Happy 34th Birthday Lucky!

It was a long day, but we had at great time together. Lucky and i started the night before watching a made for TV movie that we have been wanting to see for awhile, Earthsea. It was pretty good, though we had plenty of interruptions thanks to the many thunderstorms passing over our house.

We all slept in, which was really nice!!! and then we got up and played some had brunch and then took a nap. Nothing to out of the normal - except Daddy was home! Then we woke up and had snack and Daddy opened his presents! The girls were really excited about giving him a bad of gummy bears ... a 5 LB bad of gummy bears to be exact!!!


After that we got ready and went to the pool. (view the girl's blogs to read more about their time at the pool.) We had a really good there, just a few problems and some tiredness. We all left with smiles, but were all ready to go when it was time. We picked up chicken fingers from Zaxby's (my favorite place for this pregnancy ... or so lucky thinks! it is just SO good!) and came home for baths and cake. After which we played cards with the girls and sent them to bed.

Lucky enjoyed playing on the computer while i did his nightly duties of dishes. After we got ourselves cleaned up and the girls finally in bed ... we were able to relax and play our new favorite card game "Spite and Malice" on the computer. After that we hoped to retire early, but spent an hour or so trying to fix our 5 year anniversary present ... our iSoundSpa (a iPod docking station, an alarm clock that projects the time on your wall, and a sound machine with 6 different nature sounds ... Arwen Grace likes to fall asleep to the ocean one, so we will see how that goes tonight.)

so Lucky and i went to bed tired and late, but after a great day together as a family of 4. Only 3 more months before we're a family of 5!!! It is so hard to believe some days, even with the baby kicking me all day (and night) long! Look forward to seeing pictures of our house and of the baby when it comes! We will do our best to keep you up to date!

Off to dinner ... have a great night, y'all!

it's the start of something new ...

so, i have been trying to write a blog that will catch you up with life, but i just don't seem to have the time these days ... so i am going to just jump in with the here and now, and then fill you in with the past as i go.

so here is our family: Lucky, Natalie (with baby #3 on board ... due in October!), Lillian (3.5 years), and Arwen Grace (2 years). this picture was taken this past weekend outside the aquarium. we went to Atlantic Beach with Lucky's family and had a wonderful time. we started at Fort Macon (sorry, i don't have any pictures from there!) where we ate lunch, played in the water, and went on sea shell walks. the girls really enjoyed both the beach and their Grandma and Grandpa. Arwen Grace, who turned 2 in May, keeps asking me if we are going to the beach with Grandma and Grandpa this day. she is just cute like that.

so after the beach, we went to the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. the girls just loved it! here are pictures of the girls there:

here is Lillian ... while she tends to be more on the cautious side, she surprised me by sticking her head inside the mouth of this "stuffed" alligator. but that is her silly side, as you can see by her expression, and i believe it allows her to become braver with each new day or adventure. she working up to riding a pony at the fair. :)

and here is Arwen Grace in one of her more quiet moments (she doesn't have that many!). she was enjoying looking at the fish and they were enjoying looking at her! they just kept coming up to her and looked at her for 5-10 seconds and then swam off. it was kind of funny.