Alyssa's Big Day

We celebrated Alyssa's first birthday on June 14--exactly 3 months after Cade. She had a great beach party, and so we all dressed up in our finest beach attire to celebrate--me in my bikini and Chad in his speedo. Alyssa got a shiny new red wagon, which she and Cade rode in all over the neighborhood, and then Cade pushed back and forth up and down the street about a million times. And I am not exaggerating. Chad was a great sport and walked back and forth with him, getting the wagon turned around at each end.

My last day of work will be on Monday, so I am looking forward to spending the summer outside with Cade and relaxing a little more while we wait for baby. We took our first trip to the pool yesterday and went swimming with most of the cousins, which is still quite a pool-full. I know that it is a little sad that Cade had never been in a pool before, but after Isaac showed him how it was done he took to it like a fish and had an absolute ball. He loved everything, splashing in the shallow end, laying on his back, and kicking around on his stomach. I am worried after a couple more trips he'll think he doesn't need me. Sometime, when I can get another adult there with me I will get pictures, but for now he is a little too squirly to manage him and a camera!

Beach!

I finally found the camera, so I can post the pictures that we took in Newport. We spent Memorial Day weekend with Barb and Dave and had such an amazing time just getting away from Bend and relaxing and theWright Wranch. The weather was just perfect and we had a really hard time leaving!

As you can see, Cade had a great time at the beach. We all tromped around in the water, and Cade and Chad got pretty wet. At least we were able to put off the sandcastles until next trip!

In other news, we are trucking along and we have about 8 weeks left! At our last appointment the doctor said that I am measuring about two weeks big, but that he was thinking that I might just have a gigantic baby. I am hoping to be early, but trying not to get my hopes up too much. I know that with the heat and everything of August I will probably be ready to reach in and grab the baby myself if he is even a day late, but as for now I am trying to be realistic about timelines. I should be wrapping up my last few days of work here soon, so that will also help the summer slow down a little (hopefully!)