Evenings at the Cross House!

Our evenings have been crazy this past month trying to unpack and get the house in order. But, we do try to have some fun with the kids. Normally we eat dinner about 6-6:30 and then we are outside until about 8 - weeding, mowing, watering flowers, going for a walk, etc. The kids love to play on their swing set and in their playhouse.

The other day we gave Lacy some puffs for the first time. She definitely tried to grab them but they mostly just stuck to her hands. She tried to put them up towards her mouth, but I think most of them ended up on the floor :) She sits up really well in this Bumbo chair.

We had "Fancy Salads" for dinner this night. Dillon and Lily both like to sit at the heads of the table.

Our neighbor gave us this sandbox. Anson cleaned it up and bought the kids new sand for it. They love it. We just need to make sure they have bug spray on, though, because the mosquitoes are really bad this year!

Going for a walk. I have my baby. Lily pushes her baby. And Dillon pushes a mower. Not the pink one shown here, though. Daddy makes sure he has his green one when we leave our driveway.

We love being able to go for a walk down our street. I've waited several years to be able to do this :)

Dillon-isms!

Dillon's vocabulary has really taken off lately. He usually drops the first letter from most words, though. So, sometimes I run through the alphabet trying to figure out what the word is he is trying to say. Like "ink" could be drink or sink. :)

The other day we were on our way home and he said "Mommy, Baby aft me," which meant "Mommy, the baby is laughing at me!" He was making Lacy giggle in the backseat.

Here are some more of his words:

acy = Lacy

iggy = Sissy or Lily

ice - He says that one clear. He likes to eat crushed ice from a bowl.

peach = plum

peeve = Peeve or Slater

ack = snack

unch = breakfast, lunch or dinner

ungry = hungry

Last night he said "Mommy, in....door....roke?" Meaning - "Mommy, is the door broke?" Not sure why he thought it was but he did.

Balloons & Boom Booms

On Saturday we took the kids to the Hall of Fame / Jackson Food Fest. We watched all the hot air balloons, ate some dinner, let the kids run around with a lot of other kids and watched fireworks. It was a fun night out!

We bought them glow sticks at Target before we went down there. Much cheaper than the glow toys they walk around selling.

Various Photos of July

We've been very busy setting up our new house. We are almost all unpacked. Only a few things left in the dining room, which we will take care of this weekend. We are so happy to have room, have a nice yard for the kids and Sampson, and have a great neighborhood. We've met several of our new neighbors and everyone is so nice! This is truly a dream come true for us!

On a sadder note, our air conditioner went out. It's been okay the last few days but it is supposed to get back into the 90s this weekend. Hopefully we can get it fixed soon! Sleeping in the heat is no fun!

Lily looked cute in her pigtails so I wanted to take their picture. She cracks us up with her hands jestures. She's very animated! It's hard to get a good one with both kids smiling.

Baby girl!! She's such a good baby! We are so blessed!!!!

A few Sundays ago we ate breakfast outside on our deck. Anson made his yummy blueberry pancakes and bacon. He makes breakfast almost every Sunday! It's becoming a tradition :)

Lily running through the sprinkler (it's hard to see). Dillon didn't really like the sprinkler.

Dillon played in the pool instead.

Lacy loves to suck her thumb :)

We put Lacy in the entertainment center bouncy seat last week for the first time - she loves it!

Before carrots

After carrots!

At Nana and Papa's for a picnic and swimming. Dillon wanted to eat his corn on the cob!

Swimming!

Lily and Dillon wear their life jackets. It gives them freedom to swim freely. They do good with them on. All that swimming wore baby girl out! She fell asleep sucking her thumb in the shade!

All the toys in the playroom - Can you see the kids amongst the mess? We've cleaned it up since this photo was taken. We bought some storage cubes to help contain the mess, and moved some toys to the basement play area.

New pool for the kids. It has a slide and a waterfall. They love it!

A few videos of kids - Lacy laughing and Dillon babbling (couldn't get him to say much)