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Well, I'm still pretty sick, but I can get out of bed. I keep most of my food down and I can mostly make food. I am sooooo grateful for all the help people gave us while I was sick. My Mommy and Daddy took care of me and my kids for 2 weeks when my sweet husband drove us down to St. Louis and dropped us off. Then my friends took turns watching Isaac during the day. And Jonathan's mom would pick us up food once a week. And when we all had the flu she was getting us popsicles and soup. It is overwhelming how kind and willing to help everyone has been. And Jonathan has been so patient and has been picking up my slack. Happy Birthday to Jonathan today! St. Louis was fun despite feeling terrible. We went to Purina farms one morning and Isaac and Allie pet the pigs and milked the cows and had lots of fun. I sat on the front porch and watched them run in sprinklers and ride the see saw and drive the play cars and fun things like that. Allie prefered Grandma over mama by the end of the trip. : ) Isaac can talk in full sentences although he usually prefers not to. But it is helpful when I just don't know what he wants and he gives up whining and says, "I don't want that. I want milk" And when Jonathan was going to park in the back alley way insted of the front of the house Isaac let him know they were "going the wrong way" He is way to smart. He's discovered the making Allie cry makes mommy get up. And that pretending he doesn't know what people are saying helps him get away with a lot. When I told him he couldn't have more fruit until he finished his sandwhich he shared his sandwhich with Allie. He has certainly outsmarted me a few times. Baby Micaela is growing just fine. The days I'm extra sick I figure she's getting some extra growing in. : )

We having another Baby! We are very excited! The baby is coming next march. We both feel like its a girl so I'll probably call her 'she' even though we won't know for a while. I am very sick so I may not post for a few months. Any time i feel well enough to sit up I need to be productive. Poor Isaac wants his mama back. My very good friend took Isaac for the day today. i am so grateful that he can go play with his friends insted of watching movies all day. I was wondering what I was going to do when she came over with lunch and took Isaac. That is a good friend.
Isaac hit his head on the hymn book holder and church so Jonathan took him home and shaved all his hair off to care for the wound. My friend said he looked like one of those 4 year old emperors in asia. I thought he looked like Avatar the Last airbender so I drew an arrow on his head. Its pretty funny. He has become really good friends with Allie since his mama is out of commision.
Allie loves to bable. She has been nice and snuggly and I love it. She loves sick mama because Allie likes it when I stay in one spot. I just lay there or even fall asleep and she plays around me. Although she doesn't like it when she's hungry or wants me to carry her. I made her some pretty butterflies for her room. It looks great hanging up but I'm to sick to take a picture right now.
Jonathan is working like crazy. He's almost done with the patio and he's clearing the weeds and stumps from our front yard shrubbery. It is looking so much better! I am very happy about it.
Hopefully I'll fell better soon but if not, I'll post again in a few months!

The Youth Performance and Youth Conference I was helping with was awesome! Their performance was great. Lots of singing and dancing and you could tell they were having a great time. After it was all over they had a testimony meeting that I went to and it was so great to hear about how much they loved the weekend and now they have a stronger testimony of Jesus Christ and the church. It was fantastic. I loved it. And people at church were so good to us and to thank us for all our work gave us gift cards and free babysitting. So we went on a Date to the theater last weekend and went out to eat at Five Elements Bar and Grill and then went out for Ice cream. It was really fun. I am grateful people were so generous and thoughtful and we had a lot of fun. Isaac is so smart and I am loving it. Today he helped me make dinner and set the table. Although one plate did end up in the transh can - at least it was his. : ) He has suprised me as we go places and he points to the fruit and names them or points to the monkey and says, "ee ee ooh oh" He even knows a lot of letters. He has been very sweet to Allie too. Sharing and feeding her and playing with her. Jonathan challenged us to never get angry and always speak kindly. You can be stern but not upset. We're obviously not perfect but am Loving the results. I am sooo happy and a lot less stressed. Isaac fits have gone down and he is sweeter. Allie only walks now and is really attached to me. My new trick is to pick her up and stand so boringly that she wants down. She is allowed to grow up now because we are having another baby! We are due next March. We have been busy with appointments but make sure to still swim at least every other day. It is sooo hot! But I love swimming so I"m okay with it. Our sweet patio helps keep us nice and cool inside for less! We are doing great. Our kids are cute as ever and we love them more each day!

