That night we spent enjoying each other, BBQing, playing outside games, swimming and then played card games well past midnight with the brothers. Zeplin and Arrowlyn even partied with us since they were refusing to go to bed.
Sunday was a wonderful day and we stayed home all day. We cleaned, I learned a new song on the Uke and made Arrowlyn a new carseat cover/nursing cover, Matt worked on his bike and then we swam in our pool most of the afternoon. It was so much fun. We all really enjoyed ourselves. 
We had the perfect Independence Day. It started with a trip to Melba to see Hailee and the parade.
It was a fun parade. We sat next to Heather and her parents (Heather is Hailee's mom). Zeplin scored a bucket full of candy. While he was grabbing all the candy he could, I was shielding Arrowlyn from the candy bullets being thrown at our faces.... One of which landing on my chest.
With how small the town of Melba is, they put on an amazing 4th of July show. One of these days, I'll take Matt & the kids but not while they are so little.
We had to make a stop at my parents on our way home. It had been 2 weeks since we last saw them since they had spent that time traveling the west coast in their camper. I tried desperately to not call her while she was gone but I'm a mama's girl and I really missed her.
That afternoon/evening we took a family bike ride. We had full intention to let Zeplin ride all the way to a friends house on Amity but that meant he would need to ride on the scary road with us. We got all the way to the edge of the subdivision when I looked up the road and realized it was not safe for him. Zeplin broke our hearts.... as we turned around to go home, he asked why? I explained to him that he was just not big enough to ride on the road with cars he replied, “But I'm doing my best.” I felt the lump in throat grow as he continued, “Aren't I doing a good job?”
He didn't complain when I put him in the carriage with sister. He actually seemed really happy when I told him we would try again another day.
We enjoyed the bike ride to the Western's. We only spent a little time there while the children decorated their bikes to have a pretend parade of their own in their subdivision. We took a ride around their block and with them and the other families then headed home. We were invited to eat dinner with them but we didn't know the other families and it felt very awkward. When they invited us again to stay, Matt surprised me by saying that he was going to take his family to dinner instead, so we headed home.
Dinner was all american fast food....
Matt and I laughed so hard while we were eating.....realizing how lame we were
but we were so happy to be together!
We came home after dinner & dessert and spent the next 3 hours in the back yard. Zeplin played with his toys. They dogs rummaged around trying to stay occupied while Matt played his guitar and I played my Ukulele. Matt learned the chords for a Kings of Leon song and invited me to sing it.
It was so much fun. I love listening to my husband play while I sing. I'm obviously no Norah Jones & Matt could probably become Jeff Beck if he practiced more but make music together is so much fun!
Around 8pm, we started lighting some fireworks. Arrowlyn was going to need to go to bed within the hour so we didn't want to wait much longer.
Zeplin loved setting up the fireworks with his dad. He hated the loud noises but he did much better sticking around to watch them explode instead of last year when he ran in the house and hid the whole night. Z just kept his ears covered almost the entire night. The sparklers were his favorite and he enjoyed chasing his dad with them.
Arrowlyn did well, until it was time to go to bed. One firework scared her pretty bad and made her cry but otherwise, she was pretty observant and content.
Once the fireworks were gone and the kids were in bed. Matt and I took to the back deck to watch the big fireworks and make more music. It was the perfect end to a fabulous day!
{TWO:} SnapChat
{THREE:} Play Dates & Activites
When school was going on, it felt like I was constantly having play dates with my other mommy friends that had kid's Zeplin's age. But since most of my friends also have children much older, summer time has been harder to get together with them.... Until this week.
We had play dates almost every day and we loved it.
Michelle came over Tuesday with Zeplin's best friend, Trevor, and her 7 yr old, Gage. Those boys had so much fun, I'm surprised Zeplin didn't fall asleep right after they left. We haven't seen them since May & it was fun to see Michelle (who's due with her first baby girl in 2 months). She's the cutest pregnant mama.On Wednesday, I met my friend Hailey at the Settler's park with her girls. Zeplin doesn't play too well with others (as in he just likes to play by himself or with me) and Hailey's youngest likes to wander so most of our time together was spent entertaining Zeplin and chasing Norah. But I really enjoy being in her company.
Thursday was a blast when the afternoon rolled around and we were able to meet up with a handful of mommy's (Nicole, Whitney, Lisa, and Hillary) & their children at Sandy Point (Lucky Peak). Zeplin had the time of his life playing with the other kids and trying to catch fish. A couple of the older children were successful in catching a couple fish with their nets, which only motivated Zeplin to try to catch one too. He wandered around the pond, desperate to get a fish in the pink bucket he was carrying around. He was unsuccessful and on the way home we had a conversation about it.
