Boy Ford and Olivia Fun

No mistaking this time! IT'S A BOY! We saw all the major organs and parts on the 20 week ultrasound. Thank you Jesus for a healthy baby!

Olivia LOVES bows....probably because her hair drives her nuts in her face....but this day she wanted ALL her bows in her hair.

Look at my new wheels!

Olivia found lots of treasures around the yard in her wagon.

AND.....BIG NEWS.....We now have a stander! Olivia can stand by herself on purpose and realize she's doing it! Walking is just around the corner, I hope!

Camping at Cades Cove

Justin and I went camping in Cades Cove (Smoky Mountain National Park) last weekend for our first over night without Olivia. We saw bears and Olivia had fun with Grandma and Grandpa!

This is a picture of a picture because it wasn't from our camera. We decided to go on a short hike close to our campsite just before dinner. As we came up over a hill, we saw a truck ahead of us stopped in the middle of the road. They warned us of a bear, which so happened to be RIGHT over the hill we were walking over. We would have walked within 10 feet of where the bear was! The couple in the truck was on their honeymoon and let us in the back to see the bear over the hill. We didn't have our camera, but they so happened to have a bunch of disposable cameras from their wedding so we got to get some pictures of our first black bear sighting! There is no zoom of course, so the picture shows how close we actually were to the bear!

A little blury, but still a bear.

This was one of the first houses in the Cades Cove area.

Our campsite.

Another bear we saw, this time from our car.

We hiked 5 miles (round trip) to Abram Falls off the the Cades Cove loop.

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Justin's 30th Birthday celebration lasted almost a week! This past weekend, family came over for a steak dinner which was better than the Outback. Then on Monday we went floating down a river near Pigeon Forge (VERY relaxing). Wednesday Olivia and I surprised Justin by showing up to his school with cake and cupcakes to share with his staff, and decorations for the office. He was supposed to be out of the building most of the day Thursday with meetings, but lo and behold, Thursday came and no meetings...so he got to celebrate twice at school! His office was confettied and black paper covered his door. I guess he's officially over the hill. We got to enjoy some good old bluegrass music in downtown Dandridge Thursday evening.

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY DEAR!

Steak dinner with family

I want to be just like Daddy!

After MANY tries, this was the best family picture we got!

Here's some more pictures from Will and Tara's weekend visit.

Olivia was sharing her shells with Uncle Will after reading Sally sells seashells by the Seashore.

Super relaxing River Rat tube ride down the river. And very pretty.

More random pictures...

Dad sharing a rootbeer float with Olivia. I think we have another begger.

Olivia "running" the car after some rain.

Olivia made it through the tunnel by herself! Woo Hoo!

Amazing!

So here "it" is.....Baby #2!! We got the ultrasound last Monday. I was 15 weeks along. The ultrasound technician said she couldn't tell for sure, but she is 90% positive it's a boy. They will be more positive at the next ultrasound, Sept 8. :-) Justin is already 100% sure it's a boy. I say it's still 50/50.
It was kinda weird going to see the doctor for the 1st time and seeing the baby already. With moving and insurance issues, I couldn't get in until last week. They said everything looked good and healthy. So Praise the Lord! Keep us all in your prayers!

Justin made it in the Farragut Press already as assistant principal! Here's the scoop! What a handsome guy!

Homey

Here's a few pictures to show our "temporary" home. A blessing, but we're really hoping the offer we put on a house will be accepted sometime this coming week. It would be a fixer-upper, but it's in a very nice neighborhood. We'll keep you posted.

We live in the basement. We're allowed in the finished upstairs too!

View of English Mountain from deck. Extra storage area.

Olivia's bedroom. Luci's bedroom.

Our bedroom. Living room.

Picnic at Cherokee Park.

The park had a wading pool we couldn't pass up for Olivia.

She wanted to let everyone know she was there.

She met a friend. As you can see, we were not prepared for swimming, hence, the diaper.

Precious!

Olivia loves playing with the rocks. So does Luci.

More fun outside.

'Who did this to my hair?'

Olivia could ride this school bus around for hours if it didn't hurt my back so much. She needs just a little bit longer legs.

Foil hats art project.

We finally got to pet a "smokey bear".

Beginning stage of "drawing shapes" in pudding. There wasn't much drawing going on...

She really ate a lot for not having a spoon!

Dogs, Birds, Family

Aunt Tara and Uncle Will came for the 4th of July weekend and brought Olivia some crocks. She LOVES them and was showing them off for the camera.

She likes Jackson because he's just her size. Who's going to lick who first?

Grandaddy helping her put shoes on....and off...and on....and off...and on...and off.

Olivia gets so excited to see the ducks and geese on the water. She also gets giggley when the birds fly close and eat from the bird feeders.