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It is the season for changes in this household!  June 30th marked my last day of being on staff at IHOP.  That same week, Russell purchased a Home Inspection franchise and left for a week-long “boot camp” in Leavenworth, Kansas.  In the coming months, he’ll slowly transition out of the remodeling/construction work as he begins getting his own inspections.  This week marked the start of my third trimester of a pregnancy that has flown by.  Around October 7th, we’ll be welcoming a little Capps boy into this world and then a few days later on October 11th, we will celebrate Hannah’s first birthday.  I received my first taste of what this fall will be like when I babysat a friend’s 8-week old little boy earlier this week.  Let’s just say… I’m not quite sure how it’s all going to work but I know that it will.  It has to.  Right?!

The good news is that Hannah seemed fascinated by the little baby.  At first she was sure that he was just a toy, a crying, wiggling, squeezable little toy.  Soon after, however, she realized that he was actually alive and after about a dozen times of “No, Hannah.  No touch”, she was content to watch him, smile at him, and crawl all around him.  Now, I still wouldn’t ever leave her alone with a newborn knowing that she may very well poke his eyes, crawl across his little tummy, and try to eat his feet… but a start is a start.

This summer has been a hot one so far but we’ve enjoyed our pool time, grilling out on the back deck that Russell built last month, and a few Saturday morning trips to the City Market.

celebrating josiah's first birthday... country style

just making sure all of josi's sunscreen was rubbed in..

 

where she spends a majority of her time each day... her first "playground"

taking some steps with the walker

 

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