The Belly Moves!!!

Well, it has been an eventful couple of weeks! We have been really busy at our house. Casey's mom and grandma were here until Wednesday, and his dad will be heading back to Iowa in the next couple of days. It has been so nice having them here! They help with everything from baths to dinner, cleaning to all the work that needs to be done around the house. Casey's mom dead-headed the roses a couple of times, pulled weeds out of most of the yard on multiple occasions, helped with Jacqueline's big girl room, made dinner, washed dishes, and gave the girls baths most nights she was here. Plus she helped out some with the day care kids! Casey's dad helped Casey with the fence, tree trimming, drywall patching of multiple holes around the house, dog walking, grocery shopping, and probably a number of things I can't even think of!

Today, we loaded the four of us and Casey's dad into the Highlander, where I squeezed in between the girls (bad idea... I was way too squished!!), and went down to Littleton to the Colorado Celtic Festival. They had lots of good music, plus an Irish dancing competition. Jacqueline loves the Irish dancing, and I think if it fits into our schedule, we are going to start her in it this September!
The guys put the girls on their shoulders so they could more easily get the bubbles that more often than not were as high as the girls, if not higher!

I think chasing bubbles was a favorite activity of every kid there! Well, that, the water mist tent or maybe the playground!

I got Jacqueline a wand and crown. She loves them!!!

At the end of the day, we let the girls stay up 2-3 hours past their bedtime and we roasted marshmallows. It was Tom's last night, and we had planned to do this, and didn't until now.

Roasting marshmallows is a family affair. :)

Jacqueline turned out to be quite a mess!

On to baby news..... Baby Tina is moving all the time! And today I saw the movement!!! I was watching the end of The Tour de France, and I saw my belly popping out in different spots! I couldn't believe it! I will be 23 weeks on Monday, but I feel like this is early to be seeing the movements. Just like Jacqueline and Leah, when a hand is on the belly she calms down, so feeling the movement is a very rare thing. I am so excited, but also getting nervous because I have two more appointments until I start going every 2 weeks. Everything is going by so fast, yet so slow. It's crazy!!!

In Leah land, she is talking up a storm! Yesterday morning I was changing her diaper before we left for the Springs. Baxter, Casey's parents' dog, was in her room with us and he was running around all excited, and she said "Baxter, excited!" I couldn't believe it! New words are coming out all the time!!!
Here is a picture of Leah peeking over her snack bowl while sitting in a big girl chair at the table. She's so tiny!