Happy Birthday, Bo!

A few weeks back, we ventured to Athens to help celebrate Bo's 3rd birthday.

The girls love those Little boys....

They say it will be a big baby

Pic above: Vaughan on her birthday in 2007

Two weeks until Baby #3 arrives in this world and I had my suspicions that this baby was big. Of course, after Ellery - topping the scales at 5 1/2 lbs - almost any baby seems big. Vaughan entered the world a full two pounds heavier than her sister - thank goodness - because, let's be honest, skinny babies are sort of sad.

Every week I go to the doctor and proclaim - this baby HAS to be big. And every week, they say you look great, you are measuring on target. On target - that cannot be possible. This baby is BIG.

Today, my suspicions were confirmed. I tried to get my doctor to guess how big the baby would be and she said, "let's go get an ultrasound and see." The ultrasound estimated the baby to weigh 8 1/2 lbs NOW! HELLO BIG BABY. The technician did say that the ultrasound tends to overestimate by 6-8 ounces. That still makes this an 8 pound baby. I guess in a few weeks we will see how accurate that ultrasound was.

And - I would scan in the ultrasound -- but if I did you would look at it in confusion. Where are the eyes, is that the nose, are you having an alien?

Barbies

Our girls have become Barbie obsessed. I mean WAY obsessed. They insist on having at least 15 in the tub with them each night. They act out scenes, they have their barbies fight, and occasionally have their babies go on dates.

Alan wondered a while back if we should "worry" about the barbies dating. You know, maybe talk to the girls about dating, how old you have to be to date, etc. I told him not to worry.

Then I saw this.....

Ken - there he was with his pants around his knees, his bottom in the air, and his head turned 180 degrees.

Maybe we should be worried after all.

Cirque du Soleil

I think we may have a future Cirque Du Soleil star on our hands. What do you think?

Happy Father's Day

We are so lucky to be surrounded by the two best father's. PopPop and Daddy - Happy Father's Day. Thanks for all that you do - each and every day!

An interview with Ellery:

What do you like to do with Daddy? I like to play with him in the pool.

Where does Daddy work? Balentine

What does he do there? He works.

What's your favorite song that Daddy sings? I don't have one because he never really sings that long. So, I think there are no favorites.

What do you like best about Daddy? How he is so tall because sometimes he lets me do piggy back rides and it is really fun.

And to the nicest man in America. Thanks for being such a fabulous father and grandfather.

Swimming

The month of June is all about swimming these days. First, because given the recent temperatures it is one of the only ways to stay cool. Second, because Ellery has been doing swim team.

There have been challenges. Swim practice is every day at 9:30AM for 30 minutes. Making that takes quite a bit of motivation from child and mother. Some days, she is excited to get into the pool....other days I feel like I am bribing her just to get her swimsuit on.

Here she is goggles on, ready to dive in.

A few weeks ago, she had her first swim meet. We were all a bit anxious. Was she really willing to "dive" in and race across the pool? Would she make it across? She was swimming freestyle and backstroke -- does she even know backstroke?

It turns out our worries were pretty unfounded. She did a great job and walked away with a ribbon and a necklace (what more could a 4 year old want?)

P.S. - check out the red nail polish.....it is important to swim in style ladies!

The cutest baby bloomers

So I happened upon this website a few days ago. Have you heard of Rickshaw Design? If not - you should go check them out. I love their patterns and there are more than a few items on this site that I could purchase.

But, these bloomers....these bloomers are to die for.

The patterns remind me of Roberta Roller Rabbit.

If you aren't familiar with my friend Roberta -- head on over there too. They have cutest cover-ups for kids.

Our girls have the cover-ups and they love them. Vaughan has this one:

So fitting - seeing as how she acts more like a monkey than a little girl these days!