I had my second gestational diabetes test yesterday. just hoping I pass again, then I won't have to take the test again until 28 weeks. fun times.

the boys are just staying busy. Tristan walks everywhere now, though when he wants to get to something fast, he crawls.

I'm really looking forward to the 4th of July this year. I always love this holiday, unfortunately it happens to be in the summer, my least favorite season. We'll be spending it at our friend's parent's house as he just arrived home from Iraq this past week. A family picnic will be held on July 7th for Josh's family. That's always fun since they own an 800 acre farm, Michael loves it there.

and some pictures of the boys, I'm always amazed at different, but similar they look.

there's a link on the right hand side, right above my lovely "about me" section. the link is entitled "expectnet game", please go there and you can guess the gender, date, time, weight/length of the upcoming child. I will be having an u/s on July 3rd and will know then what the gender will be.

cute new pictures of the boys, from yesterday

how sad is is it that I'm way too excited over my latest purchase of a dust buster?? I went to Bed Bath and Beyond tonight to use a gift card and that is what I chose. I got this model and I can't wait to use it.

so its a bit late, but happy belated birthday to Tristan! he turned ONE on May 29, 2007. I'm still in shock that he's actually ONE! we had a small birthday party at my parents house on May 27th. We all had a great time and I do have some pictures of him eating cake here. (plus lots of other pictures!!!)

as a birthday present, Tristan had a hernia repair surgery on June 7th. not exactly the kind of present we wanted to give him, but it was necessary. the surgery went well, everything has been fixed at the present. we go back to see the pediatric surgeon on June 22nd to make sure everything is healing properly.

in other news (happier news!) Tristan is walking. he doesn't do it all the time, but he's starting to do it more and more. he's taken up to 20 or so steps at a time. Michael is starting sentences finally, it took long enough, but it was definitely worth the wait!

other than that, life has been fairly boring. Josh is out of state on business this week in Oklahoma. so its just me and the kiddos until Wednesday night.


edited: on the right sidebar there is a place you can put in your email address if you want to receive an email when I update the blog. seeing as I don't do it all the frequently, I figured some of you might be interested in this option.