Greatest Show on Earth...

Or so they say! In an effort to take Miss A on some fun special dates before she's a big sis we've been on a couple excursions lately. First, in August we went to the Circus. Too bad the circus starts at bedtime, and is dark and loud. Given those circumstances I think it went pretty well.

tiger tricks....


not quite sure about it all, she stayed safely on Dad's lap...


crazy contortionist's....


I think nine motorcycle's went into this ball and drove around together, it was pretty amazing...



Noah the clown! our circus trip was organized and attended by some of our old Irvine friends...


lots of fun animals...


plenty of people on stilts...


acrobats on the high wire...


and the elephants! lots of them, lots of tricks...

pretty much all A remembers is the elephants pooping on the ground right in front of us, which makes her crack up every time she mentions it! Good times.

and lastly, her Circus pony that she named Peanut...

Hey Utah Ladies...

If you live in the Utah/SLC County area, plan on stopping by this boutique... the one and only Maureen Porter (my Mom) will be there with a booth (Cake Plates).

'Big Girl' stuff

I had wanted to have Addison sleeping in a big girl bed and potty trained by October, before Baby Sisters' arrival.... one is going well.

painting...


Grandma built the big girl bed...


one happy girl!




Her room is almost done, it turned out super cute (if I do say so myself). A few more back ordered pieces of furniture to arrive and we'll post some pics.

Just thought I'd throw in a few of swim lessons, Addi did great. She DOES NOT like to go under the water though... and by 'doesn't like it' I mean she won't do it.




By the way, there's only one thing in the world worse than swimsuit shopping and that's maternity swimsuit shopping. I'm just sayin....

House Guests...

We were SO happy to have a few visitors... and let's be honest, it's nice to have a guest room instead of a couch to offer people when trying to get them to come see you!
FIRST, MIMI (Lyndon's Mom). She probably didn't envision never getting out of her pj's because we'd work all day, getting fed only sporatically, and filling my neighbors trash cans on the sly when she clicked 'buy' on her plane ticket. Thanks a million Mimi! This is Mimi (green sweater, getting her ballet on) and Addi at dance class...


NEXT, GRANDMA & GRANDPA (my parents). These two arrived with a truck full of goods for us and their sleeves rolled up. We wore them out, thank you so much guys for all you did! They got to make dump runs, paint kids' rooms, and build furniture.
Grandma, Grandpa and Addi playing with Izzy...


AND LASTLY, THE COUSINS. Don't know how I didn't get a picture of my sis, but I didn't. Everywhere we went we had four wild girls in tow and we are each pregnant so we got a lot of looks...next time we see each other there will be SIX kids~ WOW. Addi sure misses these faces: Kort, Grace & Ella


Hmm, I didn't make visiting us seem too appealing did I, with that long list of work everyone did... ah, next time it will be all pool days and pina coladas!

4th of July cuties

I'm dropping the ball on taking pics lately. I blame it on the combo of heat and a big belly...
But these girls sure were cute on the 4th!

Before & Afters: The Kitchen

The only completely finished room in the house... enjoy (and now my sis can stop texting me to post some pics)!

BEFORE:






AFTER:






pull out spice racks...



big people table...


little people table...


half bath, just off kitchen...


and there goes my excuse for not cooking...

It's not much...

...but I have been waiting TWO AND A HALF YEARS for this one to have some hair. She loves her little itty bitty pig tails. I do too.



p.s. don't mind the mess on her face- I pay her in Reese's Pieces to let me trim her nails and she just had a manicure and a pay day.