belly shots
Oh! I almost forgot. Here are two of the promised shots of Marla’s growing belly. I love it!
It's a tiny miracle that you can put in a pot!

Oh! I almost forgot. Here are two of the promised shots of Marla’s growing belly. I love it!
We had our big “Baby Tour” on Wednesday. The “Baby Tour” is that awesome ultrasound session you have sometime in the second trimester. If you’ve had it done, you know what I’m talking about.

I’m normally really annoyed when our association water sprinklers go off in the middle of the day and stay on for hours. It’s fun when things malfunction and waste precious resources, don’t you think?

Our favorite “celebrity chef” Alton Brown was in town yesterday so, of course, we had to attend. He was doing a cooking demonstration and signing autographs at The Shops at Mission Viejo.

fountain fun We love our little town, it’s true. Rancho Santa Margarita is such a family-friendly town with lots of parks and such to keep everyone occupied. The fountain is just outside a Baja Fresh that Marla really enjoys.

chuck e. cheese Chuck E. Cheese may be the happiest place on Earth while weathering the blackout days for season pass holders at Disneyland. Emma’s quite fond of the carosel and drving the little yellow bus.

Emma’s new thing is taking all of her clothes off. “Emma get naked!” she likes to shriek. I’m convinced that she’s just excercising a new-found skill (getting herself dressed/undressed) and not a budding nudist or anything.

A few weeks ago we went to the Rodenbaugh’s for a cookout on Dipper’s fancy new grill (a Father’s Day present).

I put up two new sets of pictures tonight, the last of those from our trip to Atlanta in June.
Our little family of three will be expanding soon. You know what I’m getting at, right? Yep, I thought so. Emma will soon be a big sister come January/February. (There’s a little bit of disagreement on the due date…