"Knee Deep" - Phil's Birthday

"Gonna put the world away for a minute
Pretend I don't live in it
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away..."

Today is Phil's birthday!

I got up early and made breakfast; one of Phil's most favorite things! Every time I do it he says: "We should do this every day!"

I don't know who was happier about the bacon and eggs this morning? Him or pregnant mama?

Phil said it was most definitely pregnant mama.

Or maybe Baby Micah? Not so baby anymore...

"Wishing I was knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair..."

Luke and I went to Best Buy at 8:00 PM last night to get daddy the Zac Brown Band cd with the song "Knee Deep". It was an adventure for him and he got to stay up and wrap it!

I have been trying to get Phil to relax ever since we first met. He doesn't even like to take naps...until now! It never dawned on me that "relaxing" means so much more when you actually have something you want to take a break from.

Phil didn't get home from work until 7:30 last night.

I'm not complaining. I'm just saying he treasures every minute of the weekend!

I hope that someday this will will be us:

"Wrote a note said be back in a minute
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it
Don't think anybody gonna miss me anyway..."

Cheers to you Phil and your special day!

Adi & Ellie Designs

My friend Lauren has a fabulous handmade hats and accessories business!

She has a variety of colors and styles over on Etsy. Her link is http://www.etsy.com/shop/adiandelliedesigns

If you hurry and order she is offering Free Shipping for the rest of September. Enter "septemberfree" at checkout.

You can also reach her by email: adiandelliedesigns@gmail.com

I am head over heels in LOVE with my hat stash! I can't wait to try them on baby girl!

The Ellie brimmed flower beanie in melon sorbet and pale yellow with pearl accent

Vintage baby flower beanie in cream and white

I sent one of these down to Texas! (Hats not babies)

And even hats for boys!

LOVE this sweet one!

So many great gift ideas! How do you choose?
Thanks you Lauren for your generosity and handiwork! Love you and your stylish self!

25 Weeks

25 Weeks and still pregnant!
Happy to be here growing "a nice sized baby" as my midwife said at my last appointment.
Measuring a week ahead of schedule.
Trying to resist the temptation to overdo it...

...and accumulating "girly" things!

No need to worry about hair when you have the perfect hat!

A boy closet going pink.

Dresses!

Pink!

Shoes!

Pants with a pink heart on the bottom? Why YES!!!!!!

Resisting the urge to feed my family beans and rice every night so that I can shop endlessly at hannahAndersson.com Yea. Their family holiday coordinating outfits are out and on SALE!

Phil has been warned.

And this coordinating outfit WILL be happening:

A Splashy Day

What good is an umbrella if you can't use it?

Lately, we have had much rain.

Things have "greened" up quite nicely. We were starting to wonder if our yard would make it through?

We feel bad for our Texas friends and the drought that makes shower water smell like earth.

Luke and I sent a package to Texas last week for our friends who had a new baby. Luke said "I want to send them a hose to put out the fire" He has been very concerned about the wild fires in Texas.

A splashy puddle was located

And fallen into.

Watch out!

Getting splashed by brother.

Spider moves.

Ditching the umbrella!

Praying today for some sweet rain to cover Texas!

Quick and Easy Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

2 Flour Tortilla Shells
leftover spaghetti sauce
shredded cheese
various pizza toppings

Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Lay tortillas on baking sheet. Spread spaghetti sauce over flour tortillas. Sprinkle with shredded cheese. If your kids or you like toppings get creative and cover with toppings. Self explanatory right? Bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese bubbles along the edge.

This is my go to recipe when Luke requests pizza for lunch. I like it because I usually have all of the ingredients on hand. When I use a jar of spaghetti sauce I usually do not use the whole thing and there is a little left in the jar in the fridge. Also, I just use whatever cheese I have on hand. Sometimes it is shredded and sometimes not. Sometimes I only have mozzarella string cheese so I just string that up and lay the strings over the sauce. My kids like it because the little pizzas look like the real thing! They love them!

10 and 20 Weeks

Yay! Our friends Karen and Tim are pregnant too!!!!!!!!!

Micah 19 Months

Chondra Appreciates My Tomatoes

Luke took pride in giving Grandma and Grandpa Wagler a tour of his garden!

Last Bean Picking

I thought that my bean plants were done producing a month ago. But then I found all these! Enough for a meal!

Luke's garden is in full bloom!

Remember how he started?

His sunflowers are so tall!

Zinnias

Marigolds

It took awhile...

but his sunflowers finally bloomed!