "wee-ooo"

And this is "gass" according to Joel.

Only Daddy can help him!

He ALWAYS tries to get on backwards firs, then realizes his mistakes and flips around.

The beginnings of "Patty-Cake"

"Waaaay easier than trying to drive it."

"How the duce do I get on this thing?"

I love my boys! Joel is growing up too fast!

What a day!

So! We have had quite the busy day today! Joel and I went to a Mommy and Me lap-sit this morning. It was so much fun. Everything we did, he could say the words which made it that much more exciting for him. We played with bubbles, ducks, balls, and we danced. It really was fun. But I locked my keys in my car so we had to stay longer and play with different toys at the Library. He was not disappointed. :)

On our way home, we saw a train and every truck known to mankind and if you have a toddler boy who is tired and hungry in your car, you can understand that this was the PERFECT ride home.

During his nap I got my garden planted! Well, my kind of garden. Lots of flowers,



And my Salsa garden! Tomatoes, peppers, and cilantro.



This is called a "cherry bomb" pepper.... I'm a little nervous to try it.

Then, my BABY!!!!! was delivered today. Our dryer went kaputz so we had to get a new one. this was an expired model from last year and they no longer make this color so they can't get a washer to match. So it made it cheap. It's awesome and we got a really good deal on it! I've never been so excited for a dryer.

Then after nap, we went to the pool and Joel was swimming all by himself! I really wish I had my camera with me. He was so brave! Plus Jared did a great job getting him excited about the water. But then came the sad part of our day... Joel's first head wound. We didn't strap him in the stroller after the pool because of the towel, and we made it all the way to our building before he reached for the wheels. Just as Jared was saying, "Hold on buddy!" He went head first into the sidewalk. At least he got a Popsicle. (his first, by the way)

It's a pretty bad bit of road rash and a goose egg on his forehead, but it's not bothering him at all now. Poor kid.

To round off my day, I made my first batch of Freezer Jam. So proud of me! It's really easy.


So, all in all we've had a BUSY day. I'm really hoping he sleeps well tonight.