Semi-Annual Bloggers Category

Semi-Annual Bloggers. Ha ha. That's what cousin Carma calls it when your blog entries start appearing only twice a year... and apparently I have fallen into that category. So much has happened in the last few months!!!

We are gearing up for a new baby, I'm starting a new job (teaching preschool), we've spent some awesome time with family this summer, and Lincoln is getting cuter every day.

Check out all the new posts & pictures below.

Family Reunion

Our annual Douglas reunion was up in Oak City, which is just outside of Delta. It's a really lovely campsite that we used a few years ago - lots of trees, flushing toilets, and a pavilion for all our meals. It ended up being pretty dang cold, but it was a ton of fun to spend time with everyone!

Here are a few things we did:

The campsite was filled with grass and trees and a river,
so we (or rather, Lincoln) did a lot of exploring.

We went on a lot of walks.

We went four-wheeling.

We explored lava tubes.



We went swimming at the county pool.



Lincoln fell in LOVE with Parker's trike.
Looks like we know what to get him for Christmas!

Summer Fun

Summer has been fun this year. It's warm, but not sweltering like Hurricane/St. George so we have been able to actually spend time in the great outdoors. Here are a few things we've been up to:

Eating ice cream. Oh yeah!

Playing at the park with cousins.

Eating fruit snacks and going swimming...


Well, sort of. Lincoln was a little afraid of the water. :)


Playing in the sandbox with friends & cousins.


Making messes! Lincoln loves to drive his cars in "snow" (a.k.a. shaving cream).


Running through the sprinklers.


Just being cute!

Down on the Farm

Back before I became a complete behemoth and refused to travel, we made a quick jaunt up to Richard & Karen's farm. We have been meaning to take Lincoln there forever and he just loved seeing all the animals and riding in the big tractor. His favorite sport was chasing some little ducklings around the yard. It was so funny!

Lincoln sitting in the tractor tire... so happy!

Sitting with mom by some hay bales.

Driving the tractor with his daddy.

It didn't take very long for Lincoln to find the truck toys.

New Baby

We went through IVF again in February and found out in March that we were expecting a new little miracle. Going through that process again was exhausting and terrifying, but of course it was worth it. We are thrilled to be adding to our family!

In July we found out that we are expecting a little girl and we couldn't be happier. She's quite the little spitfire - super active and obstinate during every ultrasound... the techs always comment that she is incredibly hard to get images of because she won't sit still. This is quite the opposite of how Lincoln was so it will be fun to see how this spunky lady acts on the outside.

It's been a mostly uneventful pregnancy, but I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and have had to adopt a special diet plan and test my blood glucose daily. Ironically, this means I have been unable to put on any weight so I am also trying to choke down some high-protein/high-caloric beverages as per my doctors instruction. It's been an interesting journey! I'm officially 30 weeks along now and we've just got a couple of months to go.

Nate is thrilled that I've started nesting and having mad urges to scrub down the baseboards with an old toothbrush and re-organize our linen closet. I'm just gonna go with it because I know I won't be feeling this kind of motivation once Miss Douglas arrives! :)

Here are the latest pictures of our gal:

Profile shot - that's her foot up there by her face. She's very limber!

The tech had a hard time getting a good image here, but our gal was making
all kinds of funny faces and it looks like she is trying to smile here.