Chip's mom got Kenzie these cute little sunglasses. She usually won't keep them on, but was feeling pretty good in them one day, so we were able to snap a few pictures. She actually wore them all the way to the pool before taking them off!
(Haha....I like how the stickers are still on the front of them....)
Here is cute little Kenzie fresh out of the shower after swimming....gotta love those big blue eyes....I wonder what color of eyes Ryken will have.
On Wednesday, I had a doctors appointment. Everything went fast and smoothly....good blood pressure, good heartbeat, etc. The one thing that did come up is that my doctor thinks this guy is gonna be big! Kenzie was almost 8lbs and was 2 weeks early (meaning if I had gone to my due date she could have been well over 9....maybe even 10lbs!) Well....from what my doctor has seen, she said that usually 2nd babies are bigger than the first and that boys are usually bigger than girls. She scheduled me for my next appointment (on the 16th...this coming Wednesday) and then also said that the next week she wants me to have a growth ultrasound to see if they can guesstimate how big he's getting in there. THEN she told me to come in as soon after I turn 37 weeks as possible, so she can do a procedure called "stripping the membranes" which CAN help get things going....if your body is ready for labor. That appointment is set for July 28th. She did that when I was pregnant with Kenzie...and my water broke 45 minutes later....so we'll see. I am trying not to get my hopes up too much, because it might do NOTHING at all! But that was the latest update on little (or big!) Ryken : )
On Thursday, Kenzie and I went to her little playgroup. We always have fun. It is a group of 8 moms and once I have Ryken we will have 11 kids who will all be under 2! It is pretty hectic, but we all have fun getting together. Here are a couple pictures I took that day...but the kids weren't really cooperating too well.
Kenzie close-up...she wanted the camera
Kenzie and Avie
Kenzie and Jack....looking real intelligent : )
SOOO.....that brings us to Friday....the 4th of July!
The only year that Chip and I have gotten to watch fireworks together on the 4th of July was the year we were dating. The first year we were married, we were working night time security and saw some in the distance as we drove to work....but didn't really get to go somewhere and sit and watch them and enjoy them. Now, for the past 3 years, Chip has worked EVERY 4th of July night. I am hoping MAYBE he can get next year off.....it would be fun to have him around for it one of these years!
Besides that part of the 4th of July, we had a fun time. Kenzie and I went over to Chip's grandparent's house for dinner. They ordered takeout from Joe's (where Chip works) and his parents and aunt/uncle/cousins from Tucson came up as well. Before dinner we went swimming and worked up a good appetite, and then we enjoyed PLENTY of YUMMMMMMY food! After we got done eating, we watched the first part of the HBO mini-series on John Adams. It was very well done and I am looking forward to borrowing the whole thing from Chip's parents and watching it! As soon as that was over, it was time for fireworks. We came back to our condo (with Chip's parents and his cousins....his aunt/uncle/grandparents stayed at his g-parents house). We happen to live RIGHT behind Mesa Country Club, and they literally shoot off the fireworks right behind the wall of our condo property. To make things even nicer, there is a big nice grassy area that backs up to that wall! So every year I go out there with Kenzie (and whoever else wants to come) and watch the fireworks! It was lots of fun. Kenzie LOVED them and ooooo'ed and ahhhhhh'ed with the rest of us : ) It was cute!
With Chip working the past couple years, I have started a tradition of video-taping the fireworks for him......but the first year I wasn't planning on doing it and only got the last few minutes, and then last year I forgot to charge the camera battery and was only able to get a few. This year, I made sure that everything was ready to go and I got the whole 20 minute show : ) When he came home from work I had it all hooked up to the TV, had our picnic blanket spread out on the living room floor and had some watermelon out to snack on. I found a small bottle of sparkling cider that we had in the back of the fridge, too : ) So even though it wasn't the "real thing", we had a nice little private fireworks show in our living room......
We were both pretty tired since he didn't get home until after 11pm, but it was fun and we will remember these years, I'm sure!
The next morning we all slept in (Kenzie is our alarm clock.....she is usually up by 7:30 at the latest, but let us sleep until after 8 that morning!) We headed over to Chip's grandparents house once again for some cinnamon rolls for breakfast...yum...and to see his cousins again, since he hadn't been able to spend time with them yet. He had some good ping-pong matches with them and after they left, we decided to stay and swim and eat lunch. Chip's mom and grandma decided that lunchtime would be a good time to surprise me with a little early b-day celebration : ) Chip's parents got me a YUMMY Dairy Queen ice cream cake. They also got me the CUTEST suitcase that is brown with pink polka dots....I LOVE it. It came with a little case that matches and a diaper bag too! They found it in Hawaii of all places! I got a gift card to AMC theaters from Chip's grandparents which will be fun for a date night!
Later that afternoon Chip went to work and some of our friends stopped by to drop off a bassinet that they are letting us borrow! Thanks Dan and Tara : ) Their little boy Jonathan was GREAT entertainment for Kenzie....and I had the privilege of meeting their new little girl, Piper, who was such a sweetie : )
The week was so much fun. I love posting this, because as I do I am able to stop and really look at all the many blessings God has placed in our lives. As I lived the week I have just written about, I did feel blessed and thankful, but as I review the details and the events, the blessings stand out even more profoundly, and I am so thankful to THE ONE who made it possible. I suppose that at the time, I may not have had the most thankful attitude that Chip had to work (AGAIN) on the 4th of July.....and I am sure there were many other things that I grumbled and complained about. Please forgive me Lord! And help me to praise you in ALL things!
And so we continue this walk......resting In His Hands..........
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