Z: Mom, I tried so very hard to catch a fish but I just couldn't.
Me: I know buddy. You did a great job trying. We will have to try again.
Z: Yeah. Even though I didn't catch one, it made me want to try harder next time!
Me: (Proudfully) Of course!! We will get you a fishing net and try again next time!!
I had a lot of fun getting to know the other mothers. I've been playing volleyball every Wednesday night with Nicole and she & Whitney are my visiting teachers. Hillary, I've known since high school. We visited with each other a few times when we happen to be at the library together. And Lisa I met a few years ago while playing church volleyball. . . All of them = Amazing women and mothers. I'm lucky to get to know them. I think Thursdays play date was more for us than for our children.
We had another play date today with my fabulous mom too! She helped me with the kids while I got injections in my shoulders. Then we went downtown to have lunch with Matt then spent the afternoon shopping. Life is always wonderful when my mom is around.
Softball is over for the spring. We finished up with a win which landed our team taking the 1st place title for the spring season. We decided not to play in the spring tournament though. It's kind of a bummer that we aren't because we almost always win the entire thing but we have too many people that are going to be out of town during the two weeks of play. Fall ball will be starting up in the beginning of August and I have committed to play. I also committed to play fall volleyball for a league too. I'm a little nervous of potential conflicts. But I have a few weeks before I really have to worry about it. 
I've been biking a lot more lately. By ‘a lot’ I really mean just a few spins around the neighborhood. I got brave and went a little further on Wednesday and crashed. Well, I guess I can admit - I didn't crash, I fell. I tried to come to a stop but I bumped the kids carriage into the curb and when I tried to over correct and couldn't get my shoes unclipped fast enough and went down. . . Hard. My knee is all black and blue, & I have a massive bruise on my butt from the seat biting it.
The fall certainly didn't help my back much. My lower back is doing better since the injections but my upper back and shoulders are not. They haven't changed since the accident. I'll have moments when my pain is at a one and then days when the pain is at an 8. Fortunately, those high pain days don't last long. I think these injections in my shoulders will really help. I have a couple more massages scheduled and then I want to be done. I want to be back to my normal life - playing ball without pain, working out without back spasms, and being able to hold my mom without feeling like she weighs 100 pounds instead of 16.
I wish the accident never happened.
{FOUR:} Zeplin
My son is...., among other wonderful things, a nose picker. He's constantly digging for boogers. It's rather embarrassing, especially when he's in public. A few times he's eaten them, but since getting after him about how gross it was, he's getting better at putting them in tissues.
He had me rolling with laughter on Tuesday when I told him to stop picking his nose. His reply, “Yeah. My nose is just a house for my boogers. I'll leave them alone.”
Zeplin told me he likes his hair the best when I do it in a mohawk so on Thursday, that's exactly what I did. He then asked for me to do a mohawk too. I did my best with the insane amount of hair that I have and I think it turned our rather cute.
I sure love this boy of mine. He's becoming so much more fun to do one on one things with!
{FIVE:} Arrowlyn >>-----> 19 Weeks
I think Arrowlyn is finally over her horrible cold that she got from our vacation to Yellowstone.
She started sleeping through the night again, which has been most helpful, because Matt is still feeling cruddy. Arrow's been sleeping between 9-13 hours every night again.
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I have the happiest baby! No Joke - She is constantly smiling and laughing and loving everyone around her. Arrowlyn hardly ever cries unless she's super hungry, tired or hurt (because big brother seems to be a little clumsy around her sometimes.)
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I bought Arrowlyn some baby food last week and wanted to see how'd she'd take to it. While feeding her, I realized that I'm very much NOT ready to start giving her food and decrease nursing her. I tried so hard & endured much pain to make nursing work and I'm not sure I want to share our bonding time with a spoon. Fortunately, she hated eating food and it made me decide that I'm just going to wait until she's 6 months to give her more.... like I did with Zeplin.
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She's rolled over a couple times since her first time at the doctors office. I've yet to capture the act on camera but the faces she makes after the roll are so funny. It's such a shock to her and I'm sure she'd start crying but as soon as she sees me, she's all better.
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This girl has the best thighs. I mean - seriously, they are delicious. People comment on them all the time and we just love how perfect her little body is.
I'm so in love with this girl. She's sweet, happy, loving and just the perfect baby. She's starting to cuddle more (which she's always been a cuddler) but now she's actually laying her head on our shoulders while we rock back and forth with her in our arms. She's just so wonderful.
What would I ever do without her!?
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