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 :)

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. :)

Patched Jeans

This is my favorite pair of jeans.  Why they now have a hole in the backside, I will leave to your imaginations, but let's just say, I was going to take a picture of the hole with them on, but after trying them on, the hole got two sizes bigger.  You won't have to use much imagination here...

This is a shirt I have that I really like the pattern, but let's face it, its been sitting in the back of my closet for a year and I have not worn it.  Commence jean patching.

I have zero sewing talents.  I really mean zero. I have bought numerous numerous crosstitch patterns to make sweeping beautiful landscapes that all end up in the back of my closet.  For some reason, when I took crosstitching class as a 2nd grader, my teacher instilled way too much false confidence in me and I keep thinking I am an amazing sewer.  Unfortunately, the only thing I have ever successfully sewed for use was the straps on my ballet shoes and the stitch was 1/2 of an inch.  We don't have much to work with here, just letting you know.

Well, today, I decided that I was going to try my hand at patching.  Given my history, I am not sure why, but I tried anyway.

....AND I succeeded!  I patched my jeans with a bunch of random stitches (no telling how long the patch will actually hold) and wore them to the park with June and Annie on the playground.  Then... three well-meaning ladies/moms at three separate times (probably after they all secretly got together and laughed at me) came and told me I had a hole in my jeans ....

Moral of the story: do not put a patch on the inside of your jeans with fabric that looks like it could be underwear.

Snow Day!

A few days ago, we had two inches of snow!  June had zero interest in playing in it.  She only wanted to spend an entire hour eating it.  This was fine with me - no clothes to wash! :)

The chickens usually stop laying in the snow or cold, but they were happy scrounging around in their pin that was carefully enclosed by Dan so no snow got in.

Every day, we give them all our leftover, moldy, unwanted food we have, as well as things like the end of strawberries and flower stems and even their own egg shells.  They eat it all!  And they have been so much happier since I have started giving them variety and we have had more eggs...  I have really been surprised how much we would have previously thrown away but is now going to good use.

Madame Cluck and King Tutu would not pose for my picture (they are pretty skiddish), but below is Esmerelda and Miss Penny.  Esmerelda lays the dark brown eggs and Miss Penny- the light brown ones.  Madame Cluck lays the blue eggs above (they are not white) and I suspect that King Tutu doesn't do much laying, although I can't be sure because technically his eggs are the same color as Miss Penny's...

And wouldn't you believe it, by 3pm that same day, all the snow had melted and it was 55 degrees.  Crazy Lubbock weather!

Ken Burns? Really?

So, I'm sure all of you are wondering why you need to read a post about someone named Ken Burns and I will wonder right along with you because there is really no reason, except this needed to be documented.

We have this adorable older man that lives next door with his wife.  Think this guy:

but actually not quite so cute and more like the nerdy scientist man in Rescue Rangers that always tried to destroy the world:

Ok, so a cross between the two.  Anyway, he lives next door and is super nice and we are all friends and his name is Hershel.

Well, today, he came by to talk to us about reciprocal airport rides.  We give them a ride to the airport (this saturday, in fact) and then they give us a ride whenever (probably whenever our kids our grown and we can leave the house again.)  Anyway- nice idea.  So, he hasn't seen Annie in a while and he is just taken aback, and when I say that, I mean, seriously taken aback at the striking resemblance to this man's documentaries he watches.  He can't remember this guy's name, but he just can't believe the resemblance and swears that he has never told anyone that their child looks like this guy (great, ours is the first- what an honor) - Tim something.  Well, already I'm not too thrilled (in my mind only, outwardly I am of course) that my daughter looks like a man, but I am thinking surely it is one of those men that kindof looks like a woman and maybe has beautiful sisters or daughters that look just like him.  Mad Scientist/Sweet Old Man Hershel proceeds to go on and on about Tim something and tells us to look him up- we just won't believe it.  We laugh along with the idea about our child looking like a famous older man and then he leaves.

THEN, he calls ten minutes later when he gets home and has looked up this actor and is calling to make sure we have done the same so that we can tell him yes, our daughter does look just like this man and thank you for comparing him.  So, we look up the name that he has now remembered, Ken Burns:

REALLY?  Need I say more?

Ok, maybe the bangs.....a LITTLE....

Popo and Pictures

If you pay attention to details, you may have noticed that Popo's name was removed from the title of our blog.  The sweet little frog came and left in a few weeks and has gone to take a dirt nap.  At least that is what we told June since we are not sure she understands dying/death and all sad things like that.  Not to fear though, Dan made her a picture of Popo's "napping" place and she re-named Vitamins - Popo.  Hmm, well I guess that means I should technically leave Popo's name in the blog title but I will think about that later.  For now, we are one less frog, but still have "The fish formerly known as Vitamins" going strong.

A few days ago, we tried to take some Christmas card pictures with all of our family members which didn't go so well.  Zeus absolutely refused to participate and the chickens, for some reason, would not eat the treats I gave them to stay in the picture.

Dan was super stressed by all the activity and I was ordering everyone around/picking animals up to make them stay in the pic - you can sense Vern's annoyance....

So, this one is ok, except for Meuf Te' itching to try and get to the chicken poop - yuck! and June not looking... but you will have to wait for the finished product in your mailbox!

Oh, the anticipation... ;)

Happy Two Months Annie and Happy Thanksgiving!

8 whole weeks have gone by- can you believe it?

 And June is just the same as ever - enjoying life and taking no notice of Annie...

As promised, here are the only pictures of Dan and I from the last two months- Dan being super dad and me wearing the same vest 5 days in a row because I never leave the house! ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy one month birthday, Annie!

It seems like the days are so long, but we look back and cannot believe it has already been a month.  It all blurs together, but that is good, because we are almost past the super tough part and into the fun :)  Happy One Month Birthday Annie!

For a month, I have been trying to take a good picture of Annie that shows she looks EXACTLY like June when June was her age.  I finally got one today.  It is so crazy that this can turn into June.  Just so different; its hard to believe how much they change!

Can you tell which is which?

Just as a hint: they are in alphabetical order.  Crazy, huh?!