It has been way TOO HOT lately – too hot to even blog! That is my excuse and I’m sticking to it

Last Thursday and Friday Dana came to visit us. We had so much fun – we love visitors! On Thursday we went to the Parent-Teacher store and browsed the Mall at Green Hills. And on Friday we went swimming at the Y. I won’t mention that we also spent about 4 hours cutting out laminated items. Fun times!

On Saturday PawPaw and Nonny came to visit. We had a good time visiting and eating some good hamburgers and cookies.

Will and I have had a great time riding around in our “new” car. It drives well and the air conditioning is cold – what more could a girl ask for! Bill also bought me a new computer this week. And I think I’m in love with it It is so sleek and pretty and it is so fast. Now I just have to transfer all of my files and pictures and get to work!

I also got a (temporary) job! Well, at least I think it is going to work out. I am going to be working 10 hours a week in the student ministry office at church – practically the same job I did before. The one “hurdle” is getting permission to bring Will with me until he starts school on September 1.

Well, that is all I know for now. Hopefully my next post will be more exciting!

Yesterday, I had a doctor’s appointment for the baby. And I am now officially in the 2nd trimester! (I also officially have swimmer’s ear. Ah, so that is why my ear has been hurting for weeks!) The doctor couldn’t find the baby’s heartbeat so we got to have another ultrasound I was secretly happy that we got to see the baby again – even though it was scary for 1/2 a second when she couldn’t find the heartbeat. Plus, Bill was there and he was able to see the baby wiggling around for the first time.

I took a picture of the ultrasound picture – not the best quality but if you look close you can see the baby.

We had a fun, relaxing day today. Bill got up with Will and let me take an afternoon nap! We laid around this morning, ate lunch at McDonald’s and perused Lowe’s for our next home improvement project. This afternoon we played, played, played. Will was such a busy boy. This morning he collected several important things in the empty clothes basket: Disney World book, toothbrush holder, thermometer case, soap dish, and hairbrush. He pushed these things around in the basket all day. While Bill was grilling dinner Will pushed the basket to the middle of the yard, dump all his “treasures” out, push the basket back to the house then turn around collect the “treasures” and then repeat.

My parents left today for an anniversary trip (their 30th)! They flew out of the Nashville airport at 6 am this morning so they came up yesterday afternoon and spent the night. All day I had been telling Will that Honey and Papa were coming to visit him. When the doorbell ring PA started barking her head off and Will started screaming “Papa, Papa, Papa!” What am I going to do with those two?!?! But Will was a little confused when they weren’t here when he woke up this morning

Yesterday I had a very productive day and I am trying to do the same today – so far it’s not going well I keep getting distracted by important things like planning our trip to NYC in October!! Whoo-hoo! We finally get to go back. The three of us and my Mom are going at the end of October and I can’t wait. (For real this time – the plane tickets are booked.) I want to check out a few places in Brooklyn while we’re there and of course see all our friends.

Remember when I said that Will did not prefer electronic toys? Well I think I spoke about 6 months too early! He has recently become very enamored with his tool bench and steering wheel that light up, make noises, and sing. I think he’s finally old enough to be able to manipulate them well and really enjoy what they do. He only takes sharp left turns with his steering wheel so maybe we have a future Nascar driver!

Will is talking so much these days. It is so fun! He can pretty much communicate anything he needs or wants with words. Although, there is still some guessing involved when we can’t quite figure out what he is saying.

He is also a a huge copy-cat. The other day Bill and Will were at McDonald’s when a man near them blew his nose and it was really loud. The next thing Bill knew Will had his napkin up to his nose blowing – LOUDLY. Then this past weekend a waitress at the Apple Barn was talking to Will and she had a “smoker’s voice.” When she walked away Will talked to us in a growling, rumbly voice. It was hilarious!

Yesterday I taught Will something very important. When you ask Will “What does Daddy say?” Will says “No, no, no” while shaking his finger. I think it’s so funny – Bill thought it was slightly less funny.

This past week/weekend we headed to Pigeon Forge with Nonny and PawPaw for a few days of  fun and relaxation. The week started off on a nasty note with both me and Will having a stomach virus but thankfully we were all better by time to leave on Thursday.  We had a lot of fun and here are the pictures(all but one taken by Gayle) to prove it!

Will is ready to get this vacation started!

The condo we stayed at was really nice and had a great pool.

Swimming with PawPaw.

The condo even had a lazy river!

On Saturday we went to Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. It was a lot of fun and Will really enjoyed looking at all the fish.

PawPaw, Will, Nonny and the diver. Can you see the diver in the water?

Will touched a horseshoe crab. He’s such a boy – not grossed out by anything!

Mommy, Will & Daddy in front of the shark jaw.

On Saturday we went to DollyWood’s Splash Country. We all loved it!

Will LOVED the water slides and went down them about 100 times.

We all had to take turns taking him down all day long.

More water slide fun.

The condo had a huge jacuzzi tub and Will enjoyed swimming in it too.

The view from our condo. Thank you for a great time PawPaw and Nonny!

Bill has been asking me for weeks to make some chocolate chip cookies. And last night I FINALLY made some. Will was more than happy to help with the mixing. And of course, got to enjoy the fruits of his labor when the mixing was done.

He was looking at Bill to make sure he was doing it right! Because Bill’s favorite part of cookies is the batter!

Will kept a close eye on the baking cookies and they came out perfect! Then we didn’t take any more pictures because we were too busy stuffing our faces with cookies and milk. Fun night!

We had a fun morning around our house. We started the day with cinnamon rolls and then while I got ready Will watched “his show,” Dinosaur Train. Ok, seriously this show has the catchiest tunes and I can’t get them out of my head. Then we headed down to church for “Mom and Me Splash Day.” The only problem with that plan was that splash day is JULY 29th. Oh well. Will played on the playground for a little while and had a pop ice that was leftover from Playcation. We ate lunch at Taco Bell and then browsed Lowe’s for a few minutes before heading home for our naps!

This afternoon we played on the slip n slide that Dana thought Will just had to have. She was right – he pretty much loved it! He was so funny running through the sprinklers and splashing in the pool area. Please disregard the fact that he lost his swim trunks before water play commenced. Enjoy!

Better late than never, right?!?! We spent the weekend in Chattanooga hanging out with our families and eating really good food. On Saturday we planned to spend the day on lake but it rained that morning so me, my Mom and Nicole sat on the couch for about 45 minutes saying every name we could think of for the baby. It was fun and a bit ridiculous!

This is my favorite picture of Bill & Will. Look at what a proud Daddy he is! And I am so proud of him.