Good morning!

Our first family update on our new blog. So, very exciting!

I am now 31 weeks along and all three of us cannot wait to meet baby girl. Kenny seems excited about her, although I don't think he understands that she is coming to stay forever. He loves to go into her room and point at everything and say sissy's.

We have picked out a name for her, but we are keeping it a secret. Very few people know what her name is going to be. It took Ken a long time to warm up to it and figure out how to pronounce it (don't understand why because it is not a strange name), but he likes it now and loves talking to her through my belly using her name.

Ken has been working his normal 4o hours a week lately. We really miss the overtime he used to get, last summer he was averaging about 8 hours of overtime every 2 weeks. It has made it even more tight on our bank account. But, we manage to make work and Ken's mom has helped out a lot over the years.

Kenny is almost 28 months old now. He was 37 inches the last I checked and weighs about 30 pounds. He has really thinned out with this last growth spurt! He is extremely active and loves to be outside, but with me being pregnant and it being so hot our time outside has been limited this summer. He has been testing us a lot lately trying to find his boundaries. He has learned he can get away with a lot with daddy and Grandma, but not mommy. He has been in quite a few time outs this summer and has lost all toy privileges twice now. He is starting to talk up a storm, but don't count on him talking to you if see him. He only talks once he is very comfortable with his surroundings, mainly at home, the car, and Grandma's house. He has been using 3 and 4 word phrases to tell us what he wants or needs, which I love! He is using a lot less grunting and pointing, although Ken sometimes lets him get away with it and won;t force him to use his words.

As for me, I have been getting extremely exhausted lately and have been needing to use Kenny's nap time to nap as well. Which means I am losing out on cleaning time, so the household chores have been lagging a bit. Oh, well! I try to use the time Kenny is at Grandma's house on Fridays to do most of the big cleaning and once Kenny is in bed for the night I try to get the dishwasher loaded and unloaded. I also get Kenny to help me with laundry (he loves to help out) by running around the house and picking up all of daddy's clothes and putting them in the washer. He also helps put all the clothes from the washer to the dryer and then gets them out of the dryer for me too (my belly makes it really hard to do it alone).

Well, I guess that is all for now! Check back later in the week for more updates. Love you all and we hope you have a safe and great week.