I may have taken a few too many pictures this weekend. : ) Allie is one year old! Go Allie! She hasn't had the best turning of age with 4 shots, her blood drawn and a 3 day long fever, but she did have a great weekend! Her Birthday party was great. We got in the pool and fired up the grill and watched Tangled. The boys had a video game bonanza. It was lots of fun and the food was great. We were going to throw another party on Forth of July but conveniently someone else threw a party and invited all the same people so we all decided to go there insted (they weren't as the same time but I was glad for the excuse not to host or buy food for another party.) They had chicken and stake fajitas a big pool and a playground in their backyard. It was awesome. We all had fun but especially Isaac. He played with 2 boys his age and they had non-stop fun on the playground. We went to a flag raising in the morning and Isaac was in the bike Parade. He was in Heaven. Riding his red BMW all around the parking lot instead of the living room. Then we went to a morning pool party and then the pool party I just mentioned. We had the best day. Isaac loved it the most.
Potty training is going well, he's been able to keep a clean diaper in the morning time. He knows a lot more objects then I thought. He doesn't always respond when we work on things with him but then he knows what they are later. I guess its sinking in!
Allie is a great walker. She can walk the whole length of the room and turn around. She still chooses to crawl most of the time. She says more words and I think she knows who her Dada is. Something we're still working on with Isaac. He now calls us "MamaDada" or "honey" because were were always correcting him.
Jonathan fixed our car (the civic)! He bought an online part and fixed it himself saving us lots of money! I am so proud of him. And grateful that he is so smart and hardworking.
Life is still fantastic. I love having the van and doing so much swimming. The kids have been healthy and happy. Isaac doesn't throw such big fits anymore. He loves spending so much time outside and having fun with his friends. Learning to interact with the other little kids has been great for him.

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Isaac a poopoo in the potty! I am so proud of him! He has gone poopoo 3x but he doesn't seem to get peepee in the potty yet but we're working on it. I am so happy about it. He is a great communicator now. He can say and understand so much! He is so good at sharing and snuggling and sleeping and I just love him! He goes right to bed and sleeps through the night and takes 3-4 hour naps. Aliie is one years old! Yay Allie! She can walk but just doesn't. Jonathan was watching them last night and said she was walking all over the place, but she won't for me. She took 16 steps and Jonathan said that was only a portion of what she was doing. And she said 2 when I count and when I say Allie she says, "No, No" Halarious. I can't remember if i mentioned that i'm helping with production the youth of our church are doing. There are 2000 youth doing a dancing and singing show and they will have a few days of learning and doing fun activities as well. I have spent months tons of hours finding volunteers and coordinating practices and relaying information and stuff. And this weekend is the production! I am so excited to see it! I went last night to help and Jonathan is there all day today helping with food and security and the an service project their doing. And tomarrow we get to watch the show! I am so excited. It is going to be amazing! Jonathan is almost done with the Patio! He is putting on the shingles. The state of texas is doing a energy efficent effort so someone is coming and blowing free insulation into our attic. Yay. Between the patio and and the insulation our bill should be a lot lower! yay! And my mom gave allie a pool for her birthday and we are loving it! It is such a fun activity and it keeps us nice and cool in our 100 degree weather. We are having a blast. We went a visited Jonathan at work for father's day and went to the mall and played in the indoor playground and got some food and took isaac to the toy store. It was so fun. Julie Colton is in town and we've enjoyed spending time with her and Abbie and the rest of the Coltons. I was trying to get Abbie to smile for the picture and I made her cry. Ooops! We are just having a blast. The kids are so happy and behaved and we're having so much fun.