Happy 4th of July!

Last night, Mikel and I took Dunning over to the Fellowhip Village to see Nick and Angie. We had dinner with her parents and his parents. I was a little concerned that D would not be a happy boy because we had had our share of melt downs that day and it was really close to his bed time. BUT, he had TOO much fun. He ran around playing with his ball and walking around the parking lot and demonstrating his newest skill - jumping. Or at least attempting. It ends up looking like he's jerking himself upwards but can't quite get up off the ground. It puts the biggest smile on my face. He had chips and home made ice cream for dinner (he refused the hot dog!). Man, I am the best mom in the world! He loved the fireworks - even though it was several hours past his bed time when we left to go see them. He kept pointing sky ward and saying "whoa." Ah, the simple, pure pleasures of life.

18 months

At the lake - I swear he crawled in to the dog's cage and closed the door himself!

And he thought it was HILARIOUS.

He likes to "sweep" the floor with his stick horse.

D likes to use his spoon with the dog on the top. When he eats with it, he'll pull it out of his mouth and yell "Woof woof!" He's using a fork to, with much better precision than the spoon.

He LOVES this sock monkey. I also got him a metal lunch box with a sock monkey on it when I was in Eureka last weekend.

My baby turned 18 months on the 26th! We went to the doctor for our check up and D weighs 24 pounds and is 32 1/2 inches long. He is saying the requisite 7-20 words, scribbling, climbing, etc etc., and doc said he looks perfect.

Here are some of the pics I've been trying to find the time to post. As for me, work is going good, if not hectic. Last week was just a strange week with some very strange calls from our members at Sam's Club. Like, for instance, did you know that the average sized Mexican mattress is about 4 inches wider than our average sized American mattress? It is and has apparently caused a big issue for one of our American members who has 60-70 American sized bunk beds being shipped to the orphanage she and her husband are building in Mexico. They cannot find a mattress in Mexico to fit their beds. Fortunately, the nice people at Serta are going to help them out because we do not sell American sized mattresses at our clubs in Mexico. Just something to note if you ever decide to move to Mexico...

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I realize it's been exactly a month since I've posted and I promise to get some pictures up soon. I have some cute ones of D at Steph's lake house, when he locked himself in the dog's cage. He's starting to eat with a spoon and fork and I have some cute ones of that too.

Hope to also get some good ones of our visit with Suzanne (Lewis), Nathan and Evan Adams. Evan and Dunning are the exact same age - 18 months tomorrow. Suzanne and I grew up together and knew each other from day one, so we hope to get the boys acquainted even though they will probably grow up in separate states. It was so unreal that when I called to tell her I was pregnant with Dunning, she said, I was just about to call you to tell you the same thing! Then on the day I was induced, she just happened to go in to labor and have Evan! God has a funny sense of humor :)