Pool and a Birthday

  A few days ago, our pool looked like this...

 But after much hard work from Kevin, and some help from the kids, today it looks like...

THIS!

The winter cover is off, the solar cover is on. The water is blue instead of green.  The water is still murky, but progress is being made.

It is COLD!  Like in the 60's.  But with the solar cover on, and some sunshine in the forecast, it should come up quickly.

We celebrated Daniel's birthday this weekend.  He turned 2 this week!

2 year olds don't care a lot about presents, but we did buy him a cow plush toy that makes a "mooing" sound when he presses the stomach. Daniel loves cows.  He often wants to go outside and listen for mooing, as one time in the last week he and Kevin were able to hear a cow mooing from a neighbor farm.

Here is our precious boy with a mound of stuffed animals.  He got up tired and just needed a little time relaxing on the floor.

In other news, we're about 3 weeks off from having this baby.  Wow.

I'm feeling excited but also anxious.  I don't like the physical weakness after a C-section, and Daniel has been extra clingy the last week or so.  He is very "mommy centered" right now and I'm concerned he'll have a hard time when Little Miss is born and I can't lift him for 2 months. Please pray he adjusts well.

But of course I am also very excited we'll be meeting our sweet girl face to face, very soon!