Summertime, it's summertime!

          It's been almost a year since we went on our vacation to the beach, so I've been thinking about what we'd do for a vacation this year.  Daniel didn't want to make the 9+ hour trip again with 3 kids, so no beach for me :o(.  It ended up being ok, though, cause we decided to get Dollywood/Splash Country (local theme park/water park) passes.  We've been to Dollywood twice and Splash Country once in the 3 weeks since we bought them, but we'll for sure be going way more.  Kelsie is scared to go on any ride but the ducks that go in a circle (or other little baby ride like that), the bumper cars, and the motion ride (but she would only sit in a non motion seat...lol!  She's not tall enough for the roller coasters since she's only 46 1/2 inches, but that doesn't matter since she wouldn't even think about riding one anyway.  Ashlin will ride more of the rides and really seems to enjoy herself.  The only thing Kelsie likes at the water park is the lazy river.  She's not very adventurous...
          Jace will be 8 months old in 7 days.  I can't believe how big he is already!  He has 2 bottom teeth, rolls over all the time (esp in the middle of me changing his diaper.  He knows he's naked and tries to make a run for it!), loves baby food, and loves his momma.  He's such a mommas boy.  His newest development is army crawling across the floor...or something like that anyway.  He uses both arms and one foot to get from one place to another and it's absolutely adorable to watch him explore!  He keeps making a "ma ma" sound, but every time I tell him to say "momma" he laughs at me...what's up with that?!
          I wrote in my last post, I think, that I had a goal to lose weight.  Well for once in my life, I made that goal and stuck to it.  I haven't lost all that I want to, but I've lost 17lbs so far.  I'm so happy to have that gone and I hope I never gain it again.  Now to tackle the last 23 or so pounds...
          Since we have a place fit for entertaining, we'll be doing just that this fourth of July.  We live in the county, so we can legally shoot fireworks...yay!!!  We'll be having my in-laws, my hubby's aunt, uncle, and their daughter, and once of my friends and her hubby and 2 boys.  It's gonna be a lot of people (20, including Daniel, me, and the kids), but I've been looking forward to this since before we moved in here.  Kelsie's super excited for it and talks about it constantly.
          Picture time!  Enjoy!