The Countdown

Well we managed to have an awesomely fun summer so far.  After Marea's birthday we went to El Capitan Canyon in SB for some plush 'camping', which was just perfect for all three of us and exactly what we needed.  We played at the beach all day, bbq'ed at our camp in the early evening, (fighting off the 'meat bees'), and then it was into the jacuzzi tub and the fancy beds for a night of good sleep in the great outdoors.  What could be better than that? We will definitely be going back next summer, as a family of 4 of course.  Marea loved 'camping', in fact, yesterday she said that she wants to go camping again.  I'm sure in a few years we'll give her a taste of some 'real' camping.  But for now, this is just my speed.

We hosted our first Fourth of July party for the family, which turned out really nice.  It was a lot of work, mostly because of my condition, but it was great to finally be able to host something and have everyone over.  Marea even stayed up for fireworks, and she wasn't scared.  After that party I decided that it was time for me to slow down a bit and spend the rest of the summer relaxing.  Good thing I was already there mentally, because physically, my body started to really slow down.  It was perfect timing.  Although i'm a bit sad that i feel physically limited right now, i'm learning a big lesson in letting go and taking it easy.  I feel very pregnant right now, and i'm wondering how i'm going to manage for these last 7 weeks. I know i'll be okay, but I have to say, the sooner the better!  Marea is talking more and more about baby sister, and i'm starting to talk to her a lot more about the baby coming and all the things that we'll do to take care of the baby.  I'm totally curious to see how this all works out when we come home with a real live baby!  So in the meantime, while we're anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby sister, we're filling our last weeks of summer with lots of playdates with the moms group, hanging out with Mia and Sean at their pool, and playing with Madison (some of Marea's fave friends), lots of pool days at Grandma and Grandpa's house (with popsicles after swimming), beach days, bike rides with daddy, eating the yellow tomatoes off the bush in the backyard, playing in our blow up pool, enjoying the company of Auntie Sam and Uncle Robbie now that they're back, music in the park and at the zoo, and on and on.  A perfect life!