First Pool

Kalianna loves the water! So we finally bought her her very own little pool to play in. She loves it! The first time we got it out, I barely had her swim diaper on, and she was already climbing in. I had to pull her out again to even get her swimsuit on! I was nervous she wouldn't like the cold, hose water either, but she doesn't care at all! As long as she gets to splash and play, she is super happy.

Family Reunion

Every year we have a family reunion on my mom's side of the family. This year it was at a park in Centerville. After some yummy food and visiting, we played water kickball (where the bases are little kiddie pools). We had so much fun! By the time Matt and I were done, we looked at our watches and realized we'd been playing for three hours! Holy smokes! No wonder I was so sore the next day! But we had a ball! Kalianna spent the reunion sleeping for awhile, then she played with Grandma and Grandpa and her cousins in the shade. Matt and I both got a lot of sun (didn't put on sunscreen, cause we didn't think we'd be playing for that long). And we both had really sore legs and feet the next day. We couldn't wear shoes in the pool, so we all played in bare feet. It was totally worth it though! We had a ton of fun!

Celebrating the 4th

Still playing catch-up! Things have been super busy lately! On July 3rd, I was able to go to Stadium of Fire with my sister-in-law Ricci. It was so much fun!! Carrie Underwood performed...need I say more? Okay, I will. She was fabulous! The music was so good, the fireworks were awesome, and we had a blast!

On the fourth, we went to my parent's house for a BBQ and fireworks. We kept it super small. Just a few sparklers and flowers, and some simple fountains. We knew Kalianna wouldn't like any of the loud ones. She thought the sparklers were pretty cool, but she was unsure of the flowers. Then my brother tried to kill her, and that settled it. No more fireworks! (JK Bryan, you know we love you =)) He lit a flower and threw it into the air, but after it hit the ground, it happened to bounce and land directly on our blanket. Right next to Kalianna and I. So, of course, I threw myself over her to protect her from the spinning flame of death, while daddy came to the rescue. Matt was super fast and he dove on the blanket, smothering the firework with a corner of it. But all the screaming, and her mommy suddenly throwing her to the ground and covering her scared her pretty good. So we left shortly after that. I think we'll do fireworks after she goes to bed on the 24th.

Tahoe

I have a lot of catching up to do! I've been ignoring blogs lately (including my own) as I continue the forever process of editing. But, as of tonight, the third draft of my novel is complete. Phew! I would like to have a few more people read it, make any last-minute touch-ups, and then I believe it will be publisher-ready!

Anyway, I told you all of Toby the Tahoe Bear, but I didn't even mention the rest of the trip! First of all, I was super nervous about a ten+ hour car drive with Kalianna. She is a sweetheart, but she does not like to hold still! Well, she did fantastic! The girl won't even sit through a half hour Baby Einstein at home anymore (which I don't consider a bad thing. How can I complain when she'd rather play outside?) But in the car, since she had nowhere else to go, she was willing to sit and watch a couple movies. Tahoe was fun, with the exception of us taking turns being sick. Hooray for vacation! The trip was with my entire family on my mom's side (thank you Grandpa!) My uncle brought his boat (thank you Reyn!) and we had a ball riding on his massive tubes. Kalianna thought playing in the sand was pretty cool, but she didn't like being on the beach for more than a couple hours. Typically my family gets to the beach after breakfast and doesn't pack it down till dinner. So we spent plenty of time in our cabin as well, playing games and reading. Our cabin had a fireplace in the middle of the living room, which ended up being fun for making smores in the evening. It was a nice, relaxing trip.

Kalianna saw her carseat in the cabin, and had a ball playing in it. Silly girl, didn't you just get out of that?

Such a pretty lake!

Going for a ride with daddy (Kalianna loved the kayaks!)

(L-R my sis Kristine, my cousin Miquelle, my sis-in-law Ricci, my sis Theresa, and my cousin Jared)

Look what I found, mom!

First time putting her toes in the lake

Right after we got dumped off the tube. Ricci and I warming up in the boat!

Yup. That's Matt standing up on a zooming tube.

When we got both tubes out, the guys liked to jump tubes and trade places. Very entertaining to watch, and amazingly enough, not one of them ended up in the water.

Our little family kayaking excursion

Yay smores!

Bryan and Ricci on the dock

Family photo

My cute nephews driving the boat

Uncle Reyn did a slow boat ride for the kids. This is what Kalianna thought of it.

Period. Tampons. Uterus.

Now that all the men have run screaming from the room...Ladies, we need to talk. Do you ever wish there was a button we could push to ovulate? Seriously, how handy would that be? Okay, I'm ready to get pregnant again. *Push* Ta da!

I honestly thought I would be pregnant again by now. My hope was to be pregnant by Georgia. But alas, Georgia has come and gone and I am further than ever. I'm not sure why I thought it would be easier to get pregnant the second time around, but I foolishly believed it would be. For those of you who are familiar with temping, maybe you can help me out. For the life of me, I can't figure out when I'm ovulating! Or if I am even ovulating at all! It is SO FRUSTRATING! My body (in regards to that) has been so screwed up since I had Kalianna! Every time I think I have things all figured out, I think I am going to ovulate on a certain day, then my period starts. Seriously! My periods are either super close together, or really far apart (making me think I was pregnant a couple times). Grrrr! Since I quit nursing and my periods started again, these have been my cycles:

Dec/Jan = 14 days

Jan/Feb = 36 days

Feb/Mar = 36 days

Mar/Apr = 21 days

Apr/May = 28 days

May/May = 12 days

May/Jun = 18 days

Jun/Jul = 23 days

Did anyone else notice I had three periods during the month of May?? Cause I sure did! But seriously, if anyone can help me read my charts, I would be very grateful! I've been on Provera for a few months, but it doesn't seem to be helping. And I have an appointment with my OBGYN (made months ago) but she can't see me till August. In the meantime, I'm frustrated and sad =(

February/March

March/April

April/May

May

May/June

June/July

W-O-W!!!

When everyone started telling me I HAD to read the Twilight books, and I finally did, I thought they were good. Not great. Not wow. But good. I never read the fourth book though. I had my reasons. They were threefold. Then the first movie came out and some friends convinced me to go. I laughed out loud. A lot. And not at scenes where one was supposed to laugh. I thought the script was poorly written and the acting was just bad! Then the second movie came out. Again I went with friends. I was very pleasantly surprised by the second movie! It was fun to watch, most of the things I didn't like about the first one had been improved, and most of the actors figured out how to act. Most. Well, tonight I went with a friend to the third movie: Eclipse. We both wanted to get out of the house and well, I was curious. HOLY FREAKING COW! WOW! WOW! WOW! That movie was SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I could not even believe it! As we were walking out, my friend made the comment that in comparison, the first two movies look like a joke! It was so intense, and enjoyable, and dramatic (Actually dramatic! Not just cheesy!) I laughed out loud in this movie too, but only during the scenes where you were supposed to this time. There was one particular scene: in the tent. Many of you probably know exactly what I'm talking about. Where one character says to another, "After all, I am hotter than you." I joined in with the rest of the audience and clapped and cheered. The dialogue for this movie was fantastic! Oh my heck! It was so good! The only thing I didn't like about it, and it's small, is the actress who plays Victoria was different. She wasn't nearly as good. Well, and the icicle body parts that was just...weird. But other than that, the movie was great!! It even made me want to (you may need to sit down for this) go and read the fourth book.