Making Room

We are currently trying to make room in our house for all of Lauren's Stuff. Steve and I have been cleaning and reorganizing the office to make half of it a playroom for Lauren. We are slowly but surely reclaiming the rest of the house. This little project has taken longer than I would have ever thought. We have so much junk to sort through. I have about decided to just back a dump truck up the house and throw everything in it. We are trying to decide what stuff we need to keep and what we need to sell or throw away. I really hate having to organize and price stuff for a garage sale, but I know we could make some money off of it. So far Lauren is loving the new space we have created so far. I am hoping that we can make a great office space for Steve that he can use to keep up with both businesses. I will be so glad when this whole process is over and we can have the house in order again. Then maybe we can sell and move to a bigger house so we can collect more junk. :) Isn't that how it always happens. I'll keep you posted on the progress and maybe post some pictures when we are done.

Zoo Trip

Lauren seeing Penguins for the 1st time

We took Lauren to the zoo for the first time on Sunday afternoon. She had a blast!! Her favorite thing to do was walk through the misting stations. She loved looking at the animals and just being outside. We took her stroller of course thinking she would ride around most of the time. This was not the case. She walked almost the entire time. She squealed with excitement when she was walking and saw her shadow moving. Of course she had to give chase and squeal even more. I think we will definitely be getting a zoo membership soon. Although we did not make it through the entire zoo, we had a great time. We managed to stay for about 3 hours before she was ready to go. We were ready to go too (it was hot!!) I can honestly say I can't remember having a better time just relaxing with the family. Stay tuned for more. Our next adventure is going to be the Pink Palace.

She was waving to an airplane.

God is so good!!

So we finally traded in the volvo and get an Envoy XUV. It is the SUV with the retractable roof that makes a truck bed in the back. I absolutely love it. Don't get me wrong I loved the volvo too, but it was just too small for our needs. We finally agreed on this vehicle after hours of wandering around in the hot sun on City Auto's lot. This is the second vehicle we have purchased from there and will be going back when the time comes for a new one. They people there are great and they have the best prices and selection in town. We had been searching for a new vehicle for a while now. We had just about given up hope when I found our new XUV. We checked it over and took it for a test drive. Everything seemed to be great except for one thing, Steve had found a F150 that he wanted. We kept talking over and still could not decide. I told him I had a bad feeling about the truck (it was more mileage than we were looking for and a few things needed to be fixed). He agreed with me and we bought the Envoy. I couldn't help but know that God had it planned from the beginning for us to find that vehicle. It was everything that we were looking for and in our price range. I know God was looking out for us that day. I am so thankful that God is there to point us in the right direction. All we have to do is turn it over to him.

As for Lauren, she just cut another tooth this week and is about to cut another one. That will make 6 total so far. She is growing so fast. It seems like yesterday that she was born. Lauren is such a water baby. She loves being in the pool or even the bathtub for that matter. I went to start her bath water last night and she ran in the bathroom and hugged me as tight as she could. She knew exactly what she was about to get to do. I think she could play in there for hours if the water wouldn't get too cold. As far as the pool goes, she sits on the steps and plays with her toys for as long as we will let her stay outside. I have never seen a child love to be outdoors as much as she does. That is why we spend most of our time at either my mom's back porch or my dad's.

Steve had a good Father's Day. We went to church and then spent the afternoon with my dad at his pool.

We are loving every minute of being parents and really want to have more children in the future. I will never be able to explain to anyone how you can love someone that much that you just met. All I can say is you have to experience it for yourself. That kind of love can only be from God. Thank you God!!