Hitting the third trimester!!!!

I made it to 28 weeks! It is hard to believe my due date is only 12 weeks away when it is still 90 degrees outside! Our family is anxiously awaiting our little "Christmas Present!"

Preschool days

Today brought the start of week 3 of "The Heckert Monkey Preschool," (the girls picked the name) and today we made crowns for our craft. Since most of our crafts are ripped apart before anyone can actually see them, I thought I would take a picture this time.

Besides crafts, we are learning songs, letters and their sounds, numbers, shapes, and whatever else Kate might need before Kindergarten next year. If you look closely at Kate's crown, you can see where she wrote her name. I love that she always puts more then three lines on her "E."

Another Milestone...stitches!!!!

Saturday night brought about another milestone in the Heckert household. Kate and Lily were in their room when Kate starts screaming like a maniac. Drew goes in there to discover Kate with a huge gash in her head. I followed soon after to find three shocked individuals with eyes as big as saucers. After a quick clean up and some ibuprofen, we went off to convenient care for some fun!!! Kate was really calm and brave except for the actual stitching part, but who is calm with needles near their face? The picture above is from last night, right before bed.
This is from tonight during the band aid change. Looks pretty good, but you can see it was a pretty big gash!

Going to the Doctor!

This week we went to the Doctor to see how much we were growing! Kate is 45 1/2 inches tall (105%)and weighs 48 pounds (89%). Lily is 36 lbs (89%) and 39 1/2 inches (94%). Both are healthy,happy little girls!!!

Utah Trip: Mama 'Zina and Papa Clair's House

During our trip we headed up to Preston, ID to visit my grandparents.

The above scene occurred in about 2 seconds. We sure do love toys!

Grandma and Grandpa's neighbors had chickens and were nice enough to let us feed them. Taking this picture is as close as I ever want to get to a live chicken again. You would never believe I was raised by a Farmer's daughter!

A much safer view point!

Enjoying the cool Idaho summer evening. I think it might have been in the 70s. Loved it!

; Kate and Lily with "Mama 'Zina" and "Papa Clair."Papa gave them a ride in his scooter!

Trip to utah: Temple Square

Last week, Mom, the girls, Alisha, Andrew, Dad, and I made the LONG drive out to Utah to take Andrew and Alisha to BYU. We had a great time, and I know the kids will have a great time in college.

We took a day to go up to Salt Lake to see the temple. The weather was perfect!
The water was of course a favorite!

Pretty flowers and a pretty girl!

Thank you Lily, that is exactly how I want to remember you, with a finger up your nose!

Before we left we HAD to go to the mall. We made quite the group of shoppers!

Lily is 3!!!!!!

On Sunday Lily turned 3! We had a party on Saturday and Lily enjoyed several days of opening presents.
Cute as can be!

She blew out the candles one at a time, all in a row!

Yes, Tinker Bell really does fly, and try to hit people in the head. Lily wasn't sure she liked it at first, but warmed up to it later on.

Sharing the birthday goodies!

Thanks to everyone for the presents, and I know I especially enjoyed the candy she recieved! Lily is so bright and funny and huge joy in our lives. I am so glad Heavenly Father blessed our family with this amazing little one!