Pregnancy Update

Many of you have asked for me to post some pics of my ever expanding body...and let me tell you, EVERYTHING is expanding this time around! Here are a couple of pics that we have taken. Enjoy!

Everything so far is going pretty smooth. What an answered prayer! Baby Taylor measures right on track. He moves constantly, which is so reassuring to me! I have the latest ultrasound pics on a cd. I'll try to get those downloaded and post them as well. Our next appointment is in 2 weeks, on the 25th. Can you believe I'm already 27 weeks?!




These pics are at 20 weeks. Taken July 25th.




Now, just a month later at 24 weeks. Taken August 27th.

The "Yester-Years"

Jack is really starting to show his deductive reasoning skills. Puzzles have become his absolute favorite past time. Ryan and I are also amazed at how he "links" thoughts together. His latest phrases are proof of this...

When he starts talking about something that he did last night, he refers to that as "yesternight". So, instead of yester-DAY, he understands that the occurrence happened at night...thus, yester-NIGHT is born.

Also, when he has forgotten something instead of saying he "forgot" it, he simply says he "forleft" it. Makes sense, huh! When you HAVE something, you've "GOT" it, right? So, it only makes sense that when you DON'T have something, you've "LEFT" it...thus you get "for-LEFT"!

Oh to think in the mind of a 3 year old!! Precious!!

Green Acres is the Place for Me....

Well, we finally did it and took the plunge. We are now the proud new owners of a piece of land...a little over an acre to be exact! After searching through every nook and cranny in Tulsa County, we finally decided moving out of town and building was the right direction for us. We are so excited! (Ryan says we are moving to "the sticks" which now Jack so proudly repeats. Anytime we drive on a country road he asks if we are going to our house in the sticks!)

Here are a couple of pictures of our lot. It is one of only 20 lots total in this division, Twilight Ridge. Calling it a "division" is using that term loosely. There is only one street in and the "division" consists of only one street, ours. We LOVE that idea! We are far enough away from the hustle and bustle of town, but have the conveniences just a couple of miles away. For instance, the grocery store is only 7 miles away and a Quick Trip is only 5 miles away. I think we drive further than that now!

The greatest aspect of this land is that it is SO quiet and peaceful! You not only don't have to worry about your neighbor's house being 3 feet from yours, but you also get the incredible view from a 360 degree perspective. We can see downtown Tulsa from the back part of our property. Who wouldn't love that!

We have also seen several kids around Jack's age that live in the area. What a great place for our boys to grow up and not have to worry about the dangers "city" life can bring. We love the fact they can play and grow up with other kids that live right down the street from us.

God has certainly blessed us!

Front of lot-from the street


View from back of lot...can you see downtown in the distance?


Another front view from the street


View from back right of lot

The Zoo

We finally made it!! After two failed trips, we finally were able to visit the Tulsa zoo. Jack had a great time. I think his favorite thing of the day though was riding the train...who would have guessed! HA,HA!







Our little monkey...

Purple Glaze

Jack and I went to a pottery painting store with Jacie and Harper. The boys had a great time choosing the pottery they would paint, picking out the colors, and of course, PAINTING! It got a little messy, but hey, isn't that the point?






GREAT JOB, JACK!

At the Car Wash, yeah...

Jack was Daddy's BIG helper washing the cars...





Daddy looked a little hot...

Nature Walk

Well, we started the day off going to the zoo. Jack was SO excited, he barely slept the night before. With just our luck, we pulled into the zoo parking lot and there was a big sign saying they were closed for the day. What?! How can the zoo be closed? So now, we get the great task of telling Jack that we can't go. What a disappointment. (This actually happened to us 2 times in a row, if you can believe that. A couple of months prior we tried to go to the zoo in Dallas with Grandma and Grandpa, but it was closed because they had filled capacity. And now this!)

Daddy had a great idea, though. We could go to the Nature Center that was in the same area. Great! Jack was all excited to be able to go for a LONG walk outside. So, off we went to the nature center. Now, keep in mind, we had just come off of a couple days of rain, so we were a little worried about the conditions of the trails...as well we should have been! ha, ha

All in all it was a great day! We got a little muddy, but Jack loved looking at the flowers and listening to the bugs and frogs. We saw tadpoles in the murky swamp waters and even a snake! (Momma wasn't too thrilled with that.) We were hot and tired by the end of the trail, but it was so much fun watching him explore and discover new things!





Ugh! There go the white shoes!