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Get ready for a very exciting and eventful post!
I'll start with July 3rd, my birthday. Thad surprised me by taking the day off of work. He even got up and pretended to leave at 5:30 so that he could get Andi up and come sing happy birthday to me later. For my b-day celebration we went to the park, and the mall so I could get some new shoes, and swimming, and rosemary's for dinner. For you non Bakersfield residents, Rosemary's is the best ice cream place on the planet. It was a very busy and fun day. Andi refused to take a nap but stayed cheerful the whole day, which was a great birthday gift all in itself.
The 4th was pretty laid back. We worked in the yard in the morning and had a BBQ at my parents in the evening. Of course the boys built another tower of fire, which always ends up looking a bit sacrilegious, but makes our fireworks show look awesome! We set off a ton of fireworks and then watched the stadium show down the street, which was cool too. Andi like the stadium show a lot better because it wasn't as loud as the close up show.
Andi and one of the six billion sparklers we had.

Shot of the stadium show from my parents front lawn.


Saturday we were back in the yard finishing the brick border, tilling and leveling the dirt and getting it ready for grass. Yes! That's right we now have grass! Monday evening we put the grass in the extended part of the yard and it looks wonderful!
Here is a reminder of the size of the yard before.

And here is the after!

I tried to get the same angle but if you want to use the fence line for reference, the new grass is about 2 1/2 fence sections wide. Basically where Thad is standing. And here is a view of the grass going into the planter that will be filled with plants and trees and such.
And, I had THE ultrasound Monday afternoon. Drum roll please. . . it's a Boy! Thad is very excited and Andi keeps talking about "baby broder". We took Andi because she has been asking to see the baby in mommy's tummy for a while now, and I think she really got it. I mean, she saw the ultrasound on he big screen as it was happening, and kept asking what the baby was doing and saying. She even waved and said hi ;) The ultrasound tech said he measured about 23w-5d, and my chart says I'm 22w-3d, so about 10 days different, but it's up to the Dr to decide whether that's significant enough to move the due date up. I'm not holding my breath. I would post a pic, but their printer was down today so I won't get them till my next appointment in 2 weeks.
So that's all the exciting news in our world right now. We leave for the beach this friday so I won't be posting again untill we get back the following friday. Woohoo beach trip! ! !