So what's going on lately?

So what have we been up to lately... nothing really exciting, we're just trying to get through the remainder of August and into September and we're almost there! In the mean time we've been doing a lot of playing in the house (too hot and muggy outside this week). Here's Arseny with his bucket--and yes that's pregnant me drinking starbucks (gasp) I tried to crop it but it didn't work... Anyway, Arseny loves his little red bucket we got on vacation and tends to pack it around everywhere. It's fun to look inside it every once in a while to see what's in there---often it will contain everything from goldfish crackers to tennis balls and other trinkets he finds...by the way "KOH" was the mystery word last week. Matt and I couldn't figure out what "KOH" was. We knew it was associated with "want" and "more" and finally Arseny added the "KER" to the end. He's been trying to tell us "Cracker" "KOH KER" So now he officially has a new word and we don't have to play the guessing game anymore when he's asking for goldfish. He's also learning how to eat "big boy" sandwiches which he prefers ---He lets me know if I happen to forget and cut them into bites. He's also is still spending a lot of time hanging out with his baby. He and baby spend quality time in the pic above relaxing in Daddy's big chair. Oh and if I haven't mentioned it before...Arseny loves Balls any kind...it was actually one of his very first words. Anything that remotely looks like a ball gets squeals of excitement and we get to hear all about it "ball, ball, ball". At the same time we're working on what's ok to throw and what's not ok to throw in the house. Trucks are not ok to throw but Nerf balls are ok......so mom won the best mom and wife award one day when at walmart I went looking for nerf balls and I just happened to pick up a 2.99$ over the door nerf ball and hoop set. Now Arseny and Dad play regular games of hoops whenever they can. All for the price of a Happy Meal! Happy Daddy and Happy Malenky = Happy Mommy!