catching up

I KNOW, I haven't blogged in over a month!!! I'm sorry. I just don't have time now that we are on summer vacation. Plus, we haven't done too much to blog about. Now that Liam is home most of the day I have been too busy playing with the boys. At night Dominic takes over the office to practice his bagpipes and study, so I haven't had the chance to sit down and catch you all up.
So, firstly, what have we been doing? Our new neighborhood has a TON of kids in it, so I have been taking the boys outside morning and afternoon to play. I think they are too young to be outside unattended so I have been enduring a hot NC summer, all pregnant while they ride around. Sadly, they do not want to go to the pool even....the draw of all the kids in the neighborhood is just too strong. God once again has blessed us with great neighbors, we live in a duplex and the family that shares a wall with us is 3 boys. The rest of the neighborhood is filled with little girls! The youngest boy is the same age as Liam, his name is Sean, and his parents share the same ideas of parenting that we have, so it makes it very easy to let the boys run over and play all day long, knowing that they will not be learning bad habits from Sean anyway ( the same cannot be said of some of the other kids and parents in the neighborhood).
Nona Patty and Papa Rick (Dom's parents) came for a visit in June, around fathers day and my birthday. Sadly, I forgot to download papa's camera before they left, so I don't have very many pictures of their visit. I let them do all the picture taking! Nona and Papa took my boys on their first overnight!!!! I really didn't know what to do with myself with out my boys around! (I got a pedi and rested a lot, and Dom and I went on a date) They took them to the zoo and a children's museum. It sounded like they had a lot of fun together. I am so happy they had the chance to play together. When they came back we took our last trip to the beach until baby Seamus comes, and then we came home and had yummy birthday cake! it was a short, but nice visit.
Now we are staying home more and just playing the waiting game, waiting very impatiently for Seamus to decide to come on out. I keep praying that I will not have to have an induced labor this time around. I really didn't like the epidural I had with Finn, but don't know if I am strong enough to hold out if I have to labor the whole time in a hospital bed again. I would love to do most of my laboring at home. So pray for us, please, mainly for a safe delivery and healthy baby, but maybe just maybe, for a labor that starts all on its own this time.
Here are some pictures of random events the past few weeks. We witnessed the convalidation ceremony for our very good friends, we went to the beach the last time, Dom took the boys on an adventure walk, and we played at home. My mobility and energy level is fairly low right now, so I haven't been taking too many pictures. Life just keeps trucking along for us. Hopefully soon I can post pictures of Seamus......

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