Summer is Officially Over :(

Today marks my first official day back at work and it is a fun one filled with meetings.  I am back at RE in 6th grade and am very happy I decided to return but sad to be working.  I just feel like my summer was eaten up by house hunting, packing, moving and such.  We have basically everything moved over to the new house just a few minor things left in the garage and out back.  Robert and I spent two nights there and then Robert spent last night by himself - he was lonely in that big house on the hill.  We are still working on getting a new water line to the house so life isn't exactly comfortable there.  Robert has been working his butt off digging new line.  We had a lot of other projects that we wanted to do right off the bat, but those have been put on the back burner!  The kids and I have been sleeping at my parents and it hasn't been the best of sleep - I also think being 8 months pregnant isn't helping.  We are going to try and sleep at the new house tonight and see how the kids do in their big beds! 

Highlights of the Summer
1) Annie is swimming!  Scares the crap out of me, but she can do it.  She holds her breath for so long and just keeps swimming.  She also got over her fear of jumping off the side of the pool, although she likes to jump with someone else.
2) Logan loves the pool as well and has mastered jumping in and is now starting canon balls and watching his cousins dive so he tries to do that off of the steps (mom won't let him try off the side of the pool).  He finally let me take his floaties off in the pool yesterday and he did okay swimming to me and then crab walking the side of the pool back to the steps.
3) We made it to the beach, maybe twice - eek.  I wanted to go more often but a little boy in a cast couldn't go for almost 3 weeks.  They love the beach and they are easy right now to watch.  They like digging in the sand and jumping in the small waves.  I can just park myself at the edge of the water with them and they could play all day long.
4) The kids got a chance to go to Knotts Berry Farm and from the pictures and stories they had a blast.  Logan was of course a bit apprehensive at first (like he is with most things in life) but loved going on the rides.
5) The kids love their baby brother already - they will hug and kiss my belly, say goodbye and goodnight and when I do my kick counts for the night they always want to participate.  Annie gets very excited when she can feel him move or a limb sticking out. 
6) Actually buying a new house!  Holy crap, still can't believe that it happened - maybe once we actually fully move in it will hit me.  Robert and I are very excited to make the house into our home and raise our kids there.
7) Pretty sure we have a day for the new baby to arrive - October 7th.  Going to schedule my repeat c-sec today.  It is a whopping 6 weeks away!
8) Watching my two kids interact and become very close.  They will often go off and play together, they miss each other, they love on each other and of course they have their fair share of arguments and get annoyed with each other but their bond is pretty amazing. 

The cast is off!!!

Logan got his cast off yesterday morning.  He was so excited to be able to walk, run, jump and splash in the pool.  The doctor said to try to keep him from being too crazy for the next couple of weeks. Cory and I took the kids to the animal park because I knew that Logan would want to have some freedom with his leg.  He is going to be stiff for a few days and had a hard time yesterday, but he is getting better.  Below is him getting ready to jump off a step at the park.

 Cory and Cami inside the Lemur exhibit.

 Serena and Annie took full advantage of the water section.  Cami and Logan got a little wet.

 Eating snacks

 They have a virtual talking zebra named Robert and it talks with the kids and answers questions.  Logan couldn't wait to see the zebra again on the way out of the park.  It is amazing how soft these kids talk to the zebra, yet he can still hear him and will talk back.