9 weeks, 5 days and counting!

I am currently 30 weeks and 2 days pregnant with our third son. This means that, should I actually have him on my due date, I have 9 weeks and 5 days left to go. Roughly 68 days. In the middle of an Arizona summer!! Yes - I am looking for sympathy here!

For those of you who have never lived through a summer in the Grand Canyon State, let me share with you what I read from a very wise woman on my July 99 playgroup board... go preheat your oven to 500*. When it is up to temp, open the door and put your head in the oven. That's a fair represenatation of what summers are like here.

Ice does not exist. The fabric strap of your seatbelt will actually burn bare skin. Asphalt does have a melting temperature, and yes, frying an egg is most definately possible. It is not unusual for you to see folks driving around with gloves on when it is 119* in the shade because you cannot touch the stearing wheel, or the side of your car door. Heck, I've seen folks with their oven mits out just trying to get into their car!!

How folks lived here prior to residential air conditioning is beyond me. My feet and fingers are swelling just thinking about it!!

Parker lost his second tooth on Monday of this week! He got tired of it wiggling, and did not want to swallow this one, so he pulled it out! 

Here is Parker at his Kindy graduation. Each student had a bible verse (or two) to read during the ceremony. He looks SO big - I was one proud momma! 

Matthew, my hunky kid at 4.5, enjoying the luxuries of having a pool! This kid has become quite the little fish this year. He and Parker are taking swimming lessons, and in one short year, Matthew has blossomed from barnacle to swimmer!

The Jensen Family

The Jensen Family

We are two full weeks into Summer Vacation! What a relief it is to not have to go to work every day now - I think the stress would have gotten to me in a rather unhealthy way.

The boys are in tennis and swim lessons, and Parker is going to be going Karate once a week. So far, so good!

The summer has been kind so far - just flirting with 100* but not actually making it there. Next week will be different, with forcast highs of about 105*. UGH. I can feel my feet and fingers swelling just thinking about it!