Can't wait for winter!

So I've been thinking a lot about my new amazing Burberry coat since it's been raining here so much.  

The only problem is its too hot.  So naturally it still sits in my closet, waiting.  My amazingly sister has a talent for finding beautiful clothes at Last Chance.  A store of high quality clothing for less!  

She gave this to me for my 30th birthday when I 7 months pregnant.

Burberry Coat: Last Chance

Summer Days

Summer in Arizona

It's Hot!! I have lived here my whole life, minus 2 yrs and I never get used to this heat.  Tucson is also about 5-10 degrees cooler than Phoenix, and I still feel like I'm melting.  To get through the summer, we go out side before 10 am and after 5 am.  We swim a lot, eat popsicles and ice cream.  Our new amazing trick is sticking a sprinkler under the trampoline. Pics to come.  

If you know Rhone, you know he isn't too found of deserts.  It's weird.  I have been really working on it this summer well because I just feel that he's missing out.  Don't get me wrong, I want him to be super healthy and I think his lack of interest in deserts is because I have held off any sugar up until a couple months ago.  But it really gets to me, when I'm super excited to give Rhone ice cream (my favorite food) and he doesn't touch it.  Not only that, he screams Ewww.  So here are the first pics of my little guy finally enjoying for the first time 2 of my favorite Summer treats. 

Big Boy Bed

So I thought I would post the making of Rhone's Big Boy Bed.  

We did this back in January. I basically told my my wonderfully talented husband what I had in mind and he built the whole thing.  This bed is designed so that he can use it as a toddler and then when he's older we can flip it and it becomes a loft bed.  

Before

 

After

Trampoline in Monsoon season

Summer in AZ with a toddler & newborn

 If you don't know Rhone well, let me just tell you that he is a huge ball of energy. To be completly honest, it's been hard.  Its hard to be up and have enough energy to entertain him after a night of no sleep with Lachlyn.  So... we decided to get a energy extractor.  The Trampoline.  Greatest purchase we have made this year!  He loves, it.  You just put him in there and he jumps and jumps till he is so tired he can barely walk.  

 He calls it the 'fun tent'.

When it's hot... we just put a sprinkler underneath, add some balls and well it is a fun tent.

 

 

Monsoon Season in Tucson is the Best!!

One of my favorite times of year, it Monsoon season.  Partly because the summer here is sooo hot, that it makes me feel like I am drying, melting away.  Around July-August the storms start rolling in.  Not to mention the smell of 'Desert Rain'.  It is amazing.  There is nothing else like it, and it just makes me smile every time.  This year we have been blessed with lots of rain.  Just this past week, it has rained 5 days out of the week!  Because it is so rare, I and my family instantly want to be outside playing in the rain.  

The joy on Rhone's face, and his amazing curiosity warms my heart. 

 

Update in Pictures - Weeks 2-5

Week 2

Had to put this in there... Rhone watching his favorite movie... Toy Story

Week 3-4

Week 4-5