Its been awhile but ...

We've been really busy lately so forgive us for not getting any pictures posted the last two weeks. Its back to school season for Justin and combined with this weekend being tax-free weekend, he's been putting in a lot of hours at the store. I've been swamped at work with projects and fire drills so there just hasn't been a lot of down time around our house. In the middle of all this, we've had a new patio built in our backyard. We've wanted it done for a few years now but other things always seemed to be more urgent. This year though, I insisted and neither of us regret it. Here's a few before and after pictures for you ... I know everyone wants me to get to the pictures of Brianna so just hold on, they're coming.

We still need to lay some new sod but that will get done in the next few days. I think its pretty obvious from Brianna's face that she's happy about it. Now that we have a nice place that's shaded throughout the day, we can go outside more often, which makes her and Moab very happy.

Let's see, what else have we been up to. Justin and I took Bree to the play area in our neighborhood for the first time last week. I was disappointed that there wasn't a swing but we still got some cute pictures of her going down the slide, with help from daddy of course.

Brianna's gotten quite good at sitting up on her own now too. She has little desire to lay on her back or tummy and play now. So, I broke out the pack-n-play so that she'd have a safe place to sit with her toys while I do whatever it is that needs doing. She seems to really like it and whenever Moab walks by, she giggles at him through the mesh. She's only toppled over twice in the 3 days that I've had it set up and when she does, she just tries to sit back up and since she can't do that yet, she looks at me with this look that says "well, sit me up mommy so I can keep playing". It's really pretty cute to see her trying so hard to sit back up and not understanding why her body won't do what she wants it to yet.


I guess that's about it for pictures. I've been so busy playing with her since I've got to be gone overnight again this coming week that I haven't pulled out the camera as often as I normally do. Some weeks, that's just how it is I guess...

Love you all,
Lucretia