A Day For....

Riley!

Today was all about Riley! We finally took the time to finish his dog house! Yay!! Here's the finished product!

And here's Riley with his new and improved house! We've had the dog house taken apart for a few weeks trying to finish it. In the mean time he hasn't had that extra shade to enjoy. Poor puppy... But now it's back and BETTER than EVER!!

(I think I took the picture too fast because it looks like the white trim on the doorway is warped. In reality it's not, I simply have a dog that won't stay still for very long.)

And to finish off the day of fun, Riley got a baaath!!! Yay!! While usually it's not his favorite thing to do, today it was pretty hot so he enjoyed being cooled down.

In other news, we just recently got new (and desperately needed) phones! Fun! We actually have the exact same phone, the Samsung Eternity-- but mine has a pink cover and his has a black one (much more professional looking than pink). Our contract had just ended so we went ahead and upgraded our phones to wayyyy better ones. We're both still getting used to them, seeing as they're touch screen-- which neither of us have had before. But so far they seem great! My favorite feature so far: you can set TEN alarms!! On my last phone you could only set ONE. Talk about improvements!

The baby is growing so much lately! I really am starting to feel like a blimp... But on the up side, he kicks and moves more often and they're stronger too. Freddy's been able to see and feel the baby several times. (Before it was kinda like, "Ooo ooo! The baby's kicking!!" He'd quickly put his hand to feel--- "Oh... nevermind.. he stopped..") We're already well into the third trimester and only 12 more weeks to go! Amazing how time flies...

Weekend Fun

This past weekend was fun-filled, to say the least. Or, at least just--- filled. We had an Elders' Quorum picnic at the park on Friday night to be at. Then Saturday we had to work in the morning and be at a family get together all afternoon (with relatives visiting from Ecuador). Then Freddy had to be BACK to meet with a client in the evening and off to a graduation party for a friend that night. Sunday came and Freddy had an early morning meeting at 7:30 to be at, church until noon, an impromptu picnic put together by my dad that afternoon, and a birthday party for a friend that evening. Boy, oh boy. It was enjoyable and fun to be with friends all weekend-- but I must admit, EXHAUSTING. And now we're back to Monday all over again.

Other things that have happened recently:

1. Riley became BFF with Ricky and Allana Rowley's dog, Milo. We went to Schabarum Park and let them run around together and then went for a hike. They have tons of fun together because neither one of them ever seem to get tired of playing!

2. We finally found a roofing company that would give us a few shingles from an open bag for FREE rather than having to buy a whole bundle of them. We wanted to roof Riley's dog house (which has turned out to be a bigger project than we originally intended) and were so excited to finally have the materials. We worked on the roof last week and it's turning out pretty well-- only a few set backs (ie the drill battery died after like, one screw-- we're still trying to find the time to put the roof back on the house..) Also, the shingles are like... blue. So we plan on spray painting them black ASAP.

3. The baby has been kicking a ton lately! Freddy and I frequently enjoy time together watching and feeling the baby kick... :) And my clothes are slowly being weeded out of my closet into a box in the garage-- all the things I totally don't fit into anymore. We went in for another doctor's appointment this past week. Everything looked good! The baby's heartbeat was great-- at 142 beats per minute (should be between 120-180). I'll be 25 weeks pregnant tomorrow; my next appointment isn't until the 19th? (or something like that).. But yeah, some things that Tracy doesn't like while being pregnant: the heat, the smell of seafood, and standing for more than like- a minute. Things that Tracy does like: swimming and cold showers, feeling the baby kick, drinking milk all the time, salads, and watermelon! Overall, things are going great!

That's pretty much the extent of things going on over here-- oh-- except that the CIRCUS IS IN TOWN!!! We're hoping to be able to go on Saturday!!!! :) I love the circus. But yeah- that's the update for now!