Happy Monday! We had a nice weekend. Friday evening Annika and I spent with Dave, Darleen, Evan, Grant, Granpda, Marcia, Krystle, Pierce and Mathias at Grandpa's house. We had a nice dinner and spent all our time out on the deck. It was a great evening.

Saturday morning I wasn't feeling too well so we kept it pretty low key at our house. We watched the last competitive stage of the Tour de France, cheering Floyd Landis on the whole way. And we watched our recorded episode of Project Runway. Then Annika and I took a long nap while Kris worked on getting his new chain on his motorcycle. Just as he was finishing, we woke up and then we all got ready for the party. Saturday afternoon was Uncle Dale's surprise 50th birthday party! Surprise! We got him! It was a really fun afternoon. Annika had a blast with all the other little kids there. Plus, there was a small playground with a slide and a couple swings. And there was lots of balls to play with since there was also a baseball field and a sand volleyball court. And of course there was lots of yummy, bad foods to eat too! She was an excellent little girl, charming everyone who saw her. When we first arrived she wanted no one but Grandpa and spent a long time sitting on his lap watching cousin Dusty race his remote control truck around.

Saturday night when I was putting Annika to bed I told her I loved her as I laid her down (as I always do). She responded "I love you." Made my heart swoon, she did. Then as I was covering her up she said "I love you Daddy. I love you puppy. I love you kitty." I told her I loved her again and that I would see her tomorrow and then I turned on her music and left. Uh. She is such a sweetheart!

Yesterday Annika and I ran some errands (my first trip to Target in over 5 weeks!) while Daddy worked around the house. Then we came home and ate lunch and took a long (3.5 hours!) nap together. Kris was working on the deck and patio again until his cousin Seth came over. Then Kris and Seth headed out for a motorcycle ride together. They arrived home just as Annika was waking up. Soon enough though they were heading out for another ride. Annika and I changed and headed up to Dusty and Kim's house to have dinner with them and Nana and Papa. Kris and Seth met us there. It was a nice evening with lots of good food. Annika loved the halibut steak and the corn on the cob. And she had lots and lots of watermelon and berries too. And of course she had to help Papa eat his ice cream cone for dessert.

Last night Annika asked to get out of the bathtub so she could go potty. I took her dripping wet out and set her on the big potty and sure enough - she went! I was so proud. We're still not officially training her but she's got the concepts down, I think.


As for baby #2, everything is going well. I'm not throwing up anymore (knock on wood) but I'm still feeling sick a lot of the time. I can definitely tell that I'm slowly getting better though. And my belly is definitely bigger. I'm feeling some stretching and pulling every once in a while. I'm thanking God for another textbook pregnancy (so far). I found out on Saturday that two of my cousin's wives are pregnant and are both due in January. Congratulations Jason and Jennie and Pat and Tina! Below is a pregnancy ticker for this baby.