more labor day.....

Labor Day Haiku

I had no camera
Uncle Dave brought his camera
Now I have pictures.

Ava's first sailing trip.

Ice cream off the shelf.

i forgot my camera...

a whole labor day weekend with no pictures. so-i found a picture of ava from a year ago today and then recently. a lot more teeth (15 in 16 months!) and hair. :) hopefully i can aquiesce some shots from someone else's camera over the weekend....until then, sorry for being boring!

i've got all my sisters with me...

(except my sisters in law, whom i love dearly)
I had a perfect, amazing, weekend because I got to spend it all with my sisters. Not much better in the world! My sister Laurel drove from Kentucky to help throw a birthday party for Melinda. We had so much fun. Some highlights of being with my sisters that you don't get with just anyone:
*we all wanted to take a nap at 10:00 every morning :) (in the same bed)
(My Dad told all of our husbands when they asked to marry us that "his girls have always needed their sleep". A self fulfilling prophecy, we are 3 of the biggest sleep whores I know!)
*cramming into one fitting room so we could all be together
*eating donuts for breakfast and lunch, and bread and oil and cheese for dinner

Laurel, Heidi, Melinda

(for those of you who don't know our story, yes, we are quite far apart in age. :) same parents(everyone asks) and they have never treated me like i was any younger! we have been best friends since as long as i can remember!)

When I went to the dr. last week the baby was breech. Luckily there was a midwife there to give me some tips on how to turn her. However, I was not very good at said exercises. (I was also very glad Mark was not there to witness for lots of reasons!)

Wore me right out.

I'm going to need to avoid white shirts when baking for the next 5 weeks. This one may be beyond repair!

lake effect (2).

So we are moving to the Flinstones phase. A little Pebbles fountain. (Thanks Katie for the bows! :))

Eating Uncle Dave's corn on the cob that he grew and then had to give her. :) You can't see too clearly but the last picture has her completely covered in corn pieces. Yes, there were several jokes made about "DeKorne".

Remember my sunset obsession?? I told Mark to get the camera for this one-and he was like, "Heidi, we will never get through all the sunset pictures we HAVE..." but, it turns out I was right and it's a good thing he did. Got some cool shots of Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Dave and Aunt Barb, and Baby DeKorne. I always choose to have on no make up and lake hair at the wrong time.

LOOK AT THIS!?! She isn't crying! It wasn't foolproof...but definitely bought us some time. This is good since Mark and I really like to play the radio game on car trips. :) (Last time we went he won, despite an incredible comeback by me with Evan and Jaron....but this time I took the trophy after we got home and settled a little bet. For the record, "A little bit me, A little bit you", is by the Monkees.)

lake effect.

We escaped for a quick getaway to the lake this weekend since our summer weekends there are running out!

Family Shuffleboard :)

I believe in only the healthiest food when growing another human. (at least I'm drinking water and not diet coke!)

detour...

I can't post pictures for a couple days...but my friends from Houston left yesterday and so there are lots of pictures from the week on my friend Melissa's blog if you are interested. :) http://www.parsons411.blogspot.com/

For the record, in addition to the grunting, it's also the "everything is swollen and my face looks huge and i keep running my stomach into doors and tables" stage of pregnancy. Just a disclaimer.

:)heidi