New Room Progress

If you have been following our new room project here is an update on what's been happening. We are so close to being done. I can hardly wait to get in there!!!Painting and primingPainting the base board and doorOf course we needed a few coffee breaks and time for "little visitors"Laying the floorThe floor is IN!!! Only the trim, base board and doors are left then it will be time for decorating

Going to the Lake

One afternoon we met up with our good friends the Knick's at the lake. The boys had a great time playing together and Isabelle loved the water! Here are a few pictures of the afternoon. Lots of splashing and giggles from Isabelle and the dad's
Enjoying the water

Knick's and us

Isaiah with his scrunchy smile

Omedoto gozaimasu!

My BEST friend in the world had her baby boy NOAH lastnight. Tomoko and Uwe were surprised with his arrival because he was 4 weeks early! We are so excited that he is here and can't wait to meet him. Welcome to the world baby Noah. We LOVE YOU!!!!!Tomoko and Isabelle over Skype (Isabelle is named after Tomoko) Baby NOAH!!! Isn't he beautiful!!

Sleeping like a little PRINCE!

This Week at the Lawson's

Chillin' Went to the OTC fair
Chewin' on everything cause I'm teething

Playing with cousin Eric

Making cousin Brett laugh!

Checking out the view

Bathtime!!

Over the past few months we have been slowly redoing one of the rooms in the house. It used to be my dad and grandfather's workshop and now it is becoming a family room. This was some of the first demolitian it saw. My Dad's old office has become a part of the construction also. We decided to open up the adjoining wall, so there will be two ways to access the family room. Here's it is all opened up. Framing and some insulation went up last week. Things are moving along! Today the sheetrock was hung. What a difference! It is really starting to feel like a room now. Hard at workSteve, Brett and Dan - the hard workers (My Dad was there too but left before I could snap a picture) THANKS SO MUCH GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!

The Girls

There is nothing like girl cousins. Just five months apart, these two are bound to be the best of friends. Besides, they are just SO CUTE!

1..2..3..Jump

Now this is fun! 1.....2..... 3......
Repeated jumping meant the need for a cushion :)

Updates

This is how big our little baby girl is getting....I went into to check on her after laying her down and walked into her standing!! I can't believe she is getting so big and is almost into the walking phase. When I picked Isabelle up from bed this morning, she didn't want me or Dan to hold her. Guess who she wanted? Yep, Isaiah. She sat like this with him for about 15 minutes, watching Dora. Couldn't believe it.

Over the weekend we spent the day in Fargo supporting our good friends new foundation Elijah's Truth - an adoption foundation. They organized a large softball tourament and had a great turn out.

Dan played with a good team, playing 4 games in SCORCHING hot 95 degree weather. We were happy they played and watched 2 of the four games. I was really thankful that my sisters lived nearby, so we could get out of the heat for meals and naps. By the end of the day my sister's apartment became a playground...and the destruction began - spilling, tipping, drooling...basically destroying. A few minutes with no supervision...this is what he got into, after spreading a huge deck of cards all over the living room floor. Ohhh to live like a child :)

And a smile to end the day!

Here you go Izzy!

So I, Dan, was taking care of the kids this morning while Christine took a nap. Isaiah and I just ate a "2nd Breakfast" of raisin bran where Isaiah just wanted to pick out the raisins and leave the bran. (Don't we all sometimes) Isabelle woke up and joined us with some cheerios and I fed her some baby food peaches as well. She was not done with her cheerios when Isaiah and I finished so we left her to eat some cheerios in her chair. This is what I heard from across the room when I had my back to them. Isaiah says,"Here you go Izzy!" followed by,"Open!" I figured he was just helpig her with her cheerios... WRONG!

"Here you go Izzy!"

"OPEN!"

They Did It!

(after several failed attempts)

I was going to stop him at this point but look how much fun he was having!

And Isabelle was loving it too. Here, she took the spoon from his hand, giggling...

I wouldn't say she ate much, but they went through the rest of the peaches trying, as you can see here.

Fun in the Sun

On this HOT weekend we decided to head outside. Today we went to Detroit Lakes and enjoyed the lake and beach. Isaiah warmed up to playing in the sand and the water after a little coaxing

Isabelle was instantly a fish in the water. SHE LOVED IT!!

Daddy with his kids right on the beach.

Playing in the sand with dump trucks and cars

Mommy and Isaiah drying off on the blanket

This was Isaiah's first reaction to the Lake - gripping Daddy tightly

Ahhhhhh.....what a beautiful sight.....Daddy and his son.
Hot weather has been right outside our back door this week, so what else is there to do except enjoy it. Here we are out on our new backyard swing. The kids love it!

Weeeeeeeee

What do you do when you need to get the kids back inside? Give them POPSICLES!!!!!

She's pretty much always like this - Happy!

Swinging with my Daddy!

Playing with friends - Emme and Faith

Enjoying a cool dip!

We made our own homemade waterslide