Goodbye July!

Oh my gosh where has the month gone? I am going to have a baby sometime in the next 12 weeks.........!!!? This month started out with Sean and I celebrating our one year anniversary on the 4Th. I made stars and strips french toast and we had breakfast as a family. Later that day we left Jake with grandma so that Sean and I could go out to dinner at the cheesecake factory. After dinner we hung out with Sean's sisters and their hubbies and watched fireworks.
This was my belly on the July 4Th I was 24 weeks pregnant.

In this last month we have done so much and it seems like we have done so little. We bought a crib and the paint for the baby's room but have not yet finished the room in any way. I still have my computer in here. We came to a final decision on the name of our daughter. Madison Rose Tharp. We have what we think is grass growing in the backyard.....LOL this is a huge accomplishment if you consider we have been trying to get grass back there for almost a year. Both of us have been working hard at work but due to the times I think Sean is looking for a part time second job. It seems we take two steps forward and one step back. However it is lots of fun and we always seem to have what we need even if we are giving up what we want more often.
It has been a full month with lots of good memories, and I can not wait for what August has in store.

"..and I could not ask for more.."

What a weekend! Our trip to California turned out awesome. Sean Jake and I along with Sean's mom all jumped into the car on Friday morning and headed off to San Diego. It was not a bad drive at all we made good time and we played trivia games and laughed about nothing all the way there. Upon arriving in town we found our hotel without any trouble and settled in. I could not have asked for better. Sean, Mom and I stayed up playing UNO till who knows what time then could not go to sleep due to again consistent laughter about nothing. I think we were over tired and delirious.

Saturday was our day at Sea World. It was gorgeous weather (a little on the sunny side) but not hot. We got to have lunch with Shamu and we got spit on by dolphins witch left us soaking wet.

Sunday was Jake's birthday. It was also the day we drove home. We were all exhausted.

I just can not believe that he is 3 already. We have been so blessed to be able to learn with him and watch him grow. The past 3 years have been amazing. So much has changed for the better. We have all grown a little and learned a lot. Sean and I are coming up on our 1 year anniversary this Friday July 4th and to think that one year has gone by just scares me to death. It all happened so fast and it seems like life is not going to slow down. I am doing everything I can to savior the moments and pause in the laughter to take the time to really enjoy everything that we have built together, and now our family is about to grow one bigger. One stronger. I just can not tell you how grateful I am to have all that I have. Its not always sunny, but at least when it rains we have lots of support for one another and love without reservations.

So the only thing Jake had said he wanted for his b-day was chocolate cake and candles. Sean and I were both beat and tired but we drove to walmart and bought him a cake and some balloons. We were so tired that we forgot the candle. Every year we have had a number candle on his cake. You know the candle shaped like a one and two and so on. Well this year we forgot it at the store and so thank goodness I save everything and thank goodness 1 + 2 equals 3!

We sang Happy Birthday and he blew out the candles and we all had cake all over our faces b4 the night was over.