I Love My Family

So I've been dying to write this post. But as it involves events that are not mine to share, I had to wait a while to announce it myself.

Mandi, Amy, and Alicia

A couple of weeks ago we met up for a Girls' Lunch to celebrate our July Birthday Girls: Mandi, Amy, and Alicia. It was so fun to spend some time with some of my favorite people. Near the end we were definitely gettting out of control in our weird mood. I love being the youngest and getting to have so many adult conversations with my family.

If you look closely at the picture below, you'll notice the lunch wasn't entirely just us girls. In fact, there were three little boys there. . .Daxton, Baby Porter, and Baby Jones!

Mandi/Baby Porter, Daxton, Amy, Alicia/Baby Jones, Me, Mom, and Shannon

Yes, that's right! We have two new baby boys coming this year! Mandi is due in October with little Porter (middle name yet to be decided).

Mandi Sue

Alicia is due in December (name yet to be decided). It's a little crazy to think that Alicia is old enough to be a mom, but, at the same time, she's been ready for it for a long time. Peter's family had a reunion this past week where they told them all the baby's gender. I have been dying trying to make sure I don't accidentally let it out somehow that one of his family members would find out (I'm not sure how it would happen, but still.).

Alicia and Peter with the gender reveal cake!

I'm so excited for them and for us girls to be even more outnumbered by boys! Plus, I'm totally going to be Baby Jones' favorite aunt (I'd say the same thing for Baby Porter, but seeing as I am not even close to Daxton's favorite, I think that would be stretching it)! Although I'm going to have more competition than I originally anticipated because. . .

. . .Shannon's staying in Utah! 

The selfish side of all of us is SO HAPPY! (The not so selfish side is too, because she's excited about it.) She got a job in West Valley. I'm so looking forward to having her home. Especially since Derrick will be gone starting the end of August and I have plans to leave Utah soon after I graduate (to where has yet to be determined).

This summer has been one to be remembered as I've spent an extremely large amount of time with my family. But they're the greatest ever, so it's understandable. I can't believe how big and cute my nieces and nephews are. I just have to brag for a bit, because they are adorable.

I can't believe how old and beautiful Abby is in this picture!

Abby is the rockinest 6 year old you'll ever meet. I mean, the girl sang "Soft Kitty" (from The Big Bang Theory) to Derrick as he pretended to be asleep the other day. Seriously, she's awesome. Also, she was so brave when we went tubbing last weekend. She could have stayed out there forever (my arms, on the other hand, were DYING!).

Sassy Lyla

Lyla Bug is just the best. She is sassy and crazy, but also tenderhearted and gives the best dating advice ever. She also is basically a music genius as she knows all the words to every song on the radio. She was so worried about all of us when we were boating. She kept wanting us to get back in the boat because she was scared we were going to be eaten by sharks. She's my sweetheart and always will be.

Daxty

Daxty is the coolest kid ever, as is evident from the picture. He's daring and a total cheeseball! He went on the tube with his dad and was posing for pictures the whole time! He's still obsessed with cars and is getting so much better at sharing them. He's also slowly coming around to the idea of Baby Porter. He's going to be the best big brother cause he loves babies!

Maxy Boy

Max is just handsome. He loves doing anything that involves a ball and basically worships his dad, seeing as he seems to say "My dad said," at the beginning of every sentence. He's the best to watch any sport with, especially soccer because he always thinks his dad is playing, even if his dad is sitting next to him on the couch!

Conman

Connor is just the sweetest kid you'll ever meet. He has gotten so fast at crawling and I can't wait for him to start walking and talking! I can't quite believe he's a year old! Time flies. But I love him at this age, even if he is about to be replaced as the baby (although he'll always be Amy's baby).

Obviously there is some tough competition for the cutest Keddington grandchild. Good luck Mandi and Alicia!