Happy Father's Day & 22 Months Old!

Marlee got to ride on the jet ski on the lake for the first time over Father's Day weekend with her daddy!  It was a fun weekend on the lake and playing in the baby pool & sprinkler with family, while celebrating dads.  And Philip installed the airplane swings down by the lake too.  Gama bought a caterpillar sprinkler that was fun to run through.  We were glad Jon & April were there, since we hadn't seen them in almost 6 weeks!  April is entering her last trimester with baby Samuel David, and MJ is already asking about Baby Sam in April's belly.  Too cute, and so exciting!  They are coming to visit us here in Nashville on the way up to Cinncy this week too.  It's so nice that they have summers off of work, being teachers and all.  April has decided not to go back to work, and Jon has been looking for a job in North Alabama... and found one in Calhoun Co. working at Saks and Welbourne schools teaching ESL.  Right now they are planning on moving in July to a rental house in Saks... only 45 mins from Centre!  Yay!

We are slowing going through our house, decluttering, selling, and moving stuff to storage to prepare to sell.  If we decide to stay in Nashville longer after selling, we'll rent somewhere until we're ready to leave.  But we know we'll be back to Centre before too much longer.

Marlee attended her first zoning hearing last week regarding the proposed C & D Landfill (Dump) for down the road from our neighborhood.  Even though we don't plan on living here for the rest of our lives, it is not a good thing for the proposed area.  There are serious traffic, environmental, safety, noise, etc issues... not to mention a decrease in property value, which we definitely don't need as another obstacle to selling!  

I can't believe Marlee will be 2 years old in 2 months... I need to get planning her party (parties)!  We'll probably have 1 here and 1 in Centre again.  Thinking Elmo & Abby Cadabby Party... but we'll see.  She's favoring watching "Blues Clues" over "Sesame Street" these days, but those are really the only shows she ever gets to see, so she's not really into characters yet (but ELMO is probably the one!).  She can count to 12, say/sing/recognize all of her ABC's, getting a few more colors, and learning some shapes.  She's sat on the potty, peed some, and definitely getting annoyed with wearing a diaper.  But she loves running around naked more than actually sitting and going.  ;)  She's still a good eater and sleeper!  And David and I are blown away by the sentences she's saying "I call Daddy", "I put it right there", "Open it please, daddy", "I play the couch", "Where did baby go?", "I get up in chair", etc.  Speaking of getting up in the chair, she can officially climb all over everything, and LOVES climbing into her high chair/booster to sit and play with buckling herself in.  And last week, she was climbing onto the table from the chair, slipped on the tray, and fell face-first onto the floor.  She recovered pretty well, but got a bit of a black eye and a knot on her forehead.  I know it won't be the last.  Her memory and association skills amaze me!  And she loves her play dates with friends, especially when the little babies are there... obsessed with babies she is!  She says "I do it myself!" several times everyday... so she's got the independence thing down pat!  ;)  We plan on going back to Centre the weekend after the 4th to be there for Dave's b'day, even though he might end up playing a show that Friday night downtown Nashville.  Can't believe it's time for the 4th already!  We plan to celebrate the day of with the James' Gang since Dave has the day off from work!

And... I've officially lost 30 pounds in 8 months!  I'm still cooking at home a lot and we're eating pretty "clean".  I'm in week 7 of P90X2 and starting to feel very strong, but I don't want to be too cut, just toned.  It's the first summer in a loooong time where I'm comfortable in a two piece swimsuit!  Pretty exciting stuff!