Dog Days, Indeed

It's hot.  I'm sick of it.  Hurry up Labor Day so we can begin the temperature decline...
We are continuing to only go for walks if we can make it out of the house before 7am.  Some days we get to meet Amanda & Cayden at the playground for early morning playtime.  The kids are still in their jammies...it's pretty adorable.  There is a house with three dogs that borders the playground, and the kiddos love to do some dog-watching. 

Last weekend, our good friend Steph and her two boys came to visit.  We've been friends with Steph since our KPMG days... over 10 years now!

Gabe is 7 and Gideon is 5 (I think...)

It was blazing saddles outside...we should have gone to the big neighborhood pool, but instead we sweated it out in our backyard playing in the sprinkler and kiddie pool.  The kids had fun; Gabe & Gideon were cracking us up with their rowdiness.  Millie liked to watch them. ;)

 Beansie was thirsty

Mills & Giddy

 clapping

 bubbles!

 So glad we got to see Steph...I miss her.

After they left on Saturday, JKK and I lounged on the couch watching the Olympics while Millie played.  She is sooooo good at playing on her own, and yes, I realize how lucky this makes us. :)  She even goes into the other room to play; we checked up on her at one point and she was really engrossed in her Little People barn. 

Look, I've been published!  Just kidding.  I had the first year of The Milla Meter printed.  It's pretty fat (as in thick...but also phat in that other sort of way too).

I'm pleased with how it turned out.  I hope Mills appreciates this some day.  I have really enjoyed writing it.  Eventually, I plan to turn this into a family blog so that I don't have to keep the content to all about Millie.  But for the past year that's really all that's been happening in our lives anyway...