Playing Catch Up...

I apologize to my followers for leaving you hanging so long. I haven't blogged since May, but I've had some very good reasons. For one, at the very end of May we found out that we were PREGNANT! After 18 months of trying on our own, we broke down and visited a fertility specialist. He recommended IUI (whoever wants to can look that up), and after several visits to Cincinnati, we had the procedure done on Mother's Day. And it worked! We told family and some friends at the beginning of June but managed to sit on the news until the end of summer. Curtis staged some photos like the one above ("barefoot and pregnant"), to tell people the news. Some people caught on quicker than others...Emily was definitely the fastest! Now I'm almost 17 weeks along and we're telling the world!

Camps started the second week of June (I'll do a camp summary in a separate post) and then I broke my foot the second week of camp while playing with the kids in the gym. That slowed me down considerably...and then the nausea kicked in about the same time. Thankfully, eating crackers anytime I felt slightly hungry kept the nausea at bay and I never actually threw up. But with a broken foot and first trimester symptoms, I would come home from work, eat, and then crash! No energy to blog at all. We did manage to take pictures this summer though, so here is a little visual review of the summer months.

We bought furniture for the front porch and the back deck. They're the same exact style so we could use these on the back deck if we have more company.

The Hurst's (mom's sister's family) came for a quick visit at the very beginning of June. We don't get to see them very often, especially all of them at the same time, so that was really nice.

I had a "non-displaced fracture of the fifth metatarsal". I didn't cry until I got to the doctors office and took off my sock and shoe and saw the bruising and swelling. I knew instantly that it was broken and couldn't believe I had done that!

We dogsat for "Misty" while our friends went on vacation to Alaska. I loved this little velcro dog! She slept with us every night and would always be in our laps. Gypsy and the other cats weren't sure what to think of her. :-)

Did I mention that I slept a lot this summer?

Daddy's birthday pool party had a good turnout again this summer. We had beautiful weather!

And of course the food was great!

I got Daddy a Breyer Long-horned Bull off of Ebay that he's wanted for a long time.

My rose bush finally shot up there and bloomed rather nicely.

I helped mom with face painting at a back to school event at the church. I did lots of "half-butterflies" that day, but this was my favorite!

Stay tuned for the summer camp update, deck remodeling and belly (for all those who want to laugh at me getting fatter) posts!