Yay for Family!

The Thatchers have been pretty busy these past few weeks with lots of family visits! As you saw in our last post, Aunt Dawn was the first. Followed by Aunt Rhonda then Grandpa Roger then Grandma and Grandpa Russell! We've had so much fun being with our loved ones and we hope they had a fun time too! :) We also have had some other exciting things going on with the Thatcher clan including........

Sike...this is me two years ago.....
Sike again, this is me now! We are very blessed and very excited for our next baby which is due to arrive November 12th or 5th (we might have to induce early so this one's shoulders don't get stuck like Anne's). We find out next month if it's a he-Thatcher or a she-Thatcher, but either way we're excited for this fall. (Is it just me or does anyone else think I'm carrying this baby lower?)

We hope Anne will be as happy about a new little one as we are. I think if we just tell her it's a puppy she'll like it :) Just kidding, we think she'll be a great big sister, it's just going to take some getting used to. Pretty blue eyes just like her Daddy.

She loves to play in the hampers when I'm doing laundry.

And has recently had a thing for my blush brush and other makeup items...such a girl :) She'll even brush my cheeks and Daddy's :)

Anne had a ball with Grandma and Grandpa Russell. She made buddies with Granpa when he let her use his "puter" as she calls it. We are so proud of our shy little girl making so much progress.

Aunt Rhonda got some great shots of Dad and Anne at the zoo.

Aunt Dawn and Anne on the merry go round at the zoo.

Anne has turned into quite the little Daddy's girl lately. She gets so excited whenever she sees him and prefers to be in his arms. Mom is okay with that especially with my growing tummy.

We had a lot of fun with Aunt Rhonda while she was visiting :)

And with Grandpa Roger! The family resemblance in those three is great ;)

We went to Gunnies which is a gun/western store and Anne and I had fun trying on western apparel while the men looked at guns. Our cowgirl is quite the cutie. She didn't want me to take this hat off of her. I actually ended up getting one and she doesn't let me wear it much because she wants to wear it. Definitely born in Utah :)

Her other new favorite toy are the jeeps. We and our neighbors own jeeps and she now can pick out any model of jeep and says "sheeshee" which apparently to her means jeep. Uncle Loren should be proud, hehe.

Anne enjoyed playing ball with Grandpa Roger.

And piano with Grandma Russell.

Anne's first time on a trampoline.

While out shopping with Grandma Russell Anne got a new little shopping bad from Subway.