Happy 7th Birthday Callie!

My precious Callieann turned 7 on August 12th. People may get tired of hearing me go on and on about my dogs, but they really are like my children! Callie came into my life at the perfect time and for a long time I thought I would never need more than her. She has been such a great dog and I am so lucky to have her. Dave and I couldn't be more pleased with how she has adjusted to Riley and I have no doubts that she will be just a good to Van. Cal is a perfect pup and I thank my lucky stars I have her!

Hot and Cold

Love it!!

Dancing Baby

I am so excited about how much Riley likes to dance! I can't WAIT for dance classes. I can't find anywhere that will take her before 3 so we'll have to sit tight until then. You can't see it on the video but she follows the Wii game "Just Dance" so well. She knows several of them and even does them when not playing the game. She remembers the choreography. Needless to say, I am so stinkin' proud of her! I could watch her groove all the time. I never get sick of it!!

4th of July

I suck. These are the only two pictures I took on 4th of July. Riley did not enjoy the fireworks. She cried when Daddy would head out into the yard to shoot them off. She put her hands over her head and cried when the loud ones went off. I think the loud booms were just too much for her. She eventually held an umbrella over her head so that she couldn't see them. That came in handy once the rain started. When we were inside she had a great time playing. The safety of the roof helped her relax a little. We had a wonderful cook out at my parents house. Lots of friends and family came and the food so great!! I wish I had some of the leftovers right now.....

Riley was there too....

Here are some pictures of Riley at the Zoo. She has asked everyday since Saturday to go to the Zoo. Maybe she'll be a zoologist. That would make me so proud. Plus, she could probably get me close to the animals! Luckily, we paid the extra money for unlimited tram and carousel rides so we didn't have to walk the whole thing. After four hours and miles of walking I don't think I could have walked another step. It was well worth the extra cash! Riley rode the carousel several times which is one of her favorite things to do. She was a perfect angel that day! Sadly, she was not a perfect angel the rest of the weekend. Oh well. Can't have it my way everyday, huh?

So beautiful!

We took Riley to the Zoo this last weekend and had a great time. Riley is just like me and LOVES animals. She had so much fun seeing them all. However, Riley didn't enjoy this part as much as I did. I had to shove some kids out of my way to get this close, but I was in awe of this amazing Lion. She was BEAUTIFUL! I could have sat there all day and watched her. I have never been so close to one before. Unfortunately, there was glass between us or I would have kissed her right on her nose. If someone could please write to Oprah and tell her how my dream would be to pet a lion or tiger or leopard or anything like that. If anyone could make it happen it would be Oprah!

It's a BOY!

We are so excited to finally show some of our first pictures of Baby Ivan! It's officially a boy and we couldn't be happier! He is healthy and doing very well. My due date is still Nov. 10th although they did say that I was measuring a little further along than that. I certainly wouldn't be upset if he decided to make an early debut.

I am very excited for Dave to have a boy. I have felt so lucky to have a little girl. Someone that I can really relate to. I can play with her hair and paint her nails and dress her up in pretty dresses. Not that Daddy doesn't worship his little girl, but I can't wait for Dave to have someone he can share all his "boy" traits with. I think we all know that Daddy is really excited about sharing the exciting world of golf with his little guy.

We haven't picked a middle name yet, but we do know that we will call him Van. As much as we love the name Ivan I also think the name Van is cool too. I always wished my name could be shortened to something but there isn't much you can do with the name Lisa. Dave has been given the task of picking Van's middle name. He is putting a lot of thought into it and it will be whatever he decides. He let me pick Riley's name and a new girls name if we had another one. Because he was very agreeable with me then I figure I can let him have the final say in Van's middle name.

The new baby's room will still be done in Dalmatians since Daddy did such a good job painting it for Riley. We are going to change it up a little but we haven't decided how yet. We are leaning towards adding firetrucks but our minds could be changed if we saw something that we liked better.

All in all we are feeling pretty lucky. A healthy baby boy will complete our already perfect family! I can't wait to meet Van!