The best hour of the summer...

Hasn't happened yet.  That will come when our J-man makes his way into this world.  We are ALL getting really eager to meet him...only three and a half weeks til my due date.  I'm pretty much "over" being pregnant this time around.    The couple of times we were in our house during they day, I could barely move and breathe.  I think the heat was just too much for my body to handle. That put me over the edge in terms of being uncomfortable and I starting praying last week that he would come early. Andy thought it was unwise to pray for such a thing...his reasoning... AC being out and our house being a complete wreck and having only three pieces of clothing for our new babe.  But I was miserable and the hospital is air conditioned and they give the Mom and Dad a massage! (you can see how logically I was thinking!) 

EG and Jack are getting really excited to meet J, especially as we've been pulling out baby stuff.  They've been using Peanut as the stand-in til J arrives! 

Anyway, he hasn't come yet which will be the best hour of our summer, but we DID just had the SECOND best hour of our summer yesterday! Within the same hour Emma Grace got her cast off AND we got a new AC unit!  If not for the heat in our house, I would have been the one manning the installation of the AC unit but instead I took EG to the air conditioned doctor's office.  I don't do well with bones and scars and such.  AC units are more "my thing."  But she and I both survived and I was able to look at her foot with only a little trepidation. 

The good news...Our house is back down in the 70's and Grapes has movement in her toes (and a pretty mean scar)!!!! She has a brace/boot that she can wear as she adjusts to walking again, but we took it off today to let her try walking without it and she's doing well.  Her little leg is TINY and one of her toes looks curled to me...but the doctor thinks it's OK.  This Momma Bear will be keeping a close eye on that toe.  We just had our post-cast Mani Pedi to celebrate being able to see and use all 20 digits! 

She's currently walking around the house in one pink flip flop and one aqua one.  Guess she felt like wearing mix matched today was a good transition step to getting back to the whole "pair of shoes" thing. 

                       We are so thankful that's she OK and also so glad to be back in our house!  

I think he's happy to be home and see his stuff again!  Jack spent an hour in his room creating this...

You can tell this kid spent some time in China.  Check out the traffic jam he created...only in China! 

 This summer has been totally different than what we planned, but trying to trust God with each side road he leads us down.