I have wanted to sit down and write so many times but it just never happens. It was a LONG summer! I had lots of "morning sickness" followed by lots of weekend trips which took us right through till the middle of September. We went to the Yosemite a few times, over Tioga Pass to Mamouth, the beach, the Bay Area for a Dave Matthews show, up to Chico for a family wedding and Dan and Shari came for a 2 week visit. And its been HOT here, something that has been VERY hard to handle this year for me!
Zerrell took swim lessons for the first time, some lessons she more willing than others, but by the end of July she was swimming with no floaties, under the water and jumping into the pool. She LOVES the pool. She still talks a mile a minute and after about 30mins with her you know her whole life story. Her language and memory are amazing. She still talks about Ted being gone and coming home. And lately she is in need of LOTS of attention and affection from Ted. Which he gives to her, but never seems to be enough. She has very definite opinions and ideas about life and while that can be hard to deal with, she has her sweet funny side that keeps us laughing. She TRUELY believes that this baby inside me is a girl and that we are naming it "Judy." She has even told me that i CAN NOT bring a baby boy home. Lord help us if its a boy! I tried telling her that the new baby will bring her a special present for being a good big sister. So now when she "talks" to my belly she says "Hi baby Judy, i love you! what are you going to bring me at the hospital? Id like a Big Silvermist doll" She is excited about having a new baby... for now.
Harper is still my sweet mellow red headed boy. He isn't talking alot with words but communicates pretty well with sounds and the few words that he does say. He loves ted so much and willing goes with him anywhere he goes. he is standing up to Zerrell alot more, usually with screaming and sometimes hitting her. But they are at a good age that they will play with eachother, which is so neat to see, until they start fighting. He loves hanging out in the garage with Ted. He is madly in love with trains and a TV show called Little Einsteins. He can play by himself, pushing his trains all around and making sound affects. He loves baseball and will sit there and watch it on TV with my dad. He is a great eater too! he will easily eat 3 whole pieces of tri tip, half a potato and lots of watermelon at dinner. It so interesting to see how different his personality is from Zerrell. He can be shy around new people but he is a little dare devil, jumping off furniture and climbing everything!
Ted is doing well and recently got a new job, which has been a HUGE answer to many many prayers that we have been praying about for a few years now. He is doing the same thing at the same place just on the private side as opposed to the government side. He gets paid more(which relieves alot of stress for us), health insurance including dental and vision(something we have never had). he isn't waiting each year on CA to pass their budget to insure he can keep his job, and it allows future opportunities for our family on matters that we have been praying about for the past few years.
Im getting bigger and bigger. As of today I'm in my 3rd trimester. the baby moves around alot! I have been feeling ok, just tired alot. but that is to be expected when you have two small kids at home. I have been having some contractions which means that i need to be resting more. We are keeping the sex of the baby a surprise, which is fun and hard all at the same time. Im excited that it is October, this is my favorite month. I just love the weather and Halloween! Next month will mark one year since we went to Europe to visit Ted. Zerrell and I were looking at pictures yesterday, as much fun as we had they still make me cry everytime i see them. ted always reminds me that we got through it and that we are together again, but it is still hard and i can see some lasting scares on all of us. I know that with time God will help us heal from last year and hopefully be able help other people who are going through the same thing.
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