7 Months!

It's hard to believe that I'm almost 7 months pregnant with our second bambino! We're having a little girl and the due date is September 4th, which seems to be right around the corner.

I haven't started on her nursery yet, but we are in the process of working on our playroom/guestroom/office so that we can transition a bedroom for her. We just finished putting in some energy efficient windows in the gameroom, so now it is actually useable space! Hooray! I'll post pictures once we get a little farther along.

Gabe takes great delight in patting my belly and saying "Hi!" to his baby sister. I think he's gonna love being a big brother!

Other than that, we've been enjoying our summer. We had a great vacation in May down to Port Aransas and then to San Antonio and we're now swimming at my parents' house in Belton most every day.

That's about it for the update, but I'll try to be better about keeping you posted!

Gabe's 2nd Birthday

March 28th we celebrated Gabe's 2nd Birthday!

It was a wonderful day and we had such a fun time. Our families and some friends came over and we cooked out, told hilarious stories, and watched Gabe and his buddies enjoy the festivities. It was so much fun!

Oh, and I did a "Go, Diego, Go" theme, since Gabe seems to be rather obsessed with that show. I made the cake and had a blast doing it. Here is a random smattering of pics from the afternoon...

Here is Gabe with Pastor Tom, or as Gabe says, "Patah TOM!!!"

We all cracked up when we looked over at Grammy
and realized she was using TWO recording devices
to capture the moment. Classic.

Our friends, the Allerkamps

Poppa (pronounced "paw-paw) and Gramps, guarding the grill.

Jeff and Gabe next to the new train table. Definitely the hit of the day!

Gabe getting ready to blow out the candle.
He was so excited that everyone was FINALLY singing
the "Cake Song"
(although, you may know it as the "Happy Birthday" Song)

Lastly, my Diego cake. (Also referred to as the "Diego on Crack" cake...
his eyes were a bit bulgy and scary, ha ha!)

SPRING IS HERE!

I love spring! There is nothing better than the sunshine, the breezy weather, and the blooming flowers and budding trees...Ahhhhh....Life is good!

Well, after going without a camera for months, we finally broke down and bought a new one - hooray! (Our other camera met it's unfortunate demise when Gabe dropped it into a glass of water. It was a bittersweet moment...Even though I knew he had to be punished for ruining our camera, on the inside, I was ECSTATIC!)

We never liked that camera anyway!

But, now I can hopefully post some better pictures. Of course, that will take a while since I'm still learning how to use the new camera. Until then, here are some pics of us at the Ft. Worth Zoo with our buddies, Greg, Colleen, and Adom. We had so much fun!



Gabe and Adom were practicing their laid back cool-guy poses.





So was the orangutang, apparently. (And yes, I did spell "orangutang" correctly!)





Here we are waiting for the train ride. Obviously, the excitement of the moment was overwhelming for Gabe...





We all had a great time on the train. Can't wait to go again!