This is going to be a good life.

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Lately, I've been feeling so blessed. I have so much in my life to be thankful for. My little family and all of the joys I share with them are priceless. I love sharing a mutual obsession with our daughter with my husband. I love feeling the baby have hiccups. I love Lincoln getting home to play with Livvy. I love my friends. I love my family. I love buying diapers and washing onsies. I love that in a few weeks I'll have another baby to love. Tomorrow I'll be 37 weeks and cannot wait for more of what Lincoln and I have had the past two years with Livvy.

The Nae Nae week.

Last week my youngest sister VeNae (aka NaeNae) came to stay with us for a week while my mom was at girl's camp. Livvy woke up on Monday and realized that Nae was here and started galloping through my house saying "Whaaawhooo!" She is a little bit in love with her aunt.

Monday we woke up took a friend to the airport and then shot over to the Jelly Belly Factory for a little tour.

Tuesday we met up with some friends and hit up Tilden's Little Farm and Steam Train.

Wednesday we ventured to Contra Loma and had fun swimming and playing in the sand.

By Thursday we were a little tired and chilled in Danville. And Friday we hung out in Walnut Creek and then spent the afternoon laying around watching movies and making paninis.

I don't think Livvy has had so much fun at our house ever. She played hide and seek about 92387420 times with Nae and loved crawling into her bed every morning. We LOVED having VeNae here. I think I might just steal her next time I'm at home and never return her.

The poop whisperer

Uncensored potty training talk will follow. Readers' discretion is advised.

Livvy started potty training right before we left for Utah and is doing wonderfully.

With some help from her two poop whisperers.

Lincoln and I have developed the unique ability to talk her through getting her to actually put stuff in her potty. In the beginning of this glorious patience-testing experience she would sit for what seemed like forever waiting for something to happen. In an effort to not spend our entire day in the bathroom we began making the experience an exciting one. Telling her we could "see" the stuff coming and that the stuff wanted to go swimming.

This worked for a while. Then, we had to get creative.

We began discussing the stuff that came out and how it was going to go down the "tunnel". She names stuff and then seems thrilled to send them on a trip down to see their friends.

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Are you cringing yet? Cause I am.

All I know is that she going in the potty and I'm throwing "potty parties" daily complete with party hats and every one of her baby dolls.

Being a parent does weird things to you

How we had a sweet 4th of July in Arizona

We started the day out by getting our hair done by a true professional.

Then some of us slept in air conditioned bliss after waking up way too early to help the scouts put flags in neighbors' yards.

And lastly, we ate yummy waffles and made cute "happy" faces while spending time with our favorite people.

Preparing the nest.

I am gathering food, cleaning cupboards and organizing clothes. The "nesting" phase has definitely sunk in. I really do feel like some sort of animal stocking up for winter.

This time around I know what to expect after having a baby and I have a little toddler to feed, so I'm kicking it into high gear. I'm freezing meals and planning a pre-baby Costco run to stock the pantry.

I'm going crazy thinking about what 6 weeks from now will be like.

I can't wait to meet this little dude and find out what being a family of 4 will feel like.

Here's a picture of the babies (see the one hiding behind my legs) at my brother's wedding a few weeks ago. I am now even bigger and more ridiculous looking.

Arizona

We just got back from a 10 day trip to AZ to see Lincoln's fam! We had so much fun welcoming his brother Michael home from his mission to Argentina. We spent 3 days in Sedona (AZ Tahoe-like town) and had a ton of fun just hanging out and playing card games.

Livvy loved playing with Grandpa and all of her uncles. Every morning she would ask for a different person or toy to play with.

Her favorite people were her cousins! She loved playing with Leah and trying to hug and hold hands with her three year old twin cousins, Parker and Zach.

The whole trip was a blast. The weather was a bit insane. In the above picture it was probably 110 and we almost melted...but the sun didn't really bother us when we had so much fun hanging out with so many of our family! We love the Flemings and only wished we could see them more often!

We're going on a trip!

We had such a great wedding weekend in Logan!

We started by waking up at 3:30 (in the MORNING!) and got out on the road by 4 am. Our thinking was that we would get a head start with Livvy sleeping for the first few hours. Welp...that didn't go over like we planned.

The night before we had been packing and I told Livvy we were going on a trip. So as soon as Lincoln set her in her car seat she opened her eyes and smiled and said "Going on a trip!" She stayed awake, smiling and talking about the trip until 5:30 AM! She finally did fall asleep only to sleep for 45 minutes and wake up yelling "WAKE UP MOMMY!" After a few movies and a couple of tantrums we made it to Utah Friday night.

Dillon and Skye were married on Saturday. It has been so neat for me to be at all three of my brothers' weddings. As a kid Dillon was always my best buddy. I can't believe the kid I used to play Lego's with every Sunday afternoon is married. I am so proud of the choices he has made in his life that allowed him to be sealed in the temple.

Sunday we spent Father's Day with (almost) my entire Rosdahl extended family. We had so much fun visiting and spending time together. Livvy played with toys that I used to play with at my Grandma's house and I hung out with my favorite cousins and aunts and uncle.

Every hour of our 28 hours of driving this weekend were worth it to be there with my brother and my family. Livvy loved snuggling with her Papa and Mama and playing with her aunts and uncles every morning. Today when we got in the car she said "Go to the hotel?"

Sadly, we did not drive back to Utah to go the hotel, but thankfully the people that made the hotel fun live 20 minutes away. I love my family.