Our Trip Around the World

To celebrate our 4 year anniversary, I wanted to take Mil around the world. Only problem is she's feeling a bit pregnant and wasn't really up for travel. So we went to Lake Tillery (5 miles from the home of not only T.A. McLendon but also Kelly "Pick" Pickler) and . . .

We saw a regatta (or me sailing the Sunfish) . . .


We all lounged in our chairs (Maggie likes Adirondacks) . . .


We enjoyed the breeze . . .


We learned that a clean boat is a fast boat . . .


Not all of us enjoyed it when I went for a paddle (Mags went nuts; thought I wasn't ever coming back) . . .


We went swimming (For a woman who has been hot all Summer, it somehow wasn't hot enough for a swim) . . .


We made and ate some peach and blueberry cobbler (for breakfast, lunch, and dinner) . . .


Maggie enjoyed the remains of Millie's smoothie . . .


We saw a rad (yeah, I said it) fireboat . . .


We went to Glamor Shots . . .


We sat in front of the fan . . .


And we enjoyed a beautiful Sunset on a calm Sunday night . . .


What a fun time! Millie, as my dad always told me, "I wouldn't trade you for a truckload of dead rats."

The Many Faces of Avery

Avery's in town at Camp. Tonight she pointed at Millie and said "Mimi, Mimi, Mimi!" and even looked at me and said "Hoost," though it sounded more garbled at the end; more like "Hooshhght".

Me too!

I saw David Garrard too!

Mil - 28 Weeks

We went down to the lake for the 4th. Here's Mil at 28 weeks. She's submitted her application to the Hawaiian Tropics Tankini Team; they're going to let her know something by next week.

Jeff and Justin Dance Dance

Sorting through videos on my computer and found this one. Jeff beat me, in case you were wondering.

Ow owwwww!

"People smile at you when you're pregnant." - Millie

Duh, you're a hot mamacita.


(sorry; old picture, but you're hot and you match your lazy dog.)

Progress!

Progress...

on the house (primer only, no paint yet, picture a similar color just darker with white trim & a red porch)

on the nursery (green paint!)


on our marriage (happy 4 year anniversary!)


and last but not least (feels more like most!) on the little one

25 Weeks


26 Weeks (playing putt-putt with our small group)

(Note from Justin: You might think this is the Holiday Inn Express in Kauai and the volcano/waterfall is real. No. It is the one on Wendover and the volcanofall in the background is fake.)

27 Weeks (and I'm finally current on belly pics!)

House Update

We're doing some work to the house to get ready for lil' squirt. The main jobs are . . .

Taking off the old paint because it looked like this:



Currently, it looks something like this:



Neighbors have been asking "What happened to your paint", I usually just tell them it's summer and our house is shedding.

Also, I had a couple buddies over to help replace some wood on the dormer because it was struggling:


Well . . . . so Charlie was on the roof, taking of the old boards and I was down on the ground holding the ladder and being the superintendent and Kevin is actually doing real work:



So Charlie asked for one of the boards back and without thinking that you shouldn't throw sharp, pointy, lead-paint-ridden items at your friends . . . I did just that and:

Whoops. I felt bad for minutes. He said Kelly had to pick out shards of wood circa 1895 for 30 minutes once he got home. The doctors think they can still save the leg.



[On a side note; Charlie, if they do have to cut off your leg, there are two obvious pluses: 1) You would probably shoot more ducks with only one leg this year than you did with two legs last year and 2) You could get a peg leg for all the ECU home games. Aaaaaargh!]



So last night, Jeff, Warren, Kevin, and Charlie came over for small group and helped me out. Jeff and Warren were on window scraping patrol, Kevin was the shop-vac technician, I did misc. items and Charlie supervised. The Keystones and Coors made it seem like less work and more play, especially when we decided to set up the halogen lights, mow the turf, and set up the washers set. Team Pottworth romped Team Sassitage (11-4) but then fell to Team Smithasser in an extra innings nail biter (14-12).

Nice socks Charlie; strong to quite strong.

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

Most people take their dads out to brunch, give him a golf and/or necktie related gift, and send him on his way. I didn't feel like I could really show him how much I appreciated him unless I made him sweat over a chisel and scraper with a 400 degree paint heater in his hand for 6 hours.

You're the best, dad!

Maybe next year we'll do some landscaping.

How are things "growing"

Just for the record, Justin suggested the title.


22 Weeks


23 Weeks


24 Weeks