The yard, the mullet, and the rain....

Hi there friends and family. We hope you all are well, and hope that you all are registered to vote in this upcoming election. Obama spoke yesterday at the University of Nevada, Reno, and my friend Doug and I went to see him. It was amazing! The energy that we felt, along with 12,000 others, was unreal! He was honest and uplifting, and really spelled out his plan for the economy and the current crisis we are all living today. It was the greatest half hour of my month, so please be sure to vote (oh wait, only if you're a democrat - hahaha!).





Now for Matt...he has had a very busy summer working on the back yard. We are happy to say that we have put an end to the yard projects for the summer (yeah!!!). Check out this photo of what he did accomplish this summer, and yes I helped a little...probably not as much as he would have liked :-). Who would make dinner and take care of Lila if we were both working on the yard, right?

Lastly...Lila...she is doing amazing with her speech!!! We started speech therapy four weeks ago, and it is probably a combination of the therapy techniques we have learned, along with her just being ready for two word sentences, either way we are loving every minute! She has 45 words that she says without prompting, and I can't even count all of the words she has that revolve around imitation....how exciting! I love hearing "milk please" and "milk - einst - coch" (just in case you couldn't figure that one out, she means that she wants to have milk, relax on the couch and watch Baby Einstein).





We have also decided to say good-bye to the "Mohican Mullet",otherwise known as "crusty the clown meets the mullet" (i.e.business in the front, party in the back)! Lila's first haircut was a success! She no longer is sporting the curly mullet and looks adorable...we ought to groom our child more often....why didn't anyone tell us :-)








Well, enough of my babbling...please have yourselves a good week and enjoy the last of the good weather for 2008!


p.s. Britt, thanks for sending the rain our way this coming weekend...we are looking forward to it :-) I love not feeling guilty about staying in my pajamas all day long!