Cole's new room!

We moved Cole into his brand new bedroom on Sunday night. He has done absolutely great! I got some great bunk beds and he helped me move all his toys and clothes into his new room. He was really excited to sleep on his bunk bed and even climbed up the ladder to the top bunk once before we decided the ladder needed to be put away for another time:-) He hasn't gotten up at all yet! (It might have something to do with the rails we put along the whole open side of the bed:-) We're planning to remove one of them in the next couple of weeks once he's used to the bed. We'll see what happens then! We've still got a little while before the new baby comes in Dec. but thought it'd be good to get him used to a new room. This morning we went in his old room and he saw his crib and said, "I want to sleep in this bed.". He knows a baby is in Mommy's tummy but I don't think he has a clue that it means a baby will be coming and sleeping in our house, in his old bed, and will take up a lot of our attention! He'll be such a good big brother though and we can't wait!!!

Cabin fun!

We went up to my parent's cabin last weekend for a Bunn family get-together (my mom's side of the family). It was tons of fun! We floated the river on air mattresses, played croquet, fished, watched movies, played games, and did lots of relaxing! Cole actually went up a couple of days before Adam and I with my mom. It was the first time he'd spent the night away from both Adam and I and he hardly knew we weren't there! He spent time with lot of second cousins, finding bugs and frogs with Papa, and getting spoiled by Granny! It was a really nice couple of days to just relax, get my hair done, and be able to run errands without getting him in and out of the car but I was definitely ready to see my boy!

My mom has lots of fun toys up there for the kids and Cole found her elephant mask collection so he had to try it on along with Adam and Uncle Casey. Jason, Missy's hubby, caught his first fish on a fly rod so he was pretty excited! It was great to be able to be there, enjoying family!

Applesauce

My parents fruit trees are loaded this year and we had fun the other day picking apricots and apples. Not knowing what all to do with the fruit when I got home, I started looking for apricot recipes on the internet. I made an apricot pie, dried apricots, and some apricot turnovers that Adam really loved because I only got one of them:-) I also made some apple turnovers (Cole helped me roll out the dough) and decided to make a batch of applesauce to freeze. Cole got up from his nap just as I was getting the apples peeled. He loves helping and doing things himself and my apple peeler-corer-slicer was perfect for him! He was soooooooo excited! Here's a little video to show you what a good helper he is!

At the Lake...

A guy that Adam works with and his wife invited us to go boating at Arrowrock Dam with them this weekend and since we finally had a weekend that we were actually home, we took them up on it! It was really fun and nice to just relax out on the water and cruise around while watching the guys wakeboard! (I sadly had to take this summer off of wakeboarding in an effort to keep our second child safe:-)

Adam had some good attempts at 360's and tried a couple of backflips which looked really cool!!! He was a little sore today as you can imagine! Cole decided to get in on the action too once he decided the water wasn't all that bad and that Daddy wasn't going to leave him. Adam took him on his first ride on the inner-tube behind the boat and he loved it! When they went over bumps you could just see him break into a huge smile and Adam said he kept telling him, "More bumps, more bumps!".

It was a fun day, no sunburns, and we all slept long and hard after a good day in the sun!

It's a Boy!!!

We can officially say, Cole is having a brother! We are so excited to have another little boy to wrestle and play with Cole, to snuggle and rock with his mommy, and to follow around and copy his daddy's every move! We had our 20 week ultrasound earlier this week and it was pretty much a sure thing! Our 2nd little guy seems very proud of what he's got! He gave us a peek a few weeks ago at a doctor's visit but it was still fairly early and we were waiting for the "real ultrasound". Now I'm excited to get out all of Cole's old clothes and things and get them ready for his brother! Yeahhhhhh!!!

Garden delight!

Just thought I'd share my biggest harvest so far from my garden. The only thing not shown is the large amount of sugar snap peas and green beans that are in my fridge. Tonight for dinner we had an almost fully home-grown meal. It was really fun!

VACATION!!!

No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth. I haven't posted anything for so long, do I still have people who check out our blog? We just got back last night from out summer vacation. Adam's cousin, Julie, got married in Pennsylvania last weekend so we spent a few days with his family there. The wedding was beautiful, though someone there described it as Little House on the Prairie meets The Godfather. It's kind of true! Adam's aunt, uncle, and cousins have a more conservative family and come from a very "normal" christian family. Justin (Julie's fiance) comes from a very New York/Italian family which means loud and party it up!!! Not in a bad way, it just describes the difference, they're a great family and really fun to get to know a little bit! We also got to celebrate the upcoming marriage of Adam's other cousin Lori and her fiance Dustin since we won't be able to fly back in September for their wedding. It was great to get to see where Adam's Uncle David and Aunt Cathy live. They live in State College, where Penn State is located and are the regional directors for the Navigators (kind of like Campus Crusade around here). Cole got his first look at lightening bugs and caught some in a jar!We did some scenic hikes in the Nitany Mountain area and went to Bellville and tried to check out how the Amish people live. I felt a little weird knowing that we were going somewhere just to "stare" at other people but it was really interesting and such a different culture than what we live in! We saw some of them out on the road in their horse and buggies, in the field cutting hay with equipment pulled by horses, a lot of black suit pants and blue shirts on the clothes lines, and some really cute little Amish girls in their bonnets and aprons. They don't like to have their pictures taken so we don't have any pictures of that part of the trip. Cole got to get reaquainted with his Nana and Popsie (Adam's grandparents) and loved them so much! What a treasured memory!

After Pennsylvania, we went to visit my sister Missy and her husband Jason in Arlington, VA (right by Washington D.C.). We stopped at Gettysburg on the way there and looked at the monuments and battlefields. Then we spent a couple of days touring Washington D.C. We saw the presidential monuments (Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson), war memorials (Vietnam, WWII, Owagima (?)), toured the White House and capital, and hit the Air & Space Museum, Museum of Natural History (where the dinosaur bones and Hope diamond are), and the National Archives (where the constitution, declaration of independence, and bill of rights are). Adam hadn't ever been there so we wanted to hit the big things! Then we spent an afternoon at the National Zoo with Missy and saw the giant pandas, elephants (one was named Shaanti), and oranga tans. Another morning was spent at the D.C. Eastern Market (like a big farmers market) eating blue-bucks (buckwheat blueberry pancakes) and french toast and browsing through the fresh flowers, fruits, and vegetables. We swam at the pool at Missy & Jason's old Condo and did some eating out! My favorite restaraunt now is Il Mee, a Korean BBQ and buffet near their house. It was soooooooooooo good!!! I had gone to a Korean BBQ last time I was there and loved it but it was closed this time and we found this one. It was even better and I can't wait to go back next time we're there:-) Cole even ate about 2 plates worth and learned how to use chopsticks (somewhat!).

Overall we had a great trip! It was really fun to kind of do two vacations in one and made it seems like it lasted longer. As always though, it's good to be home and get back to life as usual. Hope you enjoy all the pictures and have had a great past couple of weeks!