Oh the days...

Here is just a quick update of the recent happenings that have been going on.  Are you on instagram?  If not, you are totally missing out; if you are, then I am sorry for a repeat of all these pictures, but everything is moving fast now with only six weeks left until baby girl #3- AGH!  Can you imagine adding another to this story reading?
 
I have had major nesting fever lately and even set up her little portacrib in our room today.  PLEASE tell me that does not mean she is coming early.  Annie is almost walking (hooray!) and should be within the next few weeks.  I am working on transitioning her bottle to a sippy cup so that if the baby did happen to come early, we wouldn't be stuck feeding two babies a bottle at 7am.
  

BUT, I do feel that I have a much better grasp on the transition this baby will bring.  I did NOT with Annie and was in a shocked daze for oh, about four months, but I think this time around will be better.
 

 We have been out of town alot lately, hence the no posting.  Here are a few pics from fourth of July, time at the lake and just hanging out with Grandpa.

 

  
When we have been at home, I have been trying to focus on getting my work done and teaching June how to play by herself while I work.  She is learning fast and hopefully that will lead to Annie being able to play on her own or with June and not need me.  Although, I can already feel the guilt setting in that Annie will get 11 months of being the baby and then will be forced into the middle child role for a little while with not much attention... :(

In the meantime, we are almost done with our backhouse for Harry to move into and our garden house to store bikes and strollers,etc.  We had a foam company foam it, which was super exciting for Dan since he used to do foam, and we are on the way to a house with a tenant/grandfather!

Happy last month of summer :)

What kind of flower are you??

Our gardening obsession has led to me posting a flower quiz - I know, the nerve...  What type are you?  Fun to find out :)

I am a Daffodil What Flower Are You?

Happenings

So, blogging has obviously not been a priority of mine lately.  Just so much going on.  I think that is usually how summer is.  Its supposed to be this relaxing time, but you end up going on vacations (Dan calls them trips because they are not relaxing) and are just always on the go, that summer is a hurried blur....

Dan and Harry, our contractor/soon to be renter/built in pseudo-grandfather have been building a garden house (Harry said we can no longer call it a garden shed because the plans I came up with are too grandiose for a shed ;) to store our stuff (and to be used as a futureplay house for the girls) so that Harry can remodel our garage/backhouse and live in it.  Here are the first stages of the garden house.  Finished product hopefully to come soon:

Sayed came back to the US (hopefully for good) this week and Dan, Annie and I just got back from my company trip in Lexington, KY where we had our 5 years anniversary and got to stay with my mom's sister and family.

June and Annie are great as usual.  June flew to the lake with my parents while we were in Kentucky and Annie had some sleep deprivation on all our Southwest flights to and from Lexington.

Meanwhile, this is now what a typical morning looks like over coffee in the SuDan household.  Just add baby girl #3 and we will be full for the time being. :)

Sayed APPROVED!!

Sayed's visa got approved one month ago, apparently, and the US Embassy forgot to inform him until yesterday, but none the less, he is approved and will be arriving here in the US, Sunday June 24th!!!!

We are so excited and have a room all prepared for him (Annie and the new baby will share a room).  He will start his senior year of high school in August and be here to stay with June and Annie when I go into labor in September- yay!  Free babysitting :)

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who wrote letters for him and prayed for his return.  His family is so happy for him and his mom even told him to tell us that she might have enough in her savings account to pay for his flight.  (We did not make her do that!)

A new chapter starts again in the SuDan life- adding two to the family in a three month span- Sayed and this new little lady munchkin.  It never ends....  But we love it ;)

So, here is what he left:

And here is what he will return to :)  Alot has changed!

Annie's growing up!

Still in Spring mode here in April/May!  Beautiful weather, front door left open all day and air conditioner rarely turned on.  Its so nice to be in this season and to appreciate all around us.  Flowers, sun, not too hot, and just spending days and evenings outside.  Not many pictures, because that is not my strong point.

But here is Annie eating her first food

And then of course, a picture of June at seven months and then one of Annie.  Wow! They look like twins... ;)  It will be interesting to see the third.

Annie is sitting up and enjoying all things June.  She laughs at her all the time (sadly the most when June is crying- although I think Annie thinks she is laughing...)  Happy May!

It's a Girl!

 Well, apparently, we have been doing pretty good with two, so the third one just continued right along with the pattern...

Dan really is happy about it :)

Getting back into the swing....

Apparently, because I discovered I was back a month ago, I decided to do all the fun stuff I had missed out on the last six months.  I read a few books, caught up on my bird watching and identifying, and planted alot of flowers and worked in the yard.

So, now I am back to my blogging, I guess, and here to write more posts about life.  Plus, it has been a beautiful April here and we have been outside just hanging out so much!  Annie is sitting up and June is running around being crazy.

We almost moved to North Carolina, then Atlanta, and then decided on here, at least until January 2013, when we will think about it when Dan's company approaches us again.

Life is a little crazy.  Still waiting to here about Sayed.  We should know by the end of May - that is taking forever to find out.  I guess the US government has alot of checking up to do on him...

We find out Friday if we are having a boy or girl in September- I think this is the most excited I have been to find out the sex of our babies.  I don't know why.  We would like to keep on the girl track.  We are good with that right now, but switching it up with a boy would be fun too.  So, all room decorating and arrangements hinge on Sayed and the sex of the new baby.

Anyway, there you have a recap of what I missed posting over the last few weeks.  I'll write soon on the sex of the baby and the horrible, hideous moth epidemic that is happening here right now. UGH!  They are my least favorite bug....

Until then- ta ta!