7 years and still going strong... most days.

Last Sunday was our 7 year anniversary. Doug was great and got up and made breakfast before we went to church. Other than that, it was a normal Sunday.

Tuesday Doug had me get a babysitter and then I went in and picked him up at work. I didn't know where we were going or what he had planned. As we were driving, I was getting a little curious where we were headed as we drove all the way into Minneapolis. Then he turned to go to the Mall of America. I thought of all the places to go, the mall was a little strange. Then he took me inside to the Rainforest Cafe. Again I thought, this is a strange place to eat for our anniversary. Then he said, are you figuring out why we are here and what we are doing next. Me and my pregnant brain had NO idea what he was talking about. He asked if I had ever been to a restaurant like this. I thought, but couldn't figure out what he was talking about. With a couple more clues, he was talking about our first date at the Mayan in Salt Lake. Then I felt so dumb for not figuring out that he was recreating our first date. WOW, for Doug this was big. I was so impressed that he had planned something so cute. After dinner we went and played mini-golf like we did on our first date. GOOD JOB DOUG!

This is a picture of us on our first date.

Potty Training...What was I thinking?

The count down is on until this little baby comes. I guess I thought I needed something to pass the time while I wait, so I decided it was a great time to potty train Jacob. I started last Wednesday and we had many accidents. Then Thursday was much better. By Friday things were going really good until...Jacob came downstairs with his pants off. I asked him if he had gone potty, he said yes. Then he turned around and I noticed some little brown "stuff" down his leg. I asked him if he had pooped and he said yes. I asked, in the toilet? No. Where is the poop? He said in the toilet. I told him to show me where he had pooped. He took me upstairs in the front room and said, here. I looked, but didn't see anything. Jacob, where is the poop? Upstairs in the toilet, Mom. Yes, Jacob pooped in the front room and was kind enough to his very pregnant mother to clean it up after himself.

Then Wednesday I was helping Andrew with the computer. Jacob opened the sliding door that goes out back and went pee. I heard him open the door, but wasn't paying attention to what he was doing until he started to laugh and said, Mom I pee outside. GREAT!

To top the week off he went upstairs today and went potty and then decided 2 squares of TP wouldn't be enough. He needed the whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet. I had a HUGE mess to say the least:)

I wish I had some pictures to post with this lovely story, but that was the last thing on my mind as I was cleaning up each and every mess.

Nap Time?

Lately Jacob has really been fighting me on taking naps and going to bed. I think he knows baby brother is on his way soon and wants to not let me go to bed very early. Last night Doug was gone so I had to fight with Jacob until 9:30 to go to bed. Today when I put him down for a nap I told him NOT to get out of bed. He said okay, but 5 minutes later he was downstairs. I sent him back to his room and didn't hear from him again. After about 20 min, I thought I would go check on him.

This is what I found when I went into his room... Jacob loves to hide from us in the curtains. I guess I took to long to find him and he fell asleep.

Family Fun in July

The past couple of weeks have been a lot of fun for our family. On July 3rd Doug's sisters, Leslie and Melinda flew in from Yuma and Mom and Dad Hobbs drove out from Utah. It only took them 18 & a half hours. (We would love to have more visitors make the trek across the country to come and visit!)

On the 4th we went to a parade and the boys got lots of candy and had a great time. After we came home and pulled out the slip and slide and barbecued in our back yard. Melinda bought fireworks, so the boys had a great time watching them that night.


During the week we went to the Como zoo. It is a smaller zoo, but it was perfect since we were all tired from staying up late and playing games.

Doug and I have found a really nice park that is about 10 min. from our house. We spent one day playing frisbee, baseball and horse shoes.

We also had dutch oven and ended the day with smores... what a great way to end the day!

Grandma Hobbs brought nets and little cages for the boys to catch bugs. I'm not sure who had more fun, Andrew or Melinda chasing dragonfly's. I think that was Andrew's favorite part of the day. What a good idea Grandma had!

The last part of the week Doug and his Dad spent putting together our new swing set. They did a great job. Mom, Leslie and Melinda did a great job keeping the boys entertained so they would stay out of the way. Here Andrew and Jacob have their super capes on being spider man and super man. Leslie, Melinda and Dad also stained all the wood before we started the project. Now that it is done, it looks GREAT! Thanks for everyones help!