she's already got some kissable lips!

I thought I would add this little ultrasound just for fun. If you can tell, my life is already consumed by this baby. See those kissable lips? You can take it or leave it, but I'm pretty sure this little girl has her daddy's big lips! I'm going to take it.

Here's one more of the front of her face. She looks a little squished to me. She's still cute.

baby dresser

One of the great things about moving down here when we did is that my parents were moving at the same time. They're building their new house so all of their things are going into storage. So, Ben and I were lucky enough to "inherit" a lot of the things they just didn't feel was worth keeping in storage. Lucky us! Thanks mom and dad. We took this old dresser that my little brother used and abused for his entire childhood and turned it into a little princess dresser. We may have been a little bit counter-productive taking off the old finish of the dresser. First we used some serious paint remover. That took a lot of scraping and work. After that was done it still needed to be sanded quite a bit. So, we splurged on an electric sander after realizing how hard hand sanding was. Next, I spray painted the entire dresser pink. The pink was a little more bold than I anticipated. I highly recommend spray painting. Easiest thing I've ever done. I forgot to take a picture of just the white paint on the dresser, before I distressed it. Oh well. This is the finished product. The bright pink underneath is quite mild now after distressing it in only a few places. We found those top handles at Hobby Lobby. I really like them. They're quite unique. I spray painted the original handles for the rest of the drawers.This is the first time Ben and I have ever refinished something. It was pretty fun, but kind of a lot of work. But, we'll probably still do it again if the opportunity presents itself. Now I've got to get to decorating the rest of her room. This is definitely not my area of expertise.

happy fourth!

Ben and I always knew that we would completely miss our families and the Plain City celebrations this year. The fourth has always been such a fun holiday for us to spend with our families. We love the parades and especially the park activities. I have done the four wheeler derby with my dad for as long as it has been in Plain City history so I knew right away that's what I would miss most. I just had to keep reminding myself that Ben wouldn't have let me risk our baby's life to do the derby this year, even though I probably would have won because nobody would hit a pregnant woman. Anyway, my dad still did it and I heard it was a blast!

Instead of missing home all day, we spent the entire day with my cousins and their families. It was a good alternative to sitting home. We actually had a lot of fun. Arizona doesn't do day activities at the parks because of the insane heat, so we just made our own fun. We started the morning out relaxing inside, then had a little BBQ with hot dogs. We got to the community pool when it wasn't too busy. I wish I would have taken pictures. I love everything about the pool. I feel buoyant, which is a fabulous change. Ben has the most fun in his life playing with my cousin's little girls. Then to top all of that, it feels fabulous to be in the water with the warm sun. After we were exhausted from the pool, we went home and played some games before we barbequed some hamburgers. What's a holiday without way too much food, huh? After dinner we packed up and got to the park to watch the fireworks. It was an awesome night. The temperature was perfect because of the monsoons coming into town.These are my cousin's darling girls. They adore Ben and Ben adores them. He is so good with them, and actually misses them if he doesn't get to see them every week. I hope that everyone had a great fourth of July! I just love the holiday.