A Touch Of Tyrell

Yesterday was so dreamy I almost feel guilty talking about it.  It was 75 degrees and sunny. It was sooo perfect. Jake was framing in the loft (to make it baby sister's bedroom) and the kids were watching Minions… so I went on a hike. It was like the happiest day of my life :) Later we went to the farm just to soak up as much of a good day as possible. I'll be crying for days like this when it's October and it's STILL 100 degrees... for the 7th month in a row. We'll be enjoying as much of the good weather as we can because before long, we'll have to be covered in water if we want to be outside!

The Millers asked us if we wanted to go to the food trucks with them on friday night. It sounded like a good idea... Jake and I were experiencing sensory overload, lol! There was super loud music, like 30 food trucks to choose from, vendors, people everywhere, and it was dark.  Maybe next time we'll eat at home and then just go for dessert… ice cream and cotton candy seem easier to eat in the dark than a loaded chicago dog in a soggy bun because you're trying to corral your kids and get everyone situated in the dirt… Did I paint a good enough picture of our experience for you??

Breckie has been living in flip flops and boots for the past year. I figured it was time to get her a pair of shoes :) And the best part?? She's been able to put on her own footwear for almost a whole year and these shoes won't be an exception!! Mom's get excited about things like this… especially pregnant moms… 

I love plugging in Jake's phone and seeing these kinds of treasures :)

After have a little boy who STILL wants/needs me to do EVERYTHING for him it's super amazing to have a little girl who is so independent and does everything by herself. She's fully potty trained (morning and night) gets herself dressed, gets her own snacks, puts on her shoes, buckles herself into her carseat, etc. I love how independent she is and sometimes we get a good laugh out of it too… like when she puts on her own undies. 

I went hiking on Saturday all by myself… it was a total spur of the moment kind-of thing… so I was wearing my Flash T-shirt . I felt so silly wearing a little boys' shirt from Old Navy while pregnant… but I did pass two people on the way up and 6 people on the way down so maybe it wasn't so silly to wear the shirt after all :) Plus the sunshine was amazing and the temperature perfect. 

Jake and I found out we were have a girl a few days before Christmas. We were both so deeply happy and excited when we found out.  Everett and Breckie didn't know we were pregnant, so on Christmas we wrapped a pink newborn onesie and a whole string of ultrasound pictures. When they opened it Everett seemed a little confused and Breckie says, "Hey, that's mine!" about the little pink onesie.  But they seem to both be really excited and I'm really glad Jake and I waited until we knew the gender to tell them so they didn't have any wants or wishes for the baby's gender. Breckie told me that she's going to tell Baby Sister all about Christmas when she comes and Breckie is also under the impression that Baby Sister will bring us a fish when she's born??? I guess we better bring a baby and a fish home from the hospital in May.  Everett (totally unprompted) drew our family and our house on the first page in his new notebook. It's Ever...

 One Christmas, too long ago, my dad gave me my first real gun. He either bought it from or traded my Papa for it. It's the cutest little gun I've ever seen and now Everett is big enough to shoot it. Jake and Everett went out on Saturday with some other guys (and boys) to shoot. Jake said that Everett LOVED launching the clay pigeons and he even shot a pop can with the 22. He'd been practicing with his Nerf guns, lol :) They both had a really good time (add in a QT stop, a slushy, and a diet coke later) and they had a great time.  Breckie and I stayed home, painted our nails, and went on a scooter/bike ride. Total win for a Saturday!

Friday morning I had one of those I'm-a-woman breakdowns. Where everything is wrong but nothing even went wrong. They happen at least twice a year.  So Jake found a babysitter and took me out that night. On the way to dinner there was this huge rainbow. It was so, so cool… this is a phone picture so it's not even kind-of as cool as it was in real life… but you could see every color of the rainbow so clearly and it was so bright.  For our date we did a little window shopping while we waited for our table, shared salmon and cheesecake, and then saw the Martian at the dollar theater.  We were out for like 6 hours and they were the best 6 hours of my week! I'm so thankful for a husband who is starting to really understand what I need because it was such a perfect night. I even did one of those loud and embarrassing bursts of laughter in the restaurant because he made me laugh so hard!

I took the kids to Ikea while Everett was still on Christmas break. I assumed he'd want to go in the play area but he didn't. I'm super happy he didn't want to because it was so cute watching him and Breckie walk around the store, checking out rooms, and commenting on things they liked.  They each ended up with a suffed animal that they wanted. Breckie found a white cat and Everett found a giant shark that he said he really wanted.  Breckie is usually the one to love stuffed animals but Everett didn't want to go home without this shark.  (Breckie decided to put her cat back right before we checked out). Everett decided to use some of his Christmas money to buy himself the shark. Everett even snuggled him in the shopping cart: On the way home we met Jake at Dairy Queen… and Nemo had to come with (I suggested we name him Bruce (the shark on Finding Nemo) but Everett decided Nemo was better :) Nemo plays X-box with Everett... ...