Thats fair

Riding firefighter cow

Ro wanted ice cream too

Ro meets the fair queen

Sawyer meets the fair Queen

Ice cream!

This baby is such a sweetheart! Look at that grin!

Feeding goats

Cows

Look Mom, baby chick!


Last week Zach and I took a wonderful kid free trip to the lake with some friends. It was so much fun to get away and have no responsibilities for 5 days. And yes, Im still exclusivly nursing Ro- I had enough milk frozen for the trip and pumped while we were gone- gotta love dragging a breast pump everywhere you go. We had pretty good weather with only one Thunderstorm- we sat out under the covered boat dock and watched it roll in. Last year we had such a bad storm that we lost power, and we lost power during the storm again this year. Most of the time the weather was great. We had an awesome dinner one night (did I mention no kids!!) way up on a hill overlooking the lake and had drinks and watched the sunset- it was perfection. But when it was time to go home, I was beyond ready to see the boys, and they were both so happy to see us! They had a blast staying with Nanna and grandpa, they took them to the fair AND to adventurland! Sawyer even rode the big log ride and love it- what a stud!

After we got home Zach and I decided that we wanted to take the kids to the fair too, so Tuesday afternoon we spent a few hours at the fair. The kids both had a ton of fun. We hit every animal barn. Sawyer especially loved the pigs, ducks, chickens and the big bull. The petting zoo was a huge hit with Sawyer again this year. He fed all the animals but he loved the goats again this year because I swear those goats are ALWAYS hungry! Sawyer's favorite part of all was getting to ride the big slide. He talked about it the whole time we were there! We also met the fair queen- she came up and wanted to take a picture with Sawyer- he is a lady killer.



We spent pretty much the rest of our week at the pool because this was the last week it is open- which I find totally depressing. I adore summer- even when it is unbearably cold outside I still love summer. I never will be one of those people who looks forward to fall, and school. Each year I am still happy that I don't have to go back to school and I am totally sad thinking about my boys leaving me someday to go to school everyday. The pool was wonderful- its wild to think that next year both boys will be able to swim!

Summer Fun

Bowling party!

Hi Brother!

"holding" Ro

Sawyer telling Ro that he can NOT play with Sawyer's toy cars

But Sawyer apparently is allowed to play with Ro's toys

Giraffes

Monkey

Everyone staying hydrated

Woke up with blanky on his head

Check out that flexibility!

We have been having a great summer! We spent a weekend this July in Omaha with two of my friends from nursing school and thier families. We drove down friday afternoon and went swimming in the pool at the hotel and had dinner. Of course Sawyer loved the pool. Saturday we hit the Omaha zoo. We planned this trip back this winter- what were we thinking planning a zoo trip in July?! It was HOT! We hit the zoo first thing in the morning when it opened to avoid the dead afternoon heat. We went to all of the outside exhibits in the morning and then did all the air conditioned exhibits during the afternoon when it was hot. All the kids seemed to enjoy themselves. Even Baby Ro seemed interested in all the excitement. The zoo was awesome. They have really amazing, and HUGE indoor exhibits. I think Sawyer loved the jungle the best out of everything- but all of the animals made him a bit nervous. He was worried they would get out of their cages like in one of his bedtime stories- Goodnight Gorilla. We got ice cream cones in the afternoon and Sawyer fell asleep eating his! Zach and I still wanted to see the rest of the zoo so we kept going and when Sawyer woke up we were in the "night life" exhibit, in the swamp area. There are alligators literally right below the path you are on and Sawyer woke up and kept tellling us- "NO gators! They are trying to eat me!" What a scary place to wake up! Saturday night we had a BBQ at one of my friends home and let the kids play. Sunday we hit the closest pool and did some swimming and Sawyer had a blast and then we headed home. We had a great time seeing friends and letting the kids hang out.

We have also been hitting the outdoor pool and granny's pool almost every single day recently because it has been HOT! Both boys really love the water. Sawyer is an awesome little swimmer. He even holds his breath, puts his whole face in the water and opens his eyes under the water and will tell you things that he can see on the bottom of the pool! He still wears his life jacket- and he tells me that I can't take it off because if I do he will "leak". This year he will even go down the "big green slide" at the public pool on his own.

In other Sawyer news, he has still been doing great at peeing on the potty. For the past month he has been only using pullups at bedtime and he has woken up dry every morning with the exception of 1 or 2 nights. In fact, he has worn underwear to bed a few times and we havent had any accidents yet. I have even taken him places over an hour from home with big boy underwear on and he hasn't had any accidents! We are very proud! I love only having to change one set of diapers! Plus little underwear is so cute.

Baby Rowan is getting so big! A few weeks ago at his 6 month check up he was almost 19lbs 10oz- SO close to being 20 pounds already! For the past month he has been sitting up well and he is starting to scoot around on his belly a lot more now too. He loves to sit and play with all of his toys, just like Sawyer used to love to do. He thinks Sawyer is hilarious. He loves to watch everything that Sawyer does and he laughs and laughs when Sawyer plays with him. I absoltely love to watch the two of them interact together. They are so sweet.