the almost-august recap

delicious
warm blueberry pie from scratch with vanilla ice cream
luci calls it 'wemberry pie' from the max lucado book
she still pronounces remember like 'bemmer'
"bemmer, mommy, when we ran after those fireflies?"

lijah boy's infectious laugh
totally provoked by a simple 'ho ho ho'
to think it all started as a mere doughboy-esque 'mhmm'
giggling almost since the day he was born

pitching a ladybug tent on the beach so lijah could sleep while we swam
portable fans aimed at his sweaty head
does that make me neurotic?
no, that was cash gary reassures

garage sales aplenty
an entire polly pocket village for 3 bucks
some new camouflage overalls for lijah (a.k.a. eBoy)
but the ultimate coup
...utmost respect from the queen of thrift
homage paid to the newest daddy...
a $6 buy into a $54 profit
my heart rejoices
just for a couple of jerseys

the very hungry caterpillar
we found at the church picnic
came home in a sippy cup
then went to sleep forever sometime that week
oh well

luci's new princess panties
i promise to tell you when i have to pee
we asked her like every 7 minutes if she had to go
no
then
i peed on the floor!

happy birthday uncle doods
belated happy birthday blood curdling utcher (butch)
i wish both of you guys were still alive
aileen and lani need you
i'm sure auntie alting does too
you guys would've loved to play with eBoy and luci
... but maybe you are up there

good night

first words

i was on the phone with gary, and lij said, 'hi dada.'
gary responded, 'hi luci...'
i said, 'no! that was lij!'

i think lij is just imitating yet. i'm not sure if he's actually said a bona fide first word. though i bet if he did it would be 'luci'. he does things though. we'll say, 'hey, look at the clock!' and he'll look over at the wall with the clock. it's really going to get interesting...

we had the best 4th of july. gary bought a kiddie pool, and we decked out our backyard with a sandbox, grill, and table/chairs complete with sun umbrella. all for probably less than $100. to think we used to spend $140/month for a membership at the athletic club with a pool. but it was such a pain to pack up all the baby stuff for a 15 minute dip, then to have to find a family changing room and bring all our wet stuff home, not to mention if luci decided to poop there. yikes.

we ended the 4th with class c (those are the cheap ones, right?) fireworks that gary lit on our driveway. there were a few that shot up to maybe 12 feet high. luci said, 'wow... it's like disney... but it's not like disney...'