Katie's newest "thing" is to lay on her tummy in the middle of the floor for long periods of time. No idea why she does this, but she seems to enjoy it. Those hardwood floors cannot be comfortable! 

I've been in a walking group since March called "See Mommy Run". I've met TONS of stay-at-home moms and their babies through this group. Here are Amy (with birthday boy John), Carissa (with Lily), Lesley (with Caroline), Linda (with Lindy), and me with Katie. There's just no hope of looking even a little thin when you're 8 months pregnant in a swimsuit next to a bunch of skinny mommas! 

Momma, Katie and Tyler. 

At a birthday pool party this past weekend, Katie and I took a swim to cool off. It was easily 100 degrees out! You can see how big my tummy is, even though I was trying to suck it in. Haha! 

Grama Susan bought Katie her Halloween costume--a unicorn. We tried it on her and found that it fits now, which means that it might be too small come October. You can see how "excited" she is to be wearing it. The look on her face says it all. That, and she was convinced it was a cow. 

Katie and her friend, Payton, looking at the fish. 

Katie checking out the fish. As you can see, her hair is getting kind of out of control, but I've been prohibited by several family members from taking scissors to her golden locks again. I guess we'll have to get her to a salon soon. 

Momma and Katie visit with the very long-tongued giraffe. Check out my baby bulge (we're WAY beyond the bump stage!) 

Katie and Momma went to the zoo on Tuesday, July 11th. It was SOOO hot outside, I thought we'd both melt. This was taken just as we were arriving at the zoo and Katie already looks like she's had enough of the heat. Notice she's clinging to her flamingo and her "gay pride" lion--fitting for a trip to the zoo. 

Since giving up the bottle at the end of June, we now give Katie her bed-time milk in a cup with a straw. On this night, she wasn't really into the idea of sitting and rocking with either one of us, so Daddy put her milk in her pink puppy purse and she used it like a coozie. She drank the whole cup this way and insisted on having her drinks in the "coozie" for several days thereafter. Oh, and she's also sitting on her Pooh-mobile...backwards. 

Tyler says "hello" to his newest cousin, Abigail. She's getting so big! 

Goofing around on the deck in honor of the World Cup. 

Back on the knee board. He's quite the water sport afficianado! 

On the slalom ski. 

Knee-boarding at the lake (which is actually in Kentucky, if you want to get technical). 

Photos from Tyler's visit to Ohio: here he is wake-boarding at the lake house. Can you believe how tall this kid is getting? 

A view of the whole furniture painting operation. 

The major project this weekend has been painting the nursery furniture. This is Tyler's old crib and change table, that we "hope" to fix up enough to use for Max until Katie is done using hers. Check out Chris's new spray gun. 

Discovering the shells. 

Katie dancing in the sand. 

Daddy and Katie. The ominous clouds in the background dumped rain on us 30 minutes later. Gave us a great excuse to head home, since Katie was (oddly) not interested in going in the water unless we were carrying her. 

Our beach babe, with the new Jax Pier in the background. (Well, okay, it's a year old.) 

Tyler and Gabriel. 

We took the kids (including Tyler's friend Gabriel) to the beach on Sunday for a little while. Here are the boys, heading out to tackle the "killer waves". They were about 2 feet, at best. 

Then she'd finish off the bottle in Mom's lap. Then, Daddy would take her up to bed. Today is July 3rd and she hasn't had a bottle since this one pictured on June 30th. The first couple nights were a little rough--she kept asking for her "bah-bah"--but tonight went a little better. Hopefully, but the time Max arrives, she'll have forgotten all about her bottles.