Summertime

Yep.

It's here.

July.

Heat, humidity, thunderstorms, bugs, all the bells and whistles.

Something about this month really screams summer to me.. I don't know if it was the countless summer's of selling fireworks and looking forward to the arrival of July because that would be when people happened to start realizing it was time to buy for the 4th, or because my birthday happens to be this month {ahem... I will be entering my mid-twenties this year and I can't say I am too thrilled about it- I honestly still think I'm 22 when I first respond to people asking my age} or if it's just because this month remains untouched by regular school months, so it's engrained in my head to believe this is IT. The culmination of all I want to have my summer be takes place in July. BBQ's, fireworks, vacations, birthdays, and this year? My baby girl's arrival.

How exciting, right? I can't believe it is already July. As usual the due date {the 21st for those of you not keeping up ;)} doesn't reeeeally mean anything but that doesn't keep my heart from skipping a beat anytime a contraction is a liiiitle stronger and closer to the next than the last one. Nor does it keep people from staring as though it's some feat of nature that I am still able to walk around without clutching someone close and yelling that my water just broke like some ridiculous movie scene. {Which, by the way, is NOT very realistic.} No, I am still very much so looking ahead to the later days of this month with the thought that I will still be pregnant. Baby girl is welcome to arrive whenever, so long as her daddy is present.

Nic is still in Colorado for the Green Box Arts Festival, which means I am home alone until the 19th.

And by home alone, I mean with Hudson.

And by with Hudson, I mean Jesse {Nic's bro}  is also here.

So really I am not alone alone....

What can I say,  it just doesn't quite feel like home until my honey is here.

That being said, I am SO thankful to have our lil' brother here to help with Hudson. He can handle chasing after him on the playground with a little more ease than I can these days. And he eats the food I make, which is more than can be said of Hudson. Haha!

Our trips in June were really quite wonderful, nice and relaxing for the most part! I even managed to get a little suntan going. Legs are still as pale as the moon though.. Not sure how that happens. I think I got the gene from my mom. Dark arms, dark shoulders, dark face, dark thighs... Pale from the knees down. Haha :)  We started out in OKC for about 10 days. During that time MY little brother paid a visit and we went to an awesome water park for Father's Day. Kenneth and Nic conquered every water slide while Hudson and I kept cool between the toddler area and lazy river. Once it was time to leave OKC, we took a drive through OK to Dumas, TX- where we stopped for the night.  Then we drove from Dumas through NM to Colorado Springs where we stayed for a week. Jesse joined us on the 24th and then flew to NYC with Hudson and I on the 28th. I am so glad we got to go but I am also so sad that we had to leave so soon. The festival was finally starting to kick off  when we had to head home.. But that is alright. There will be next summer! And I will be toting 2 kiddies with me then! Crazy!! The flights home were delayed, as usual, which Nic took as a sign that we were supposed to stay. Haha.. If only! Despite the looooong day of travel Hudson did really well. Minimal meltdowns and not too much public humiliation on my end. I swear, this kid has more flights under his belt before the age of 2 than I had by the time I was 22. It's amazing how well he does with travel! I am really really proud of him!! I think it is safe to say, however, that by the time he is taking off on his next flight he will be over the age that he can stay in our laps and we'll have to pay for his teeny butt to occupy the seat between us... Instead of always hoping no one books that seat.

19 days, y'all. Better get ready, my mini me is on her way.